School of Professional Studies - William Jessup University

2010-2011
Academic Information
Planning an Academic Program
Traditional
Prior to registration, all undergraduate students should
study carefully the requirements of the University and of the
particular academic department to which they have been
admitted. Students must have their course selections
approved by a faculty advisor who will assist in planning a
program leading to a degree. A student can expect to spend
2 hours in outside study for each hour in class. Thus, a fulltime
student can expect academics to fill the majority of
their week.
Student Responsibility
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SPS
With the SPS Bridge Program, students need not take
external courses to complete their entire degree. The main
SPS office is equipped to offer degree completion advising
for both internal and external courses.
Students must assume complete responsibility for fulfilling all requirements to meet planned objectives. All departments have
certain academic requirements which must be met before a degree is granted. These are described in the various degree sections
of this catalog and concern such things as curricula, majors, and minors. Advisors, department chairs, and the Registrar are
available to help the student understand and arrange to meet these requirements; the student is responsible for knowing the
requirements to be met and for completing them. At the end of any course of study, if requirements for graduation have not been
satisfied, the degree will be withheld. For this reason it is important for each student to be acquainted with all regulations, to
remain currently informed throughout the college career, and to be responsible for completing all requirements.
Priority of Courses
Priority should be given to required courses in proper sequence. No one should register in an elective course to the exclusion of a
required one. Any required course for which a student had failed to receive credit should take priority over all other courses in the
arrangement of the student’s program; it should be repeated as soon as it is offered.
Unit Load - Traditional
In general, a student who is not employed more than ten hours per week should register for 16 units each semester. Registering
for more than 18 semester units requires petitioning for approval. The petitions for credit overloads may be obtained online at
jessup.edu and should be filed with the Registrar’s Office prior to registration.
Although the University considers 12 semester units as the minimum full-time undergraduate credit load, this minimum does not
necessarily coincide with limitations established by agencies outside of the University. Students who are eligible for educational
benefits from agencies are responsible for obtaining information about the specific requirements of the agency granting the
benefit. Six units are required for state aid and student loans and three units are required for federal grants and institutional aid.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs or the Academic Committee may reduce a student’s registration to less than the normal
academic load if the student failed to earn credit in any course or if the student was placed on academic probation the previous
semester. Late registrants, provisional acceptance, and probationary acceptance may also be subject to unit limitations.
Unit Load - SPS
In general, a student will register for 9 units a semester. Because of the accelerated course format, students should speak to the
main SPS office if they desire “doubling-up”.