BACCALAUREATE
DEGREES
Queens
College
has been granted the right to offer the following baccalaureate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Fine
Arts (B.F.A.), Bachelor of Music (B. Mus.), and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with
all of the latter being based primarily on the B.A. model. It is also possible
to earn a Second Baccalaureate. A
Bachelor of Science in Applied Social Science has been approved by the Academic
Senate (12/92) and the Board of Trustees for Queens College Branch Campus at 25
West 43 Street, Manhattan.
(2/10/97)
In all cases, to
obtain any one of these degrees, a student must meet the General
Baccalaureate Requirements and a set of requirements particular to the
degree being sought.
I. Definition
of Applicable Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees and Majors
A. Matriculated
students enrolled in undergraduate programs are responsible for meeting degree
requirements in force at the time of their matriculation. Changes in the
structure of a major must be applied in such a manner as to avoid increasing
the number of credits required of students who have started taking courses
required for the major. If general
degree requirements are changed following matriculation, the student is given
the option of satisfying original requirements or new requirements. The above policy includes those undergraduate
students who were matriculated, took leaves of absence, and return to the
College. (11/12/87)
B. Students
who are dismissed for academic reasons may be subject to new regulations
depending on how long after dismissal the student returns and such other factors
as may be taken into account by the appropriate Scholastic Standards Committee.
(11/12/87)
II. General
Graduation Standards
The Academic
Senate on 5/21/81
reworded all motions previously passed with regard to general graduation
standards (mostly for the B.A.) to make them equally applicable to all
baccalaureates. Because these motions
were initially adopted at a number of different times, each of the revised
wordings has the date of passage of the original motion appended to it.
A. All
Baccalaureate Degree Programs have the following uniform graduation
requirements.
1. Matriculated
status. (5/6/71)
2. Completion
of 128 credits. (5/6/71)
Board of Trustees
policy has superseded Academic Senate policy by reducing CUNY graduation
requirements to 120 credits. (6/26/95)
3. Completion
of the requirements for an approved major selected from among those offered by
departments or programs, or created in accordance with the provisions for the
interdisciplinary Major (5/6/71)--see
III, below.
4. Completion of the
Queens
College
Basic and Advanced Learning Skills Requirements in English and Mathematics (3/25/76
et seq.), Physical Education (12/4/80),
and Foreign Language. (3/27/80)--see
IV, below.
5. Completion
of the Distributional or Area Degree Requirements for the specific
baccalaureate. (4/22/76
et seq.) Completion of LASAR
requirements. (5/19/81,
12/3/81
et seq.)—see V.B, below.
6. A
2.00 cumulative index based on work at Queens
College.
(11/9/78)
7. Completion
of at least 45 credits in residence at Queens
College.
(11/9/78).
This may not be appealed. (5/3/90)
8. Completion
of a minimum of 30 of the last 64 credits toward the Baccalaureate at
Queens
College
or the CUNY
Graduate
Center.
(11/9/78)
9. Completion
of at least one-third of the credits for fulfillment of a major in residence at
Queens
College,
except where a departmental waiver is given.
The major department (or departments) or approved program (or programs)
retains full authority over certification of its students' majors. (11/9/78)
B. The
following uniform limitations shall apply to credits used to fulfill the
requirements for baccalaureate degrees:
1. No
more than 12 credits in tutorials may be applied toward a degree. (3/8/79)
2. No
more than 21 credits of P/NC grading may be applied toward a degree. (4/10/75)
3. No
degree credit for work completed in the English Language Institute may be
applied toward a degree. (1/10/80)
4. No
more than 11 credits in basic writing courses in English at or below the
level of English 120 may be applied toward a degree. (2/28/80,
3/12/81)
5. Students
shall not be permitted to register for courses which meet during overlapping
time periods. (2/24/83)
6. Limitations
on use of transfer credit towards all baccalaureate degrees are indicated under
Transfer Student Policies in this handbook.
III. The
Majors and Minors
A. The Major
a. Any
department may designate a minimum of 15 credits of interrelated courses
to constitute a minor. Such designations
shall be listed in the College
Bulletin.
1) For
students declaring a MINOR, at least 9 credits of the minor must be in
courses at the 200 level or above. (4/8/85)
b. Students
wishing to have a minor noted on their transcript must file an approved
concentration form with the proper department.
c. A department may initiate a minor program or
programs, except as noted below, without further action by the Academic Senate
where all of the requirements for the completion of the minor can be fulfilled
solely through that department's course offering.
1) Departments wishing to offer minors that require courses outside of the
department or in excess of 25 credits (including all courses which might be
required as prerequisites for courses included in the minor) must seek approval
of the Academic Senate before initiation of such a program.
2) Departments
wishing to structure their minor(s) in a manner not conforming
to the stated requirements must submit their proposals for exception to the
requirements to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and to the Academic
Senate for approval. (4/8/85)
3) Minor
programs shall be subject to review by the Academic Senate at any time.
d. Interdisciplinary
minors which have been approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and
the Academic Senate and which do not fall within the purview of a single
academic department shall be offered under the aegis of the Interdisciplinary
and Special Studies Program. (3/13/80)
IV. Basic
and Advanced Learning Skills Requirements
A. Courses
taken to fulfill the Basic Skills Requirements (Reading, Mathematics, and
English Composition) must be started during the freshman year and cannot be
used to meet Distributional Requirements. (3/25/76)
B. Reading
Students
may not register for the second semester in attendance unless they have either
passed the CUNY Reading Assessment Test or are maintaining enroll-ment in
Reading I
or another appropriate (SEEK or CESL) reading sequence. (2/24/83)
C. Mathematics
Entering
students will be expected to demonstrate competence in arithmetic and algebra
by passing, at the level of Math 122 or higher, the CUNY Math Assessment Test
(MAT), or by having passed the Regents examination. Those students who fail to demonstrate the
desired competence are required to pass a course in mathematics at the level of
Mathematics 110 or higher prior to the completion of their second semester at
the College. Students may retake the
mathematics examination and may then be exempted, if they qualify, from the
requirement. If they become exempt from
a course in which they are already enrolled, they will receive credit for that
course (Grade P). However, a student may
not receive credit for the course if notification of exemption is given before
the first day of classes. (3/25/76)
Courses taken to fulfill the
mathematics requirement may not be taken P/NC. (3/9/00)
D. English
Composition
1.
Students entering the College must take
the English Placement Examination (the CUNY Writing Assessment Test, or
"WAT") in order to determine their composition requirement, and no
student can be admitted to any composition course unless he or she has taken
the examination.
