2001-2002 - College of Education - University of Illinois at Urbana ...
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Petitions, Appeals, and Other Actionsbetter; <strong>of</strong>ficial transcripts must be <strong>at</strong>tached to the petition if notpreviously filed in the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong>. A <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>at</strong><strong>Urbana</strong>-Champaign faculty member, in the field <strong>of</strong> the course beingtransferred, must valid<strong>at</strong>e the course by examin<strong>at</strong>ion, interview, orwh<strong>at</strong>ever manner wished. Recommend<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> the adviser, departmentchairperson/head, and the Instructional Programs Office are required.Master’s and Advanced Certific<strong>at</strong>e students may transfer up to 2 1/2units <strong>of</strong> credit. Students seeking Ph.D. and Ed.D. degrees may petitionfor transfer <strong>of</strong> appropri<strong>at</strong>e credit from doctoral degree grantinginstitutions, but such a transfer does not reduce the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong>requirement <strong>of</strong> 16 units <strong>of</strong> resident credit for the degrees and, therefore isdiscouraged and seldom approved. Credit accepted cannot exceed 1/4unit for 1 semester hour, or 1/2 unit for 3 quarter hours. Credit forcourses taken more than five years prior to the petition is nottransferable.Changing Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong> DepartmentThe student may petition to transfer into a department in the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong> from another gradu<strong>at</strong>e department <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong><strong>at</strong> <strong>Urbana</strong>-Champaign, or to transfer from the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong> toanother gradu<strong>at</strong>e department. The Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Student Petition must beaccompanied by departmental recommend<strong>at</strong>ions, transcripts, computedgrade-point averages, and the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Record form, and sent to theInstructional Programs Office with a recommend<strong>at</strong>ion from thedepartment. For doctoral students, the petition and the completedoctoral file must be forwarded by the department to the InstructionalPrograms Office. If the student is currently enrolled, an applic<strong>at</strong>ion foradmission or readmission to the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong> is not required. Boththe Instructional Programs Office and the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong> mustapprove the change before it is effective.Adding and Dropping CoursesStudents are expected to adjust each semester’s schedule by the deadlined<strong>at</strong>es given for adding and dropping courses. If there is a justified needfor adding or dropping a course after the deadline has passed, thestudent must secure a letter detailing the reasons from his or her adviserand recommending th<strong>at</strong> the st<strong>at</strong>ed course(s) be added or dropped.Approval also must be obtained from the Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean for AcademicAffairs and the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>College</strong>.56
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