Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

Unsuccessful attempts at challenge examinations
will not be recorded on the transcript and
may not be repeated. Challenge Examination
applications are available in the Office of the
Registrar.
Transfer Credit
Students wishing to transfer credit to Radford
University, after earning that credit as a
transient student at another institution, must
complete the form, Radford University Permission
to Take Courses for Transfer Credit (AA
21), and must furnish the university with an official
transcript after completing the course work.
For the transcript to be considered official, it
must be sent directly from the issuing institution
to the Office of the Registrar. No courses taken
as pass/fail, or courses with a grade of “C-” or
lower will be considered for transfer credit. Accepted
transfer work may satisfy certain course
requirements but the grades are not used in computing
the Radford grade point average, and the
Radford repeat policy may not be applied.
Radford University will consider for transfer
credit only those credits earned from a regionally
accredited college or university as recognized
by the U.S. Secretary of Education and
the Council of Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA).
Independent Study
Independent Study courses are offered by
several departments/schools and are designed
to permit students to investigate specific problems
or areas of interest independently under the
direction of a supervising professor. An Independent
Study proposal must be signed by the
student’s academic advisor, the department’s/
school’s chairperson, and the department’s/
school’s curriculum committee chairperson (if
required by the department/school) prior to the
deadline for adding courses in the term in which
the study is to be undertaken. Independent Study
courses may be taken either on a pass-fail basis
or for a letter grade. No student may apply more
than six hours of credit for Independent Study
toward graduation requirements.
A faculty member may offer a maximum
of six credit hours of Independent Study per semester.
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Practical Experiences
Some undergraduate programs require students
to participate in a supervised practical experience.
Such experiences include internships,
practica, clinical courses, student teaching and
other types of fieldwork. Departments will provide
written information to potential majors
about the qualities of character and interpersonal
skills that are normally expected of participants
for them to complete successfully the practical
experience. Potential problems that the student
may have in a practical experience are identified,
and appropriate recommendations are offered.
Students may obtain from the department
the written criteria for entry into a practical experience
and the procedures for implementation
of those criteria; performance standards during
the experience; circumstances under which the
student may be withdrawn from, or denied entry
to, the experience; and processes, including appeals,
which regulate such withdrawals.
Departments and programs governed by the
above include, but are not limited to: Communication
Sciences and Disorders; Counseling
Psychology; Counselor Education; Criminal
Justice; Educational Studies; Music Therapy;
Nursing; Physical Education (Teaching Concentration);
Recreation, Parks and Tourism; Social
Work; Special Education; Sociology. Policies
specific to each program will be on file in
each department office. Students planning to
take such courses should obtain a copy of the
relevant departmental policies and procedures
before registration in the course.
Class Standing
The class standing of a student is determined
at the beginning of each semester and will not be
changed during that semester. Any student with
26 semester hours of credit will be classified as
a sophomore, 56 semester hours of credit as a
junior, and 86 hours of credit as a senior.
Dean’s List
Students will be placed on the Dean’s List
for a given semester if they:
• have 12 semester hours graded A-F; and
• obtained a grade point average of at least 3.4
for the courses not graded on a pass-fail basis;
and
• obtained no grade below a “C”; and