The basic sequence of writing courses,
required of all students graduating from Queens College, is English 110 and
three additional courses which have been designated as "writing
intensive." Students should consult
the course offerings catalog each semester for a list of courses which have
this designation.
English
120 carries two writing units and may be recommended by the instructor of
English 110 for those students who would benefit from a more formal writing
experience. On the basis of the
Placement Examination, students will enroll in English 110, or in English 95 as
a prerequisite to English 110, or be exempted from English 110 and placed into
English 120. Special sections of basic
writing courses are offered for students whose native language is not English. (2/5/87, 5/16/96)
2.
Courses taken to fulfill the composition requirement
may not be taken P/NC. (5/16/96)
3.
As of the Fall 1997 semester, English 120 is no longer
a basic skills requirement. Waivers and
exemptions, therefore, are no longer applicable and shall not be granted. Those waivers and exemptions which have
already been granted to students will be honored provided the student graduates
under all writing requirements in force prior to the Fall 1997 semester.
(4/15/99)
4.
For transfer students, the Director of Composition
shall have sole responsibility to authorize writing-intensive units for
transferred courses other than English 120.
At most, one writing-intensive unit will be granted for any student, but
only if the institution at which the course was taken has a writing-intensive
program similar to that at Queens College, and the course is specified in the
institution’s bulletin as writing-intensive. (4/15/99)
5.
One W course must be taken in residence. (4/15/99)
6.
English 110 must be completed before
entrance to the upper division of the College (i.e., registering beyond 60
credits). Students who have completed 60
credits but have not passed English 110 will not be allowed to register for any
other courses until English 110 is passed.
Exceptions to this restriction can be granted only by the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/7/87)
7. Transfer
students admitted to advanced standing who have more than 60 credits and who
have not completed the equivalent of English 110 must do so within the first
two semesters in which they are enrolled at the College. Registration in other
courses will be prohibited until English 110 is passed. Exceptions to this restriction can be granted
only by the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/7/87)
8.
Students who maintain continuous
registration in the appropriate English courses but do not pass the CUNY
Writing Assessment Test by the time they have completed 60 credits may not
progress to the 61st credit.
The Testing Office will notify them of this circumstance during the
semester preceding the one in which they might expect to achieve 60
credits. (This is a CUNY requirement.)
(1/10/80)
9. English
140 may not be substituted for English 120 in order to satisfy the graduation
requirement. English 140 may continue to
be used as a Humanities I, Tier I LASAR course.
(11/8/90)
E. The
Physical Education Requirement
All
baccalaureate students at Queens College shall complete satisfactorily one
course in Physical Education selected from the liberal arts electives (FNES 11
through 30). (12/4/80)
F. The
Foreign Language Requirement
All
baccalaureate students shall attain a knowledge of a foreign language at a
level equivalent to three semesters of study at the college level.
1. Students
who successfully complete the third level of foreign language instruction at
the high school level or who achieve a passing grade on the New York State
Regents Comprehensive Language Examination are exempt from this requirement.
2. Students
who have studied a foreign language or whose native language is not English may
be exempted from part or all of this requirement by passing one of the
competency examinations administered by the foreign language departments. They may also be exempted from part or all of
this requirement on the basis of scores obtained on other externally
administered examinations which are approved by the foreign language
departments or, in the case of American Sign Language, by the Office of Special
Services. (amended 4/14/96)
3. Students should enroll in the most advanced
course in a sequence of courses in a given language for which they are
qualified by either placement or previous study. Normally, one year of study of a foreign
language at the high school level is the equivalent of one semester of study at
the college level. Students not certain
of the course level in which they should enroll should take the departmental
placement examination and consult with the adviser in the language department
in question.
a. Students will not receive college credit for
taking language courses at levels below that in which they have been placed by
a competency examination unless permission is granted by the appropriate
language department.
b. Neither
blanket nor equivalent credit shall be granted for introductory courses in a
foreign language from which a student has been exempted by examination.
5.
Exceptions to this policy exist for
Bachelor of Music and ACE students.
Refer to relevant sections of the Policy Book for specifics.
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BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) DEGREE
The
requirements for this degree are:
A. The
full General Graduation Standards (II) and the full Basic and Advanced
Learning Skills Requirements (IV), must be met.
B. Courses
from the approved list (see Bulletin)
must be selected to complete the following Liberal Arts and Sciences Area
Requirements (LASAR):
1. Humanities
I: 2 courses (min. 6 credits) in the
area of literature and literary criticism (4/24/80), with one course to be
taken from a listing of Tier 1 courses and the other from a listing of Tier 2
courses. The Tier 1 courses all have a
prerequisite of English 110 and the Tier 2 courses all have a prerequisite of
one Tier 1 course. (4/30/81)
2. Humanities
II: 1 course (min. 3 credits) which stresses appreciation and/or participation
in the areas of art, music and/or theatre. (4/24/80)
3. Humanities
III: 1 course (min. 3 credits) involving the study of language, culture and/or
aesthetics. (4/24/80)
4. Social
Sciences: 2 courses (min. 6 credits) from different departments, preferably as
a cluster, dealing with historical change, the economy, government,
decision-making, community structure and organization. (4/24/80)
a. Neither
course in the History 1 and 2 sequence on western civilization by itself may be
used towards fulfilling both the Humanities III and Social Sciences area
requirements. Where both courses are
completed, they may be applied to both the Humanities III and one of the two
courses in the Social Sciences area requirements. (4/30/81)
b. SEEK
students may fulfill the Social Sciences area requirements by satisfactory
completion of one course from the approved Social Sciences listing beyond the
sequence in the SEEK Program. (1/8/81)
5. Physical
and Biological Sciences: 2 courses (min. 7 credits), one with a
participatory laboratory component stressing the scientific method. (4/24/80)
6. Scientific
Methodology and Quantitative Reasoning:
1 course (min. 3 credits) in college-level mathematics, computer
science, data analysis and statistics, scientific methodology or logic.
(4/24/80)
a. The
requirements of two courses from the Physical and Biological Sciences area and
one course from the Scientific Methodology and Quantitative Reasoning area may
not be satisfied by courses taken in a single department.
b. At
least one course used to fulfill the Physical and Biological Science area
requirement must be taken in a department other than that in which the student
is a major. (5/14/81)
7. Pre-Industrial/Non-Western
Civilization: one course devoted to the study of a pre-industrial and/or
non-western civilization.
a. Certain
courses used to fulfill one of the above six Liberal Arts and Sciences Area
Requirements or the foreign language requirements may also be designated to
satisfy this requirement. (4/24/80)
8. General
Qualifications:
a. All
courses listed as fulfilling the Liberal Arts and Sciences Area Requirements
shall carry an identifying code designating the area(s) to which they can be
applied. The code system will be developed by the Registrar's Office in
consultation with the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (5/14/81)
b. Courses used to satisfy the basic and
advanced learning skills requirements may not be used to satisfy the Liberal
Arts and Sciences Area Requirements.
c. Any
courses that are used to fulfill the requirements of a major may also be used
to fulfill the appropriate LASAR areas.
d.
