2008-09 Catalog Change Control Page

Updated School Homepage address for the School of Natural Resources

Previous address: http://www.ag.arizona.edu/srnr/index.php

Current address: http://www.snr.arizona.edu/

Updated department contact email information for the Department of Nutritional Science

Previous contact email: morrow1@email.arizona.edu

Current contact email: dbourbon@cals.arizona.edu

Corrected text of the Change of Schedule (Drop/Add) policy as it applies to students in the Graduate College.

Changed fourth paragraph from "or by the Graduate Council (in the case of graduate students)" to read: "or by the Graduate College Dean (in the case of graduate students)"

Original policy text

Corrected policy text

Readmission to the University: Added link to Graduate College policy.

Credit Definitions and Enrollment Policies: Corrected Graduate College entry in table of Fall and Spring Unit Maxima from 16 to Not Applicable. No unit maximum is currently imposed on students enrolled in the Graduate College.

Also added link to Graduate College policy on Full Time enrollment status.

Continuous Enrollment: Added link to Graduate College policy.

Policy Definitions: Removed pronunciation remark for GRO policy. Also modified text of GRO definition to reflect that the Grade Replacement Opportunity policy differs for graduate students.

Added sentence: Conditions of this policy differ for graduate students.

Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO): Updated policy text for graduate students.

From: Graduate students may now apply to retake courses for which they received a grade of C or below.  Application forms and policy details are available in the Graduate College's Degree Certification Office, (520) 621-3609.

To: Graduate students may retake up to 10 units of coursework or three courses, whichever comes first, in which they received a grade of C or below. Approval by the course instructor, Major Professor and Department Head are required. The original grade will remain on the student's transcript but will not count toward the student's GPA. The student must notify the Graduate College that they intend to retake a course under the Grade Replacement Option (GRO) by completing the GRO approval form. The form must be received at the Graduate College before the deadline date in effect for the semester in which the course will be retaken. GRO filing deadlines can be found at http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/gro/deadlines.htm. GROs cannot be done retroactively.

Time Limit for Obsolete Course Work: Added three links to Graduate College policies for different graduate program types

Time Limitation for Masters
Specialist Time Limitation
Certificate Time Limitation

Grades and the Grading System: Corrected text for Graduate Students

From: Graduate students:  the pass/fail option is not generally available to graduate students. The only exceptions to this proscription are: (a) admission deficiencies which the student has prior specific, written approval to take on a pass/fail basis (only the department head or the departmental graduate adviser may give such approval, which must be on file in the Graduate College before registration); (b) any undergraduate non-deficiency course available for pass/fail grading; and (c) any course offered by the College of Law.

To: Graduate students can take courses offered by the College of Law for Pass/Fail for graduate credit. Graduate students who need to complete admission deficiencies or who wish to take undergraduate credit courses available for P/F grading, may take Pass/Fail courses but will not earn graduate credit for these courses.

Pass-Fail Option: Added text from the Graduate College policy at: http://grad.arizona.edu/catalog/policies/grading-policies/pass-fail-option

From:  Graduate students:  the pass/fail option is not generally available to graduate students. The only exceptions to this proscription are: (a) admission deficiencies which the student has prior specific, written approval to take on a pass/fail basis (only the department head or the departmental graduate adviser may give such approval, which must be on file in the Graduate College before registration); (b) any undergraduate non-deficiency course available for pass/fail grading; and (c) any course offered by the College of Law.

To: Graduate students can take courses offered by the College of Law for Pass/Fail for graduate credit. Graduate students who need to complete admission deficiencies or who wish to take undergraduate credit courses available for P/F grading, may take Pass/Fail courses but will not earn graduate credit for these courses.

In addition to the above situations, graduate students may be permitted to elect a Pass-Fail option for graduate credit under the following guidelines:

• The course must be in an area outside the student's major or minor.
• Courses taken Pass-Fail will not count toward the minimum number of credits required for the degree.
• The instructor and the student's advisor must approve the Pass-Fail option on a change of schedule form.
• The student should take the change of schedule form to the Registrar's Office at Admin 210 for processing

Non-Degree Seeking Students: Added the following links to policies on the Graduate College site:

• Non-Degree Enrollment
• Minimum Academic Requirements
• Academic Policies

Petitions: Added link to Graduate College petitions page.

Updated hyperlinks for Graduate College policies added on April 17, due to new URLs on the Graduate College web site.

Removed obsolete hyperlink to Graduate College Academic Policies on Non-Degree Seeking students page and changed title of hyperlink from "Minimum Academic Requirements" to "Admissions Requirements" reflecting corresponding change on Graduate College site.