2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

me academic term. The deadline for proposal
approval is the second day of classes
in me term.
In order to successfully complete an
individual research underraking the student
must submit to the sponsoring instructor a
"finished product" (e.g. paper, report, portfolio).
A copy will be forwarded to the
department chair to be kept on file.
CATALOG UNDER WHICH
STUDENTS GRADUATE
The requirements for graduation for a graduate
student at the University of Baltimore
are those listed in the catalog which is current
at the time the student first becomes a
candidate for a graduate degree at the
University, with the following conditions:
1) The student must be in continuous
enrollment in the same program and/or
major during the academic years (fall
and spring semesters) from the time of
first enrollment until graduation.
2) If the student is suspended for academic
or orner deficiencies, the student must
meet the requirements of me catalog in
effect upon return if admitted as a
degree candidate.
3) If the student changes from one program
and/or major to another, the graduation
requirements are those listed in
the catalog mat is current at the time the
student becomes a degree candidate in
the new program or major.
4) If the student wishes to attend anomer
institution or must drop our of the
University temporarily because of family
problems, sickness, or orner difficulties,
the student may request in writing a
leave of absence and permission to reenter
under the student's original catalog
course requ.irements; however, the student
will be governed, upon return,
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according to the academic and administrative
policies and procedures listed in
the catalog in effect at the time of reentty.
5) Such cases will be handled on an individual
basis, depending on the student's
progress up to that point, grades, the
program, and me length of absence
from the University. If a leave of absence
is granted, a letter ofwritten permission
signed by the dean must be placed in the
student's academic folder mainta.ined in
me Records Office.
APPLYING FOR GRADUATION
It is me student's responsibility to apply for
graduation, which involves filing an application
and paying me required fee at the
beginning of the semester in which he/she
expects to complete requirements, according
to the deadlines established in the
schedule of classes for mat semester.
Students are advised to meet with their
department chair or adviser no later than the
beginning oftheir last semester to make sure
their last course selectiom are correct. They
should resolve any outstanding problems
prior to mid-semester, at which time copies
of me students' records are submitted to the
academic dean for approval/disapproval. All
transcripts must be submitted and any
pending grade changes or incomplete
should be resolved and in the Records
Office prior to mid-semester. The student's
fa.ilure to do so could delay his/her graduation
for an additional semester.
Any student who does nOt complete
degree requirements by the end of me
semester for which the student has applied
for graduation, or is not approved, must file
anomer graduation application and pay
anomer fee in me future semester in which
the student plans to graduate.