Transfer students who place in English 95
or above will be granted equivalent credits by the Undergraduate Scholastic
Standards Committee unless, after consultation with the appropriate
department(s), the transferred course(s) are found to not meet the spirit of
the area requirements. (4/24/80)
e. Transfer
students matriculating with fewer than 28 advanced standing credits must
complete all Baccalaureate requirements. (10/15/81)
9. LASAR
Articulation Agreement for students with AAS Degrees from CUNY Community
Colleges:
Queens
College affirms that this resolution and any actions consequent upon it are
consistent with all Board of Trustees actions regarding transferability of
credits for those holding the AAS degree from CUNY Community Colleges. We reaffirm the policies that:
a. all
students with an AAS degree upon transfer to a parallel senior college
professional program shall be awarded a minimum of 64 credits and shall be
required to complete only the difference between 64 and the total credits
required in the baccalaureate program in which the students enroll;
b. all
students with an AAS degree upon transfer to a senior college liberal arts
curriculum or related professional program in the same field as the (CUNY)
community college degree shall be awarded a minimum of 64 credits and shall not
be required to take more than 64 to 72 credits at the senior college to
complete the baccalaureate degree (4/24/80), as amended by Executive Committee.
(7/24/80)
10. The
Senate has established a special program entitled Honors in the Humanities,
completion of which fulfills some of the above Liberal Arts and Sciences Area
Requirements. (5/19/81 - 11/14/85)
a. Admission
to Honors in the Humanities requires placement in English 110 or above and
passage of the CUNY Assessment Test in Reading.
Retention in the Program requires maintaining a B (3.0) average in
Program courses.
b. Townsend
Harris High School graduates who elect to matriculate at Queens College and who
continue in the Honors in the Humanities may use HTH 101 and 102 in lieu of
English 140 and one of the HTH senior seminars to complete the 10 course
sequence in Honors in the Humanities.
c. For
Townsend Harris graduates who do not choose to complete the sequence in Honors
in the Humanities, HTH 101 and 102 will satisfy the Hum. I, Tier 1 and
Pre-Industrial and/or Non-Western Civilization components of LASAR. (5/3/90)
C. ACE
Program:
1. The
full General Graduation Standards (II) must be met.
2. The
following courses must be completed in place of the Queens College Basic and
Advanced Learning Skills and LASAR requirements. (4/12/83)
a. English
and Humanities I: ACE 001, 003 and any Humanities I, Tier 2 course from current
list (18 credits).
b. Humanities
II: ACE 004. Studies in Visual Arts and
Music (6 cr.). (5/8/86)
c. Humanities
III: Any course from current Humanities III list. (3 cr)
d. Physical
& Biological Sciences and Mathematics: The following satisfies LASAR Groups
A and B and Math Basic Skills: ACE 009 and any
two of the following: Biology 008, Chemistry 011, Psychology 101. (10 or 11
cr.)
e. Scientific
Methodology & Quantitative Reasoning: Any course from current list. (3
cr.)
f. Social
Sciences & Pre-Industrial/Non-Western Civilization: ACE 015 and 016. (12
cr.)
g. Health
and Physical Education: FNES 32. (3 cr.)
h. Foreign
Language:
1) All ACE students must complete a first-level
course in the foreign language of their choice.
2) They may then complete successfully two more
levels of language instruction.
OR
They
may opt for taking four more courses, including Linguistics 101 and three
others distributed amongst courses in Literature, in English translation, of
the language they have completed, and/or courses in the culture and
civilization related to that language.
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee will provide a list of courses
that may be used to satisfy the distribution requirements.
3) Courses
used to satisfy the language requirement may not be used to satisfy any other
requirement either toward a major or LASAR.
3. Transfer students may not apply courses
taken at other institutions as substitutes for ACE Seminars. (5/12/83)
4. The
P/NC option is not available on basic ACE seminars. (2/9/89)
VI. THE
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (B.F.A.) DEGREE
The
B.F.A. (HEGIS 1002BFA) effective date, September 1981.
The
requirements for this degree are:
A. Completion
of the Departmental Major Requirements for the B.F.A.
B. Fulfillment
of the General Graduation Standards (II).
C. Completion
of the Basic and Advanced Skills Requirements in English (IV.D), in
Mathematics (IV.C.), and in Physical Education (IV.E.).
D. Completion
of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Area Requirements established for the
B.A. degree (V.B.).
VII. THE
BACHELOR OF MUSIC (B. MUS.) DEGREE
On
11/13/80 the Academic Senate revised the requirements for the B. Mus. degree
(HEGIS 1004BA, MusB) to bring them in conformance with the B.A. requirements.
The
requirements for this degree are:
A. Completion
of the Departmental Major Requirements for the B.Mus.
B. Fulfillment
of the General Graduation Standards (II).
C. Completion
of the Basic and Advanced Learning Skills Requirements in English (IV.D)
and Mathematics (IV.C), and in Physical Education (IV.E).
D. Completion
of the following Language Requirements:
Two
semesters of study of one of the
following: French, Italian, or German
(may be completely or partially fulfilled by examination); Bachelor of Music
majors in voice must complete two
semesters of study in two of the
following: French, Italian, or German.
E. Completion
of the following Liberal Arts and Sciences Area Requirements (all
references are to categories established for the B.A. degree, V.B.):
1. One
course (min. 3 credits) from Humanities I.
2. One
course (min. 3 credits) from among the courses offered by the department of Art
or Drama, Theatre, and Dance.
3. One
course (min. 3 credits) in the History of Western Civilization from the Middle
Ages to the Present. The specific
courses which will satisfy this requirement can be found in the College Bulletin.
4. One
other course (min. 3 credits) selected from one of the following groups of
courses:
a. Humanities
I
b. The
History of Western Civilization
c.
The Physical and Biological Sciences or
the Scientific Methodology and Quantitative Reasoning areas.
VIII. THE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
The
requirements for this degree are:
A. Completion
of a Major in Computer Science, Geology, or Physical Education.
B. Fulfillment
of the General Graduation Standards (II).
C. Completion
of the Basic and Advanced Learning Skills (IV), and of the Liberal
Arts and Sciences Area Requirements (V.B) of the B.A. degree.
