Special Education Catalog - graduate studies at assumption college

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academic information
Academic Grievance Procedure
If a student has a grievance concerning grades and other academic
issues he/she may seek resolution through the Academic
Grievance Procedure. The academic grievance procedure process
and criteria may be obtained from the Graduate School office.
Academic Honesty
Representing the work of another as your own is a violation of
fundamental principles of truthfulness and an offense against
the academic community. Academic dishonesty may result in
the student failing the course, at the discretion of the instructor.
Academic dishonesty includes cheating on examinations, as well
as plagiarism (failure to credit properly the ideas, organization of
material or phrasing of another, including the use of term paper
or reference paper services).
Submitting one’s own work, in part or in whole, to more than
one instructor without proper notification is also academically
dishonest and subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Students with learning disabilities, ADHD/ADD, chronic medical
conditions, physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities who
plan to request academic accommodations must self-identify and
provide appropriate recent documentation of disability to the
Director of Disability Services. Individual Education Plans (IEP)
and 504 Plans are not considered documentation and do not carry
over to higher education. Documentation guidelines are available
at: www.assumption.edu/acad/ASC/disabilities.html.
Once documentation has been reviewed by the college, the
student must schedule a meeting with the Director of Disability
Services. During this meeting, the student and director will
determine reasonable accommodations. Please be aware that
some accommodations may take up to 12 weeks to implement.
Students are strongly advised to begin the process of self-identification,
eligibility, and accommodation determination well before
the start of the semester in order to provide the college with
reasonable notice.
Students must request accommodations each semester.
Students who are registered with Disability Services will receive
an email reminder, sent to their Assumption.edu email account at
the start of each semester.
Audit
With permission of the Program Director, a Special Student or,
in special cases, a matriculated student may audit a course. The
fee is one-half of the regular three-credit-hour fee. A student who
changes status from credit to audit after the seventh week of
classes (or, in summer sessions, after the third week) must have
permission of the Program Director and the Dean of the Graduate
School. No refund is available to those who change status from
degree credit to audit. All changes must be processed by the
registrar prior to the last class meeting.
Class Attendance
All students must attend class whenever an announced test, quiz,
oral or written examination is given and whenever a report or
paper is due. In addition, instructors have the prerogative of
establishing specific attendance requirements in their own courses.
Each student has the responsibility to keep fully informed of class
assignments, special activities and examinations of all types, and
to meet the requirements of the course.
Course Withdrawals/Additions
Course Withdrawals (“drop”)
Students may withdraw from a course at any time up to the eighth
class meeting. To withdraw from a course, the student must notify
the program office of his/her intent to withdraw and request
that a withdrawal form be processed. The date of withdrawal is the
date on which the student notified the program office. A student
may be administratively withdrawn upon determination that
he/she has not attended class sessions. See the Financial
Information section for the tuition refund schedule.
Course Additions (“add”)
Students may register for a course up to one week after the start
of any given course. No additions are permitted beyond that date.
Unusual Circumstances
Where illness or extraordinary circumstances require a student
to withdraw after the eighth class meeting, the student may
submit a written statement to the Program Director requesting
a withdrawal from the course(s).
Course Repeat Policy
When a student earns a C+ or lower, the student may either repeat
the course, if it is a specific requirement, or if it is an elective,
replace it with a course which satisfies the same requirement. The
student may repeat or replace the course only once.
If the original course is repeated or replaced the higher of
the two grades prevails, the low grade appears with no hours
attempted or earned and the original grade is removed from the
cumulative average.
Students must request to repeat or replace a course in writing
to the Program Director.