2008-09 Catalog Change Control Page

Updated contact information to order Previous Years' Course descriptions.

Updated contact information for questions about updating courses and academic programs.

Added date for Honors Convocation (Friday, October 3, 2008)

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

Updated UA South page: added hyperlinks to course descriptions pages.

Updated pages for Epidemiology Graduate Program and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health by adding reference and link to Arizona Clinical Research Training Program Certificate

Updated contact email for the Department of French and Italian

Updated undergraduate contact email for the Department of Computer Science

Updated program description for the Interdisciplinary Studies Program

From: The IDS major is an alternative to a traditional major/minor program, allowing a student to design a program that reflects unique educational interests and career goals. The student selects these subject areas, each with 21 units, that relate to a common theme. Two of the three subject areas must be from departments within the Colleges of Humanities, Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses within each subject area must be approved by the departments' major advisor. During the sophomore or junior year, students submit proposals to University College outlining their intended course of study. In addition to the general IDS option, there are two structured concentrations available:

To: The IDS major was created as an option for students whose academic and career goals are not best served with a traditional major and minor. The program allows students to have a custom-designed major, individualized to reflect personal interests, values and needs. It requires at least 21 units in three (3) subject areas. To be approved, a student must demonstrate how these three areas compliment each other to form a coherent “theme” and how these three areas better prepare the student for their academic and career goals than a traditional major and minor.

• Added Ph.D. offering to department page for Women's Studies
• Removed reference to graduate certificate: Health Care Systems Post Master’s Graduate Certificate from College of Nursing page.
• Added the following degree options to department page for Geography Department
• B.S. Physical Geography Option
• B.S. Geographic Information Science Option
• B.S. Water Environment & Society Option

• Corrected department page for Applied Mathematics: Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences with a major in Mathematical Sciences changed to the Professional Science Master’s with a major in Mathematical Sciences as of 5/10/2006.
• Added options for Professional Science Master's program in Applied and Industrial Physics:
• Materials Physics Option
• Applied Biophysics Option
• Photonics Option
• Medical Physics Option

Updated contact email for Management Information Systems department

Added degree offering: B.S. Integrated Science to College of Science Degrees, Majors, Minors and Options page.

Updated department home page link for Religious Studies

Updated Undergraduate Majors description for the School of Theatre Arts

Updated multiple department, college and school pages with notations for programs that were disestablished by academic reorganization. Copies of the original pages are archived in a non-browsable directory.

Updated contact information for Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Updated 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)"

Unrevised policy text

Updated 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.

Leaving the University:

First semester freshmen and transfer students, due to personal or family emergencies, may need to drop their courses or withdraw from the University during their first semester; those students should consult with a supervisor in the Office of Registration and Transcripts on their leave options.

• Unrevised Policy Text
• Updated Policy Text

Updated hyperlinks added on April 17 to policies in the Graduate College Catalog, 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.

Change of Schedule (Drop/Add)

Policy amended: deadlines specified for shorter and non-standard terms.

Leaving the University:

Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO): Updated item #3, adding directed research to the category Individual Studies.

Procedural amendment to AGEC policy: the University's right to verify an AGEC

Prior policy text

Amended policy text

This amendment applies retroactively to all Catalogs, starting with the 1998-99 Catalog, which was the first Catalog Year to include an AGEC policy.

Policies and procedures for the Accelerated Master's Program (AMP) are now maintained on the Academic Affairs-Academic Programs web site. The AMP policy page in the General Catalog has been updated to direct interested readers to the appropriate information at Academic Affairs- Academic Programs.

Prior policy page

Updated policy page

Added new page for Graduate Certificates

Added a new page for Military Leave of Absence

Added a  link to the list of approved dual graduate degrees to the policy page on Graduate Dual, Concurrent, and Joint Degrees .

Edited the policy page Academic Progress to Maintain Scholarships and Financial Aid to add definition of Full-Time status for students enrolled in the Graduate College.

Edited the policy page for Credit Definitions and Enrollment Policies to reflect no maximum limit on Graduate College units during the Fall and Spring Semesters.

Edited the policy page for Academic Standing, Progress, Probation and Disqualification to differentiate between Undergraduate and Graduate policies. Added Graduate Academic Standing, Progress and Probation policy page with specific policy information for students enrolled in the Graduate College.

Edited the policy page for Acceptability of Transfer Credit to differentiate between Undergraduate and Graduate policies. Added Acceptability of Graduate Transfer Credit policy page with specific policy information for students enrolled in the Graduate College.

Updated Index page for Academic Policies to include links to Graduate Dual, Concurrent, and Joint Degrees page. This page was already in the Academic Policies section but at some point the past had become unlinked from the Index page. Page is linked as: "Dual Degrees, Graduate", "Graduate College: Dual Degrees", "Graduate College: Joint Degrees" and "Joint Degrees, Graduate".

Updated hyperlink to General Education policy:

Changed hyperlink text "General Education and Foundations" to "General Education Curriculum"

Added sub-links to General Education Foundations and General Education Tier One and Tier Two

Revised General Education page to reflect decision by University Wide General Education Committee (UWGEC) to move the General Education Curriculum and policies from the UWGEC website to the General Catalog:

Archived original "General Education Foundations" page and created new  General Education Curriculum page, General Education Foundations page and General Education Tiers One and Two page.