D. Both a B.S. and a B.A. are offered in
Geology. The B.S. may be chosen by those
students who have completed A, B, and C above and have also completed at least
64 credits in courses applicable to the majors in Biology, Chemistry, Computer
Science, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics.
E. Both
a B.S. and a B.A. degree are offered in Computer Science. The requirements
differ as specified in the QC Undergraduate
Bulletin.
IX. THE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE
The
requirements for this degree are specified in the QC Undergraduate Bulletin. This
degree is open only to students matriculated at the Worker Education Extension
Center in Manhattan.
X. THE
SECOND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM
A.
The Second Baccalaureate Degree Program
is open to students who wish to fulfill the requirements of an undergraduate
concentration in a field of study offered by Queens College that is not closely
allied to that studied for their first baccalaureate.
B. Diplomas and transcripts shall, at the
successful completion of this program, indicate the field of concentration
pursued.
Queens
College may award a baccalaureate degree to students who have already earned a
baccalaureate degree:
1. The
student must have completed a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S.
college or university, or a foreign institution of equivalent level, with a
cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.0.
2. The
second baccalaureate degree will be in a field of study different from the
major of the student's first baccalaureate.
3. The
student must be accepted by the academic department or program of the second major,
subject to the recommendation of the Dean of the division or school in which
the new major is offered.
4. The
student will complete at least 45 credits of course work at QC beyond that
applied to the first baccalaureate degree.
6. The
student must achieve a grade-point average of at least 2.0 at the end of the
first semester (or first 10 credits) to remain in the program, and must
thereafter maintain a 2.0 cumulative index. Departments may define a more
stringent grade-point average requirement.
7. The
student who holds a baccalaureate degree from an institution other than QC
satisfies all the College's basic and advanced skills requirements and Liberal
Arts and Sciences Area Requirements in effect at the time of admission by:
a. passing
the CUNY Assessment Tests and having prior coursework evaluated as being
equivalent to the courses used to satisfy QC skills requirements and LASAR, or
b. completing successfully at QC all courses
necessary to satisfy QC skills requirements and LASAR, or
c. a
combination of a and b above.
Courses
taken by such students to satisfy skills deficiencies, including English 95,
Reading 1 and Math 6, may not be applied to the 45-credit residency
requirement. Courses taken at QC to satisfy requirements
in English composition, foreign language, physical education and LASAR may be
applied to the residency requirement.
8. The
student who already holds a baccalaureate degree from QC has satisfied the
basic skills and general education requirements of the College, but is bound by
the other requirements. (12-5-91)
THE CURRICULUM
Note: Except where explicitly stated, policies in
this section apply to both undergraduate and graduate students.
I. Procedures
for Changes in the Curriculum
A. The
Responsible Senate Committees
The
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) is responsible for the initial review
of all undergraduate curricular matters.
This includes, but is not restricted to (1) new courses, (2) changes in
courses, (3) dropping courses, (4) new majors and changes in majors and minors
(beyond certain limitations--see Baccalaureate Degrees III), and (5) changes in
departmental names. The Graduate
Curriculum Committee (GCC) conducts the initial review of these matters when
they affect changes in the graduate curriculum.
B. Submission
of Proposals
Because
of the large volume of proposed changes and because many of the proposals
require accompanying complete justifications before they can be acted on by the
committees and by the Office of Academic Affairs of the Board of Trustees, the
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee has established procedures for the
electronic submission of proposals which are available from the committee
chair. Items are broken down into four
categories:
NOTE: Asterisk (*) is placed next to all items
requiring a justification.
1. Changes
to a Program
a. All
proposals pertaining to Centers, Institutes, and Schools* (Consult Provost and
UCC Chair before submission). Requires
Letter of Intent.
b. New
programs and majors* (Consult Provost and UCC Chair before submission). Requires Letter of Intent.
c. Change
in the name of a department*
d. Change
in requirements in a degree program*
e. Minors
(if over 25 credits, or required
courses outside a department, or are
offered by a non-departmental entity)*
2. New
Courses*
The
following information is required: (1)
course number and title, (2) number of hours (lecture recitation, laboratory,
etc.) and credits, (3) pre- or co-requisite(s), if any, (4) Bulletin description, (5) justification
for offering, (6) projected enrollment, and (7) frequency of offering,
syllabus.
3. Changes
in existing courses: include change in
title, number, pre-requisite(s), credits and hours* (any changes in credits and
hours must be justified with a brief explanation).
4. Courses
to be withdrawn.
NOTE: Any substantial change in a course (i.e.,
change in title and description, or title and credits, or credits and description)
that effectively results in a new course should be submitted as a new course
and the old course should be withdrawn.
C. Processing
of Proposals
1. All
items are assigned an agenda number in order of receipt by the UCC chair.
2. The
department (program, etc.) is then notified:
a. when
the item has been approved by the UCC,
b. the
date of Academic Senate meeting at which the item will be discussed, and
c. when
the item has been passed by the Board of Trustees.
D. Departmental
Responsibilities for Bulletin
Descriptions of Requirements for Majors:
1. All basic requirements for the major
(including all prerequisites for required courses regardless of the department
in which they are taught) should be summarized in the description of the
major. If there is doubt concerning a
listing, consult the appropriate Academic Senate curriculum committee.
2. Departments
and Programs must include in their Bulletin
descriptions of major requirements any special grade requirements for that
major which differ from the general degree requirements of the College.
(4/4/85)
II. Permit
Policy for Undergraduate Students
A. A
permit shall be defined as official approval from the College, obtained in
advance, for a student to take courses at another institution of higher
education, whether domestic or foreign, for the purposes of having the earned
credits applied to a Queens College undergraduate degree.
B. Permission
shall be granted for, and limited to, the specific academic term or terms noted
on the permit.
C. Eligibility
for the receipt of a permit shall be limited to matriculated undergraduate
students who have a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade-point average.
D. Freshmen
in their first semester of attendance and transfer students (including internal
transfers) in their first semester of matriculation may not take any course on
a permit. A minimum of 6 credits must
have been completed successfully at Queens College before a permit may be
issued. No student will be granted a
permit unless in attendance at the College or on permit the semester directly
preceding that one for which the permit is being requested.
E. The
rules for the acceptability of permit credits shall be identical to those
governing transfer credit, unless explicitly noted in the permit policy. Specifically, reference is made to minimum
grades acceptable for transfer and regulations governing the transfer of credit
for courses taken at non-accredited or non-degree granting domestic and foreign
institutions.
