Undergraduate Bulletin 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

ACADEMIC POLICIES & REGULATIONS, AAMU, 2012-2013 ~ 34 ~
organizations, companies, and other interested parties. Official transcripts cannot normally be hand-carried without prior permission of
the receiving institution. If this permission is granted, however, the transcript must be sealed in an envelope and marked “Issued to
Student.”
A fee of $5.00 is charged for each transcript, whether it is an official or unofficial copy. Transcripts are not issued to or for students
who have outstanding financial obligations to AAMU.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Alabama A&M University is required to bring to the attention of all students, parents, and alumni, provisions of Public Law 93-380,
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, also known as “The Buckley Amendment.” Under the provisions of this law,
all students and former students of AAMU have the right to inspect their official educational records in the Office of the Registrar.
The right of inspection does not apply to any information submitted to this office as confidential prior to January 1, 1975, nor to
access by students to financial records of their parents or guardians. Parents or guardians of a student may not see records nor receive
grades unless the student specifically designates that such records and/or such grades may be made available to the parents or
guardians named on his or her registration forms. Grades can be retrieved from the on-line Student Information System.
No-option “directory information” may be released by AAMU without the student’s written permission. No-option “directory
information” includes the student’s name and enrollment status. The student must at the time of registration indicate if he or she
approves additional directory information given without specific approval.
The Office of the Registrar, as custodian of the educational records of students, will make access of such records available to
assistants, school officials, and other designated persons for indicated specific and legitimate interests as outlined in the amendment.
All requests from campus organizations to release a student’s grade point average to other students to determine a student’s eligibility
for membership in that organization will not be honored unless the student involved has specifically requested the release of this
information.
Students who have questions concerning their records should address them to the Office of the Registrar. To ensure prompt delivery of
all AAMU correspondence, students should complete change of address and change of name in the Office of the Registrar
immediately after such changes in status occur.
Academic Progress
Satisfactory Academic Progress
A student at AAMU is expected to make positive academic progress towards a degree. An undergraduate student is said to be making
satisfactory academic progress and thus is in academic good standing when his or her cumulative grade point average is as follows:
Cumulative Grade
Classification Point Average
Freshmen 1.50
Sophomore 1.75
Junior 2.0
Senior 2.0
Students whose cumulative GPA falls below the required minimum must increase their cumulative GPA to the required minimum
within two semesters. During the two-semester grace period, the student is required to earn the minimum GPA for his or her level.
Further, during the two-semester grace period, the student’s record will be stamped “Academic Probation.”
Academic Misconduct
All students in attendance at AAMU are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of
scholars. The University expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. All acts
of dishonesty in any academic work constitute academic misconduct. This includes but is not limited to the following:
1. Cheating – using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.
2. Plagiarism – representing the words, ideas, or data of another as one’s own in any academic exercise.
3. Fabrication – unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.
4. Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty – intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another student commit
an act of academic dishonesty.
Penalties for academic misconduct may be punishable by one of the following: