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The College reserves the right to change its admission, registration, graduation
or financial requirements as necessary.
Every effort will be made to provide advance information regarding such changes.
Attendance at Alvernia is a privilege,
not a right. By registering, the student concedes to the College the right
to require his or her withdrawal. Request for
withdrawal can be made at any time it is deemed necessary to safeguard the
ideals of character and scholarship and to
secure compliance with regulations.
Effective Catalog
Graduate students are subject to the course requirements contained in the catalog
that is in effect when they are accepted
by Alvernia College. Students may request to follow the course requirements
in the most recent catalog. Students who
interrupt their schooling for more than one calendar year must reapply to the
College and are subject to the requirements
in the most recent catalog.
Academic Calendar
The current Academic Calendar is available via the College website: www.alvernia.edu/academics/calendar.htm.
This
key resource should be consulted for important dates and deadlines.
Course Schedule
The Graduate and Continuing Studies Division publishes a two-year schedule
(projections of course offerings) for
Main Campus graduate courses. The College reserves the right to revise schedules
in response to changes in student
interest, enrollment demand, and faculty availability. The College also reserves
the right to cancel any scheduled course
for which there is insufficient enrollment. The current schedule may be found
on the College’s website via IQ Web.
Additionally, the full two-year schedule for Main Campus is available by calling
or visiting the Graduate Center.
Enrollment
To enroll in courses, all students must complete the registration process.
No student can register for another student
or allow another person to register on the student’s behalf. If a student
registers during advance registration and then
decides not to return to the College, it is the student’s responsibility
to notify the Graduate and Continuing Studies
Office in writing prior to the beginning of classes to avoid charges. Registration
dates can be found on the Academic
Calendar. Information regarding tuition and course offerings is available from
the Graduate Office.
Credits/Overloads
Graduate students may register for a maximum of nine credits per academic semester.
Overloads require the approval
of the Dean of Graduate and Continuing Studies. Items considered for approval
are the student’s academic progress,
cumulative grade point average, and plan of study. Students are officially
registered when tuition and charges for the
semester have been paid or arrangements for payment have been made with the
Billing Office.
Registration Changes
Each of the following constitutes a registration change: adding or dropping
a course or changing a course section;
withdrawing from a course after the add/drop period; or auditing a course.
Schedule Change Forms are obtained from
the Graduate and Continuing Studies Office and must be filed with that office
to complete the process.
Change of Major
A student may change his or her major by obtaining written approval from his
or her academic adviser. The Change
of Major Form, obtained from the Graduate and Continuing Studies Office, is
completed as directed and returned to
the Graduate and Continuing Studies Office.
Repeat/Delete Option
The repeat/delete option may be used when students have a grade of less than ‘C’ or
have failed to meet the minimum
grade required by a specific program. When a course is repeated for credit,
the earlier grade remains on the student’s
permanent record and appears on all transcripts. The higher grade is used in
computing the cumulative grade point
average. The repeat/delete option may only be used in cases where both the
original and repeated courses were earned
at Alvernia; neither may be by correspondence or by study at another institution.
Students may be required to use
the repeat/delete option to fulfill the specific requirements found in the
catalog descriptions for some programs. The
repeat/delete option can only be utilized twice during the graduate program.
Students pursuing the MSOT degree are
only permitted to utilize the repeat/delete option on one occasion.
Transfer of Credit
Students who have been accepted into any Alvernia College Master’s program
may transfer a maximum of two graduate
courses (six graduate credits). Transfer courses must be from an accredited
university or college and the student must
have earned a minimum grade of ‘B’ to receive transfer credit.
The courses must be equivalent to appropriate courses
in the graduate program at Alvernia College. Transferred credits do not count
towards the cumulative grade point
average at Alvernia College.
An official transcript indicating the grade received and a complete course
description or syllabus must be forwarded to
the Coordinator of Graduate Admissions and Student Services. After all the
required information has been forwarded,
transfer credits are reviewed and approved by the relevant Program Coordinator.
Life
Experience Credit
The College does not award graduate level course credit or academic forgiveness
based on life experience.
Semester Grades
At the end of each semester, grade reports are sent to students by the Registrar’s
Office. Students with outstanding
financial obligations do not receive their grades until their accounts are
cleared. The responsibility for identifying errors
on the grade report is that of the student. Any correction must be made by
the instructor and filed in the Registrar’s
Office. The deadline for corrections is 21 calendar days after the grade reports
are mailed. After that time, no changes
will be made on the student’s record.
Graduate Program Grading Scale
At the completion of a course, each student is assigned one of the following
letter symbols: A = 4.0; A- = 3.7; B+ =
3.3; B = 3.0; B- = 2.7; C = 2.0: F = 0.0; Less than 2.7 = probation. The grade
point average is obtained by dividing the
total number of quality points achieved by the total number of credit hours
attempted.
Incomplete Standing
A student who has received an incomplete in the traditional scheduling format
must finish the incomplete work within
four weeks following the final examination period of the semester or the grade
is recorded as an ‘F’. In each instance
the instructor may file a request for an extension with the Registrar within
four weeks following the end of the academic
term.
Academic Grievance
Policy
The Graduate Student Grievance Committee attends to grievances of an academic
nature. The Committee is comprised
of all the Graduate Program Coordinators and a graduate student representative
appointed by the Dean of Graduate and
Continuing Studies. The Committee is involved in a student grievance only if
the proper steps have been followed by
the student. Procedures can be found in the Graduate and Continuing Studies
Student Handbook. The student must
discuss the situation/grade with the instructor within 20 calendar days of
occurrence/disagreement.
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