F. Permits
may be executed either for course equivalent credit or for elective
credit. All course approvals, whether
for equivalent or elective credit, must carry the signature of the academic
department or program representative(s) specifically authorized to execute the
permit. Permits signed by other than
authorized faculty will not be considered official.
G. Basic
skills courses, including those defined as remedial, developmental, or
compensatory, as specified by the Academic Senate, may not be taken on permit.
I. Supervision
of this policy shall be the responsibility of the Undergraduate Scholastic
Standards Committee. (5/9/91)
III. Experimental
(Interdisciplinary and Special Studies) Courses
A. A
department may offer a new, 'experimental' course up to four times, either
through the Interdisciplinary and Special Studies Program or as a course under
a departmental omnibus listing. After it
has been offered three times it must be submitted for approval to the
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the Academic Senate. While approval is pending, it may continue to
be offered.
B. Courses
which do not come under the purview of any single department may be offered by
the Interdisciplinary and Special Studies Program. After such a course has been offered three
times it must be submitted for approval to the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee of the Academic Senate. While
approval is pending, it may continue to be offered (2/5/76).
IV. Administration of the Writing-Intensive
Program
Courses
shall be designated writing intensive by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. To be considered for this designation the
course must meet the following four criteria:
A.
10-15 pages of evaluated writing in three or more
assignments (either separate papers or one term paper done in stages) so that
the students have the opportunity to develop and improve.
B. Some
attention to writing in class, in one or more of the following possible forms:
discussion of papers before they are written and after they are returned;
reading aloud of successful papers or models; the occasional use of informal,
ungraded writing to stimulate class discussion; opportunities for students to
give each other feedback on first drafts.
Among such forms, teachers would choose the one or two that best suited
their particular course.
C. Exams
that include essay questions.
D. Class-size
of 30 students at most.
The
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee shall appoint a subcommittee to oversee the
list of courses designated ‘writing intensive.’
This committee will receive requests for additions to the list, collect
syllabi from already designated courses on a regular basis, and make
recommendations to the UCC for adding or dropping courses from the list. The committee membership will include the
Director of Composition from the English Department and representatives of some
or all of the departments offering ‘writing intensive’ courses.
A measure shall be developed by the UCC to evaluate the impact
and effectiveness of the new requirements on the writing ability of Queens
College students.
(5/16/96)
V.
Cross-Listing of Courses
Any
undergraduate or graduate course which is included in the offerings of two
departments ('cross-listed') must be approved as appropriate to both
departments by action of the Academic Senate.
For every such course, the departments in question must jointly propose
a common title, prerequisite structure and description, and the departmental
course number(s). All such courses shall
be identified by giving both the names of the departments involved and the
departmental course numbers together in all catalog listings, course schedules,
and on student transcripts. (Note: while the title, description, and
prerequisite structure of cross-listed courses must be identical, their
departmental course numbers may be different). (11/23/81)
VI. Tutorials
A. The
Approval Process
1. All
undergraduate or graduate tutorials, independent study and workshop courses
must have written approval of a sponsor from the teaching faculty (rank of
lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor) from
any department of the College.
2. In
addition, written approval from the appropriate Chairperson from one of the
academic departments is required.
3. Where
the subject matter of a proposed tutorial is clearly within the purview of an
established area studies program, rather than an academic department, the
written approval of the Program Director or Chairperson of the area studies
program is required. Wherever possible,
tutorials are to be offered through the academic departments, and Program
Directors are requested to consult with the appropriate department.
4. Members
of the Bylaw Instructional Staff not appointed through an academic department,
but who possess appropriate academic training and credentials, may also sponsor
tutorials. Such tutorials must be
approved in writing by the Department Chairperson or Program Director whose
field most closely relates to the proposed tutorial. Where a Chairperson will not approve a
tutorial, an appeal may be made to the Chairperson's Divisional Dean. (2/22/79)
B. Limitations
on Tutorials
Tutorials
offered through Interdisciplinary and Special Studies are subject to the
following provisions:
1. Students
may enroll for no more than one tutorial per semester.
2. No
more than 12 credits in tutorials may be applied toward the B.A. degree.
3. Limitations
described in provisions 1 and 2 may be waived by written permission of the
Director of Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, and the appropriate
divisional dean in special circumstances, e.g., for students who, in order to
complete their majors, must take courses listed in the Bulletin as tutorials because of insufficient enrollment.
4. Faculty
members may sponsor no more than four tutorials for no more than a total of 8
credits per semester unless approval is granted by the appropriate department
chairperson, the appropriate divisional dean, and the Director of
Interdisciplinary and Special Studies.
5. It
is not the intent of this motion to discourage advanced level work in those
areas of study (e.g., foreign languages) in which insufficient enrollment has
limited the development of formal courses. (3/8/79)
6. A
tutorial may not be given which has substantially the same content as a course
currently in the Bulletin, unless
permission is granted by the department offering the course where appropriate,
or by the Tutorial Review Subcommittee. (1/10/80)
C. Tutorial
and Special Studies Courses Review – Subcommittee of the Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee (Currently inactive, 11/19/98)
The
Academic Senate has established a subcommittee of the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee--the Tutorial and Special Studies Courses Review Subcommittee--with
the following duties and membership:
1. The
Tutorial and Special Studies Courses Review Sub-committee shall be empowered to
exercise general supervisory authority over all tutorials and special studies
courses in conjunction with the Director of Interdisciplinary and Special
Studies.
2. The
Tutorial and Special Studies Courses Review Subcommittee may draft guidelines
for the granting of tutorials and for the form of special studies courses and
submit them to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for consideration and
forwarding to the Academic Senate.
D. Restrictions
on Content
1. Courses
whose purpose it is to provide tutoring to undergraduate college students shall
not be offered as tutorials, either through the Interdisciplinary and Special
Studies Program or through departmental tutorial, independent research or
special studies courses.
2. Courses
where the students provide some tutoring/ advising function may be offered as
structured departmental courses. In
these cases, the course descriptions must articulate both the academic learning
and tutoring components. The extent to
which there are significant learning opportunities for the student tutor will
be the criterion used to determine the appropriate credit allotment for such
courses. (12/4/81)
VII. Registration
for Courses
A. Registration
periods. Students shall register for all
courses, including mini-courses, during the regular registration periods as
established by the Registrar. Program adjustment periods for all courses shall
also follow the regular and officially designated program adjustment dates that
are set in accordance with CUNY policy. (2/24/83)
B. Overlapping
courses. Students shall not be permitted
to register for courses that meet during overlapping time periods.
(2/24/83) Students have the right to
request a waiver from this policy from the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards
Committee.
C. Credit
load. A full-time program consists of 12
to 18 credits in a semester during the academic year. Credits taken at other colleges must be
included in the total.
