2002-2003 - The University of Scranton

ENROLLMENT STATUS
To be considered a full-time student, undergraduate students must be registered for at
least 12 credits iin any given term or semester, regardless of the number of credits remaining
to complete degree requirements.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are expected to attend all scheduled meetings of courses in which they are
enrolled. Every student is responsible for all material presented and announcements made
during any class. Attendance policies for individual courses are determined by the instructor
and must be promulgated in writing in the course syllabi.
THE “CREDIT-NO CREDIT” OPTION
The “credit-no credit” option is designed to encourage students to take courses of interest
but outside their concentrated areas of study. Courses used to fill free elective and free
cognate requirements are eligible to be taken with this option. Courses taken under the
“credit-no credit” option count toward the accumulated semester hours for the degree, but
they are not included in the grade point average calculation.
A student with a cumulative GPA of 2.67 or greater, and who has accumulated at least
60 credits towards the degree, may elect to take some courses on a “credit-no credit” basis.
Students may apply for the “credit-no credit” option by seeking approval from their dean’s
office and filing the completed forms with the registrar by the end of the second week of the
semester (or by the second day of the summer and Intersession sessions). The option cannot
be reversed after the fourth week of class (or the fourth day in the summer and
Intersession sessions). Courses used to fulfill general education requirements, courses in the
major and cognate, as well as courses in a minor or concentration, and those used to fulfill
requirements in the Honors, SJLA, and Business Leadership programs may not be taken
under the “credit-no credit” option. Students may take no more than a total of four courses
under this option, and no more than one per semester (other than internships, practicums, or
physical education courses). Students receive the following transcript notations under the
“credit-no credit” option: A grade of C or higher yields a CS (credit satisfactory) notation; a
grade less than C (C-, D, D+) yields a CD (credit deficiency) notation; a grade less than
passing (F) yields an NC (no credit) notation.
READER COURSES (INDIVIDUAL STUDY)
The primary purpose of a reader course is to enable a University of Scranton student in good
academic standing to pursue a course of study not otherwise offered during the terms in which the
reader is taken. Readers may not ordinarily be used to fulfill general education requirements.
Students may take no more than one reader per term, nor more than one reader per year, on average,
during the course of their degree programs. Readers are to be taken for the same number of
credits as are granted similar courses in the discipline in which the reader is offered. Readers may
not ordinarily be used to repeat failed courses. Exceptions to these policies must be approved by
the dean of the student’s college and by the dean of the school offering the course.
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON/MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
CROSS REGISTRATION
This program is available to second-, third-, and fourth-year students in good academic
standing. Transfer students are eligible after completing their first year at The University of
Scranton.
Students may take two such courses (equivalent to six credits) during the calendar year
(January - December), with the approval of their advisor and dean, and on a space-available
basis.
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