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Academic Regulations
2001-2002 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 79
postbaccalaureate. Students, who believe
they have been graded unfairly or
incorrectly by an instructor, should
consult first with the faculty member
concerned within the first 15 working
days of the following semester and make
every effort to resolve the issue. (On
many occasions when students contact
the instructor about a grade thought to
be assigned unfairly, they learn that the
instructor actually made a recording
error. This will be remedied when the
instructor obtains a Grade Correction
Request form from the departmental
secretary and submits the completed
form to the Admissions and Records
Office.)
If the issue is not resolved, students
should then consult with the department
chair. If a student still believes that the
grade was assigned unfairly or incorrectly
after completing this process, the student
then may request that the Student
Academic Petitions Committee review
the issue. Before requesting such a
review, students should make an
appointment with an academic counselor
in the Office of Advising Services (Joyal,
Rm. 224; 278-1787) to discuss their
particular situation and to receive a copy
of the university’s grade protest policy as
well as additional procedural instruc-tions.
Students then must submit a written
statement no later than midsemester
setting forth all pertinent details to the
director of Advising Services, who chairs
the Petitions Committee.
Scholarship Status
Satisfactory Scholarship. Satisfactory
scholarship means at least a C average
(2.0 grade point average or twice as
many grade points as units attempted)
and satisfactory progress toward a degree
for undergraduate and postbaccalaureate
students without a master’s degree
objective. Graduate (master’s degree)
students must maintain at least a B
average.
A student (undergraduate, postbaccalau-reate
or graduate) whose grade point
average falls below the satisfactory
scholarship level is placed on probation
and is disqualified if the grade point
average falls below probation levels. (For
details see the copy that follows.) Only
the most recent probation or disqualifi-
5. Leaves are not approved for students in
disqualified status or on contract to re-move
academic deficiencies.
6. It is expected that a student will devote
his or her leave primarily to nonclassroom
activities. A leave is not approved if the
student plans to attend another institu-tion,
unless the coursework the student
seeks is not available at California State
University, Fresno. Any academic credit
earned while on a planned educational
leave is accredited by California State
University, Fresno only if permission is
granted for that credit in advance by the
admissions officer.
7. Students who do not return to the uni-versity
at the conclusion of their planned
educational leave and those who enroll
elsewhere without permission of the ad-missions
officer will be considered to
have withdrawn from the university at
the end of their last semester of regular
enrollment at California State Univer-sity,
Fresno.
Students wishing to apply for a planned
educational leave should obtain a request
form from the admissions officer, Joyal
106, (559) 278-2191.
Student Academic Petitions. The
Student Academic Petitions Committee
has the authority to permit exceptions to
university baccalaureate degree require-ments
when fulfilling the degree require-ment
would prove to be an undue
hardship for the student and/or such an
exception can be demonstrated to be
educationally justifiable. The committee
will take action only upon the submis-sion
of a formal petition by the student
that sets forth the facts and circum-stances
that may warrant special consid-eration.
The Petitions Committee does not make
decisions pertaining to substitutions for
undergraduate and graduate major
requirements. Such requests are initiated
through the student’s department.
Requests to waive established university
policy governing graduate study may be
addressed to the dean, Division of
Graduate Studies. If a request cannot be
accommodated, it is forwarded to the
Graduate Committee.
Grade Protests. The Student Academic
Petitions Committee also has the
responsibility of handling grade protests
for all students, undergraduate and
cation action appears on the student’s
transcript.
Probation. Undergraduate students are
placed on academic probation, a type of
academic warning, for the following:
1. Their grade point average (GPA) based
on total units attempted at all colleges is
below a 2.0 (C average) or
2. Their GPA based on all units attempted
at California State University, Fresno is
below a 2.0 average.
Students remain on academic probation
until both overall and California State
University, Fresno grade point averages
are 2.0 or better, or until they are
disqualified under one of the provisions
of the disqualification regulations.
For example, a first semester freshman
would be placed on probation if he/she
carried 12 units (four 3-unit classes) and
earned one B, two Cs, and one F. A
student would then have to earn three Cs
and one B or better (in four 3-unit
classes) the following semester to regain
satisfactory scholarship status.
These regulations also apply to all
postbaccalaureate students except those
enrolled in master’s programs. The latter
are expected to maintain a cumulative
GPA of at least 3.0 in all units attempted
subsequent to admission to the master’s
program. Master’s students who fall
below the required GPA are placed on
probation.
A student may be placed on administra-tive-
academic probation for withdrawal
from a substantial portion of a program
in two successive terms or in any three
terms; for repeated failure to progress
toward a degree; or for failure to comply
with an academic requirement or
regulation that is routine for all students
or for a defined group of students.
Disqualification. Students are disquali-fied
if they are on probation and fail to
meet the assigned scholarship contract or
if they have a cumulative deficiency on
either the overall or California State
University, Fresno record equal to or
greater than that indicated in the copy
that follows.