Students
wishing to take more than 18 credits during a semester who do not meet the
criteria in the paragraph above, may petition the Undergraduate Scholastic
Standards Committee for approval.
D. Grade
Requirements for Registration in Mathematics Courses
To
use one mathematics course as a prerequisite for another mathematics course
numbered 201 or below, a student shall be required to pass the first course
with a grade of C- or better. This
requirement will be enforced vigorously; it can be waived only upon approval of
the chairperson of the department. (2/9/84)
VIII.
Withdrawal
from Courses (See QC Undergraduate
Bulletin for current procedures)
A. During
the first three weeks of each Fall and Spring semester, and during the first
week of Summer Sessions I and II, a student shall be able to withdraw from the
course and have this action considered a program adjustment. The course will not appear on the student's
record and the billing shall be adjusted in accordance with the University's
policy of tuition refunds. (2/11/82)
B. After
the third week of each Fall and Spring semester and through the eighth week of
those semesters and during the second and third weeks of Summer Session II, a
student shall be able to withdraw from a course; however, the course will
appear on the student's record with a W and no refund of tuition will be
possible. (2/11/82, 11/19/98)
C. After
the eighth week of each Fall and Spring semester and after the first week of
Summer Session I and third week of Summer Session II up to the last day of
regularly scheduled classroom instruction, a student shall be able to withdraw
from a course only after requesting permission for withdrawal from the
Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee.
Such permission shall be granted only for the most pressing and urgent
reasons. The student must provide the reasons for withdrawal, and in all cases
documentation and verification shall be required. In addition, students belonging to the
following categories must present proof that they have discussed their
withdrawal plans in the stipulated manner:
1. Freshmen
must see Peer Advisers or Counselors.
2. Foreign
students must see staff members of the Foreign Student Office. *
3.
ACE students must see the Assistant
Director of the ACE Program. *
4.
SEEK students must initially go through
the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing. *
5.
Students in Biology courses must see the
chair of the department. *
6. Students
in Chemistry courses must see the chair of the department. *
7. Students
in CESL courses must see the director of the program. *
An
evaluation of the student's performance up to the point of the withdrawal must
also be obtained from the course instructor.
The
Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee is authorized to make special
arrangements similar to those in 5 and 6 above for departments requiring them.
(2/11/82)
D. Students who register, pay a bill and
drop all courses during program adjustments (through the third week of the Fall
or Spring semester) shall not lapse into inactive status and will not have to
apply for re-entry. Their transcripts
shall show no new notation for that semester. (5/26/83)
____________________
*
currently not in force
E. Students who withdraw from all courses,
either one at a time or all at once, through the Office of the Registrar from
the fourth through the eighth week of the Fall or Spring semester shall be
considered as withdrawn from all courses and their transcripts shall show
grades of "W." (5/26/83)
F. Retroactive
withdrawals, which are withdrawals requested after the semester has been
completed, shall be handled in essentially the same manner as late withdrawals
(see C. above). Such withdrawals shall
require documentation and verification of the extenuating circumstances that
prevented the student from completing the course and from withdrawing during
the appropriate time limits during the semester in question. (2/11/82)
IX.
Leave
of Absence
A. The
term Leave of Absence shall be reserved for students who are granted such leave
through the Dean of Students.
B. Leaves
of Absence shall be permitted during the Fall and Spring semesters up to the
last calendar day of regularly scheduled classroom instruction. (During Summer Sessions I and II leaves of
absence are not given. Withdrawal from all courses during Summer Session I or
II is still considered a course withdrawal and not a leave of absence). (2/11/82)
C. Students
who are making satisfactory progress may request a leave of absence from the
Dean of Students from the fourth through the eighth week of the Fall or Spring
semester. Following the appropriate
permission and an exit interview with a counselor in the Office of the Dean of
Students, students will have the term "Official Leave of Absence"
shown on their transcripts. (5/26/83)
D. After
the eighth week of the Fall or Spring semester, students who are making
satisfactory progress shall request permission for a leave of absence from the
Office of the Dean of Students. That
Office shall then review the request with the Undergraduate Scholastic
Standards Committee and an Official Leave of Absence shall be granted only with
the approval of both the Office of the Dean of Students and the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/26/83)
E. Students
on probation or extended probation who from the fourth to the fourteenth week
of the Fall or Spring semester request a leave of absence shall petition the
Office of the Dean of Students. That
Office shall then review the request with the Undergraduate Scholastic
Standards Committee and an official Leave of Absence shall be granted only with
the approval of both the Office of the Dean of Students and the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/26/83)
X. Inactive
Status
Students
who do not register for a given semester or who register and do not pay a bill,
shall be considered inactive. Inactive status is not noted on student
records. Inactive students who want to
return to the College must file a Re-enter Application. (5/26/83)
XI. Course Listings in Queens College Bulletins
Departments
shall review their course listings prior to each publication of the College's Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletins; departments shall remove from their Bulletin listings of active courses all
courses that have not been offered during the lifetime of the two preceding Bulletins, a period of at least four
years, and shall notify the Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Committees of
such removals; the courses so removed must either be withdrawn formally or
placed into a "Reserve." A
course in "Reserve" may be identified by title and number in a
separate Bulletin listing of
"Courses in Reserve." Such courses
can be offered and returned to the active course listings only after
notification to the Undergraduate or Graduate Curriculum Committee; courses
that have been in "Reserve" for seven years must be withdrawn
formally through the Academic Senate. (2/10/94)
XII. Academic
Calendar
Movement of the
CUNY Central administration toward a uniform calendar for all campuses may
supersede the following Queens College policies. Nevertheless, they are retained for
information in the 2000 edition of the Policy
Book.
A. For
academic years during which a college-wide early registration can be held, the
Campus Affairs Committee recommends scheduling classes for the Fall term so as
to finish class work in December, with final exams in January. (10/13/77)
B. Whenever
possible, there shall be no registration during August. (11/20/80; 2/5/87)
Academic Senate has no statement about the scheduling of telephone
registration.
C. Whenever
possible, there shall be no classes on Columbus Day. (2/5/87) Election Day and Veterans Day are therefore
restored as possible class days. (12/10/87)
D. Any
"break" time that would occur between the end of Fall final
examinations and the beginning of the Spring term shall not be made part of the
December/January winter recess. The
December/January winter recess shall be 11 days long and the Spring term shall
start no earlier than the first week in February. (11/20/80)
XIII.
Class
Schedule Listings
A. The Academic Senate recommends that all
class schedules shall include the name of the instructor scheduled to teach
each course, and further, that when such information is not known or is
unavailable, the initials TBA (to be announced) shall be substituted for the
instructor's name. (1/7/82)
B.
