Undergraduate - Clarion University

pages i-viiiiiClarion University of PennsylvaniaPrerequisite. A course or other educational requirement that must be completed prior to another courseor before proceeding to more advanced study.Semester. One-half the academic year, excluding summers. At Clarion, an academic year is comprisedof a Fall and Spring semester.Seminar. A small group of students studying a subject with direction from a faculty member. Althoughpractices vary, students may do original research and exchange results through informal lectures,reports, and discussions.Sequence. Two or three closely related courses that typically must be taken in a specified order.Quality-Point Average (QPA). QPA is a quality-point average. It can range from 0.00 (all E’s) to 4.00(all A’s).Student Responsibility for AcademicRequirementsProvisions in the Clarion Undergraduate Catalog cannot be considered an irrevocable contract betweenthe university and the student.The university makes every effort to keep information in the catalog current. It must reserve the right,however, to amend any academic, administrative, or disciplinary policies or regulations and to updatefees or service charges described in this catalog without prior notice to people affected. Students areheld responsible for reading and understanding the academic, administrative, and disciplinary policiesor regulations and for understanding general education requirements. They are held responsible for therequirements of a major in effect at the time they officially declare a major. If students change majors,they are responsible for the requirements of the major in effect when they officially change majors.Requirements for graduation as well as those for various curricula and degree programs may changeafter students matriculate at Clarion. In most instances, such changes will not be retroactive, althoughstudents will have the option to elect to meet the new program requirements, if desired. Exceptions maybe necessary when changes in professional certification or licensure standards mandate such changes inrequirements or programs.Clarion University of Pennsylvania is authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant alienstudents.Vol. LXXVVVVJuly 2007No. 1Published biennially by the Council of Trustees