• Freshmen, sophomores (0-59 units com-pleted):
15 grade point deficiency
• Juniors (60-89 units completed): 9 grade
point deficiency
Object Description
| Title | 2001-02 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2001-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | Page 079 |
| Full Text Search | Academic Regulations 2001-2002 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 79 postbaccalaureate. Students, who believe they have been graded unfairly or incorrectly by an instructor, should consult first with the faculty member concerned within the first 15 working days of the following semester and make every effort to resolve the issue. (On many occasions when students contact the instructor about a grade thought to be assigned unfairly, they learn that the instructor actually made a recording error. This will be remedied when the instructor obtains a Grade Correction Request form from the departmental secretary and submits the completed form to the Admissions and Records Office.) If the issue is not resolved, students should then consult with the department chair. If a student still believes that the grade was assigned unfairly or incorrectly after completing this process, the student then may request that the Student Academic Petitions Committee review the issue. Before requesting such a review, students should make an appointment with an academic counselor in the Office of Advising Services (Joyal, Rm. 224; 278-1787) to discuss their particular situation and to receive a copy of the university’s grade protest policy as well as additional procedural instruc-tions. Students then must submit a written statement no later than midsemester setting forth all pertinent details to the director of Advising Services, who chairs the Petitions Committee. Scholarship Status Satisfactory Scholarship. Satisfactory scholarship means at least a C average (2.0 grade point average or twice as many grade points as units attempted) and satisfactory progress toward a degree for undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students without a master’s degree objective. Graduate (master’s degree) students must maintain at least a B average. A student (undergraduate, postbaccalau-reate or graduate) whose grade point average falls below the satisfactory scholarship level is placed on probation and is disqualified if the grade point average falls below probation levels. (For details see the copy that follows.) Only the most recent probation or disqualifi- 5. Leaves are not approved for students in disqualified status or on contract to re-move academic deficiencies. 6. It is expected that a student will devote his or her leave primarily to nonclassroom activities. A leave is not approved if the student plans to attend another institu-tion, unless the coursework the student seeks is not available at California State University, Fresno. Any academic credit earned while on a planned educational leave is accredited by California State University, Fresno only if permission is granted for that credit in advance by the admissions officer. 7. Students who do not return to the uni-versity at the conclusion of their planned educational leave and those who enroll elsewhere without permission of the ad-missions officer will be considered to have withdrawn from the university at the end of their last semester of regular enrollment at California State Univer-sity, Fresno. Students wishing to apply for a planned educational leave should obtain a request form from the admissions officer, Joyal 106, (559) 278-2191. Student Academic Petitions. The Student Academic Petitions Committee has the authority to permit exceptions to university baccalaureate degree require-ments when fulfilling the degree require-ment would prove to be an undue hardship for the student and/or such an exception can be demonstrated to be educationally justifiable. The committee will take action only upon the submis-sion of a formal petition by the student that sets forth the facts and circum-stances that may warrant special consid-eration. The Petitions Committee does not make decisions pertaining to substitutions for undergraduate and graduate major requirements. Such requests are initiated through the student’s department. Requests to waive established university policy governing graduate study may be addressed to the dean, Division of Graduate Studies. If a request cannot be accommodated, it is forwarded to the Graduate Committee. Grade Protests. The Student Academic Petitions Committee also has the responsibility of handling grade protests for all students, undergraduate and cation action appears on the student’s transcript. Probation. Undergraduate students are placed on academic probation, a type of academic warning, for the following: 1. Their grade point average (GPA) based on total units attempted at all colleges is below a 2.0 (C average) or 2. Their GPA based on all units attempted at California State University, Fresno is below a 2.0 average. Students remain on academic probation until both overall and California State University, Fresno grade point averages are 2.0 or better, or until they are disqualified under one of the provisions of the disqualification regulations. For example, a first semester freshman would be placed on probation if he/she carried 12 units (four 3-unit classes) and earned one B, two Cs, and one F. A student would then have to earn three Cs and one B or better (in four 3-unit classes) the following semester to regain satisfactory scholarship status. These regulations also apply to all postbaccalaureate students except those enrolled in master’s programs. The latter are expected to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in all units attempted subsequent to admission to the master’s program. Master’s students who fall below the required GPA are placed on probation. A student may be placed on administra-tive- academic probation for withdrawal from a substantial portion of a program in two successive terms or in any three terms; for repeated failure to progress toward a degree; or for failure to comply with an academic requirement or regulation that is routine for all students or for a defined group of students. Disqualification. Students are disquali-fied if they are on probation and fail to meet the assigned scholarship contract or if they have a cumulative deficiency on either the overall or California State University, Fresno record equal to or greater than that indicated in the copy that follows. • Freshmen, sophomores (0-59 units com-pleted): 15 grade point deficiency • Juniors (60-89 units completed): 9 grade point deficiency |