The Registrar shall include the Final
Examination Schedule in the published Registration Class Schedule. (2/24/83)
ENGLISH PLACEMENT AND STANDARDS
I. Undergraduate
A. A
condition for registration at Queens College for all undergraduate students
shall be testing and placement with respect to proficiency in the use of the
English Language. (1/10/80)
B. English
Basic Skills Requirements
1.
Students entering the College must take
the English Placement Examination (the CUNY Writing Assessment Test, or
"WAT") in order to determine their composition requirement, and no
student can be admitted to any composition course unless he or she has taken
the examination.
The basic sequence of writing courses,
required of all students graduating from Queens College, is English 110 and
three additional courses which have been designated as "writing
intensive." Students should consult
the course offerings catalog each semester for a list of courses which have
this designation.
English 120 carries two writing
units, and may be recommended by the instructor of English 110 for those
students who would benefit from a more formal writing experience. On the basis of the Placement Examination,
students will enroll in English 110, or in English 95 as a prerequisite to
English 110, or be exempted from English 110 and placed into English 120. Special sections of basic writing courses are
offered for students whose native language is not English. (2/5/87, 5/16/96)
2.
Courses taken to fulfill the composition requirement
may not be taken P/NC. (5/16/96)
3.
As of the Fall 1997 semester, English 120 is no longer
a basic skills requirement. Waivers and
exemptions, therefore, are no longer applicable and shall not be granted. Those waivers and exemptions which have
already been granted to students will be honored provided the student graduates
under all writing requirements in force prior to the Fall 1997 semester.
(4/15/99)
4.
For transfer students, the Director of Composition
shall have sole responsibility to authorize writing-intensive units for
transferred courses other than English 120.
At most, one writing-intensive unit will be granted for any student, but
only if the institution at which the course was taken has a writing-intensive
program similar to that at Queens College, and the course is specified in the
institution’s Bulletin as
writing-intensive. (4/15/99)
5.
One W course must be taken in residence. (4/15/99)
6. English
110 must be completed before entrance to the upper division of the College
(i.e., registering beyond 60 credits).
Students who have completed 60 credits but have not passed English 110
will not be allowed to register for any other courses until English 110 is
passed. Exceptions to this restriction can be granted only by the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/7/87)
7. Students admitted to advanced standing who
have more than 60 credits and who have completed the equivalent of English 110
must do so within the first two semesters in which they are enrolled at the
College. Registration in other courses will be prohibited until English 110 is
passed. Exceptions to this restriction
can be granted only by the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee. (5/7/87)
8. Students
who maintain continuous registration in the appropriate English courses but do
not pass the CUNY Writing Assessment Test by the time they have completed 60
credits may not progress to the 61st credit.
The Testing Office will notify them of this circumstance during the
semester preceding the one in which they might expect to achieve 60
credits. (This is a CUNY requirement.)
(1/10/80)
9. English
140 may not be substituted for English 120 in order to satisfy the graduation
requirement. English 140 may continue to
be used as a Humanities I, Tier I LASAR course.
(11/8/90)
C. Non-degree
undergraduate students on temporary visa whose scores on (1) the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL--minimum score of 500 with all part scores
at least 50), and/or (2) an appropriate assessment device, warrant admission to
Queens College shall be placed in either an English Department sequence or a
CESL sequence on the basis of their performance on these examinations. These students may use scores obtained on the
CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Examinations for admission purposes. (1/10/80,
amended 12/18/80)
D. Townsend
Harris High School graduates may be granted advanced standing in English
Composition equivalent to English 110 and 120, as long as the writing component
of their program is judged by the English Department to equal or exceed that of
English 110 and 120. (5/3/90)
E.
The prerequisite for English 110 is a
passing grade on the CUNY Assessment Test or its equivalent as approved by the
Department of English. (1/10/80)
F. English
95 or its equivalent shall be the minimum co-requisite for all courses at the
College, except as stated below. (1/10/80)*
1. Non-SEEK
students assigned to CESL composition courses must have written approval from a
CESL Academic Adviser.
2. SEEK
students must have written approval from a SEEK Academic Adviser (1/10/80, amended
3/26/81).
3. Higher
standards of English competency may be established at the request of individual
departments for all or part of their respective curricula.
G.
Transfer Students
1. Transfer
students who fail the CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Test and are placed at the
level of English 95 or below may be granted only blanket credit for prior work
in English composition and shall be required to complete the full sequence of
the English Composition requirement.
2. Transfer
students who have passed the CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Test and who are
placed by the English Department at the level of English 110 must
satisfactorily complete the full sequence of English Composition requirements.
3. Transfer
students from other CUNY institutions who have previously taken the CUNY Basic
Skills Assessment Test may submit the raw scores and essays written for that
examination in lieu of retaking the test, but are otherwise subject to the
restrictions set forth in 1 and 2 above (see Permit Policy for Transfer
Students).
4. For transfer students, the Director of
Composition shall have sole responsibility to authorize writing-intensive units
for transferred courses other than English 120.
At most, one writing-intensive unit will be granted for any student, but
only if the institution at which the course was taken has a writing-intensive
program similar to that at Queens College, and the course is specified in the
institution’s Bulletin as
writing-intensive. (4/15/99)
5.
One W course must be taken in residence. (4/15/99)
H. No
degree credit shall be awarded by Queens College for work completed in the
English Language Institute. (1/10/80)
II. Graduate
A. Applicants
to the Graduate Division who received their undergraduate degree in a non-English
speaking university and who have completed fewer than six graduate credits in
an English speaking university must take the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL). Those applicants who
score between 500 and 600 on the TOEFL will be required to take a College
English as a Second Language course that will be a special reading and writing
course for graduate students; this course shall bear no graduate credit.
(5/19/81)
B. Certain
departments require higher TOEFL scores for admission as indicated in the QC Graduate Bulletin. These policies are set by individual
departments.
C. Policies
regarding English Standards and replacement are applicable to both matriculated
and non-matriculated students.
GRADING POLICY
I. Pass/No-Credit
Grading
A. Limits
to Pass/No-Credit Grading
1. A
student shall be permitted to elect one course per semester on a P/NC
basis. No more than 21 credits of P/NC
grading may be applied toward a baccalaureate degree. (4/10/75, 10/15/81)
2.
English 110, English 120, Mathematics 3
and 6 may not be taken on a P/NC basis. (4/12/84)*
3.
