Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

66 / ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES
Undergraduate students may not repeat an elementary
or intermediate foreign language course after successful
completion of a more advanced course in the same
language.
For graduate students, repetition of a course requires the
approval of the Graduate Division Director and/or Dean and
is granted only under extraordinary circumstances.
Courses taken at LMU after a degree has been granted will
not change the graduation GPA.
Transcripts
Official transcripts of courses taken at the University are
issued only with the written permission of the student
concerned. Partial transcripts are not issued.
Transcripts show all Loyola Marymount University work
completed as of the date of application for the transcript.
Work in progress accompanies the transcript. Requests for
transcripts to show end of current semester’s work are held
until all grades are recorded.
Transcript requests are processed in accordance with the
date of filing. Transcripts will not be issued when a student
has outstanding financial obligations to the University. In
this case, the student will be notified by the Controller’s
Office.
Transcripts from other institutions which have been
presented for admission or evaluation become a part of the
student’s permanent academic file and are not returned
to the student. Students desiring transcripts covering
work attempted elsewhere should request them from the
appropriate institutions.
Transfer Credit
Credit for work completed at institutions accredited by one of
the six regional associations of the Accrediting Commission
for Senior Colleges and Universities, other than course
work identified by such institutions as remedial or in other
ways as being nontransferable, may be accepted toward
the satisfaction of baccalaureate degree and credential
requirements at the University within limitations of residence
requirements and community college transfer maximums.
Courses with grades below C (2.0) do not transfer. A
maximum of 60 semester hours from a community college
and 90 hours from a four-year institution is transferable to
the degree program of the University.
Any student regularly enrolled as a degree candidate who
elects to take courses at a college or university other than
Loyola Marymount University must obtain written approval
of the Chairperson of the major department and the Dean
prior to enrollment in such courses. Courses taken without
this approval may not be counted toward the degree.
Approved courses must be passed with a grade of C (2.0)
or higher in order to transfer. Semester hour value is granted
to transfer courses; grades or GPA information on transfer
work is neither listed on nor calculated in LMU work printed
on the academic record.
Course work completed at non-U.S. institutions must
be documented on an official academic record from an
international institution recognized by the Ministry or
Department of Education of that country.
It is the responsibility of the student to submit all international
transcripts to an LMU-approved credentials-evaluating
agency for evaluation of U.S. equivalent course work and
corresponding grade. Information on such agencies may be
obtained by contacting the Office of the Registrar.
International transcripts submitted without appropriate
evaluations will not be considered for eligible transfer work
to LMU.
Tutorials
Only regularly offered courses described in this Bulletin
may be taken as tutorial courses. Students may individually
arrange with a faculty member to take the course as a
tutorial. A tutorial course is considered part of a student’s
semester program. Registration for it takes place during
the regular registration periods. Only full-time students are
eligible, and approval will be given for only one tutorial
course per semester. Freshmen and first-semester transfer
students are not eligible.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal from Courses
A student may withdraw from any or all courses by the last
day to withdraw in a term as published in the University
Bulletin and online Academic Calendar. A currently enrolled
student may withdraw from a course(s) by using the drop
function in the computer registration system (PROWL).
Prior to the deadline, a student may drop all courses using
PROWL. In order to completely withdraw from a term or
the University, the student should contact the Office of the
Registrar. The student will receive grades of W in each of the
courses and will be considered to be on a leave of absence
for up to two years unless the student gives written notice to
the Office of the Registrar that he/she is withdrawing from
the University.