08-09 Graduate Catalog/w pics - University of Louisiana at Monroe

40 THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE
(LEC) and Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage and Family Therapy. Courses for the
Ph.D. in pharmacy range from 400 to 699. Certain courses in the 400 level are
accepted for graduate credit, where so indicated. Graduate status is required for
graduate credit in these courses.
COURSE LOAD
A full-time graduate student may schedule from nine to eighteen semester
hours during a regular semester. A full-time graduate student in the College of
Pharmacy may schedule from twelve to eighteen semester hours during a regular
semester. A part-time student may schedule limited course work depending upon
the time which can be devoted to graduate study. A graduate student who has a
graduate assistantship or a graduate work-study position must have the approval
of the major professor and the Dean of the Graduate School to enroll in a course
load exceeding fifteen semester hours during a regular semester. The maximum
course load for a student registered for graduate study during any single summer
session is seven semester hours; the minimum for a full-time student is four
semester hours.
GRADING SYSTEM
Grades and the grading process are major components of a university’s
academic standards. An important professional obligation of university faculty is
the determination of grades. Grades accomplish two essential purposes: (1) they
communicate to the academic community and to the community at large a
certified level of academic achievement, and (2) they provide realistic and reliable
feedback for students to use in evaluating individual progress and making
decisions about future behavior.
Prerequisites to effective grading are (1) appropriate scope, depth, and
degree of difficulty for each course; (2) controls to ensure that students have
proper academic qualifications for enrolling in each course; and (3) adequate
measures of performance. Taking into account all students who would properly
and typically enroll in a given course (not just those in one course), faculty
members assign grades according to the following general guidelines:
A — EXCELLENT
B — AVERAGE
C — BELOW AVERAGE
D & F — FAILURE
The grades A (Excellent), B (Average), C (Below Average), D & F (Failure),
AU (Audit does not imply class attendance), R (Repeated), W (Withdrew), I
(Incomplete), IP (In Progress), CR (Credit), and NC (No Credit) are given to
indicate the quality or status of a student’s work.
Each semester hour with the grade of D carries one quality point; each
semester hour with the grade of C, two quality points; each semester hour with
the grade of B, three quality points; and each semester hour with the grade of A,
four quality points. Grades of F and I carry no quality points. Therefore, a C
average is a 2.00 average. An I grade is computed as an F grade unless changed
to a final passing grade. Also, + and - grade designations are not recognized.