Courses taken to fulfill the mathematics
and composition requirements may not be taken Pass/No Credit, or P/NC. (3/9/00)
4. No
course in the major concentration or major department shall be taken on a P/NC
basis without the permission of the major department. In joint majors and in specialized majors,
the determination of courses constituting the major for purposes of P/NC shall
be made by the student's concentration adviser(s) and/or major department.
5. Courses
that are given only on a P basis shall not count as part of the 21 credits
under the P/NC option.
6. With
respect to the P/NC option, Summer Sessions I and II shall be considered one
semester; and providing the 21-credit limit is not exceeded, one course in
either Summer Session I or II may be elected each year for a P/NC.
B. Notification
Requirements
1. All
students except for second-semester freshmen, shall inform the Registrar by the
end of the eighth week, or by the end of the second week during Summer Session
II, or the equivalent of the eighth week in Summer Session I, if they intend to
take the course on a P/NC basis. Letter
grades shall be submitted by the instructor and converted by the Registrar. (4/10/75
and 12/10/87)
a. Effective
Spring 1990, the end of the eighth week is defined as the first day after which
each scheduled class period has been scheduled to meet at least eight times.
This definition in no way restricts the privilege of second-semester freshmen
from having until the end of the fourteenth week in which to select the P/NC
option. (10/19/89)
2. Second-semester
freshmen have until the end of the fourteenth week of the Fall and Spring
semesters, or until the next-to-the-last day of Summer Session I and II to
inform the Registrar if they intend to take a course on a Pass/No Credit
basis. Letter grades shall be submitted
by the instructor and converted by the Registrar.
For
the purpose of defining eligibility for 2 above, second-semester freshmen are
defined as: (2/10/83)
a. Full-time
students during their second semester at Queens College. The only exception shall be for Fall semester
entrants who choose to attend the immediately preceding Summer Session.
b. Part-time
students who have completed more than nine credits but fewer than 18 credits.
c. Transfer
students with more than 11 but fewer than 28 credits from any institution of
higher learning during their first semester at Queens College. The only exceptions shall be for Fall
semester entrants who choose to attend the immediately preceding Summer
Session.
3. As
a guide to students, the Registrar shall include the following caveat on the
P/NC Request Card:
The
Queens College Academic Senate wishes to advise students opting for the P/NC
grade of the following:
a. Only
an earned failure is covered by an NC.
Grades of W, WU, and WF, posted for courses taken on the P/NC basis,
remain on the record.
b. Other
colleges and universities as well as other institutions and agencies may count
grades of NC as F and grades of P as C or D.
c.
English 110, English 120, Mathematics 3
and 6 may not be taken on a P/NC basis. (4/12/84)
d.
Courses taken to fulfill the mathematics
and composition requirements may not be taken Pass/No Credit, or P/NC. (3/9/00)
II. Freshman
Grading
A. All
failing grades for first-semester students shall be converted by the Registrar
to NC or R. First-semester students
shall be defined for this purpose as:
1. A
full-time student during the first semester at Queens College with fewer than
12 credits from any institution of higher learning. The only exception shall be for a Fall
semester entrant who chooses to attend the immediately preceding Summer
Session. In such cases NC or R
shall be recorded for F's received in both the Summer Session and the Fall
semester of entry.
2. A
part-time student only during that time in which the first 12 credits are attempted at Queens
College, and who has fewer than 12 credits from any institution of higher
learning. (12/8/88)
B. Failure
in a course under the grading system for first- semester freshmen and under the
pass/no-credit grading option is defined as receipt of an F grade from the
instructor. (11/23/81) Grades of W, WU
and WF posted for courses taken on a P/NC basis remain on the records.
(4/12/84)
A. Students
who find it impossible to finish a course for good and sufficient reason, and
where there is a reasonable expectation that the student can in fact
successfully complete the requirements of the course, shall be eligible for
Incomplete (INC) grades.
1.
This policy shall also be applied during
Summer Session I (2/8/01) and II and any session of six or more weeks duration.
2. Instructors who agree to give an INC grade
also agree to submit a change of grade no later than THREE WEEKS after the
missing course requirements have been submitted.
3. Students
are encouraged to meet regularly with their instructors so that progress toward
satisfying the missing course requirements can be properly monitored.
(10/15/81)
4. When
an instructor enters the grade of INC on the grade roster, and submits the
grade roster to the Registrar, the Registrar shall enter the grade of INC on
the student's record card.
IV. Remedial
or Developmental Courses
In
courses which are identified as remedial or developmental, the grade of R will
be used instead of the grade of F (CUNY Chancellor's Uniform Grading Symbols)
(3/2/83) whenever a student fails such a course. A course in which a grade of R is received must be repeated until it is passed.
(5/26/83)
V. Attendance
Policy
By
registering in a course, the student assumes the obligation to fulfill the
requirements set for that course by its instructor. Although absence in and of itself shall not
affect a student's grade, students are responsible for such activities as
participation in class discussions, laboratory sessions, field trips, etc.; the
preparation of papers and reports; and the taking of quizzes and examinations,
any or all of which may constitute a component in the student's final grade for
the course. In addition to observing the
regulation regarding withdrawal from a course, students are expected as a
normal courtesy to inform the instructor of prolonged absence or withdrawal.
(2/15/96, amended 11/14/96)
No
student shall be denied the opportunity to inspect and review his/her answers
to an examination, provided that the request for inspection is made within one
term (summer semester not included in the counting) of taking the
examination. The review should, if
possible, provide the student with a clear understanding of the criteria used
to evaluate his/her answers and why answers that were marked incorrect were so
judged. The opportunity may be provided by making a timely appointment with the
instructor who gave the examination. If
the instructor fails to comply with the request or is no longer a member of the
faculty, the student has the right to apply to the department chairperson, who
should make provisions for the review.
Should the department chairperson find this not possible, he/she should
refer the matter to the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee, which
must arbitrate the case.
For
the purposes of this resolution, 'examination' shall be defined as any written
work submitted and required for a grade in a course (5/12/77, amended 10/9/80)
VII. Procedures
for Grade Changes and Appeals
A. The
Registrar's Office is empowered to change submitted grades under the following
circumstances, only:
1. upon
receipt of a completed Report of Change
of Grade Form signed by the instructor and countersigned by either the
instructor's departmental chairperson or program director;
2. when
a student has been granted the right to be graded on a P/NC basis. In this instance, the instructor submits a letter grade which is then
automatically converted by the Registrar's Office to a P, if the grade was A,
B, C, or D, and to NC if the grade was F;
3. if
the student is a first-semester freshman and the grade submitted was F, then
the F is automatically converted to NC;
4.
if the grade submitted was INC or ABS,
and the Registrar's Office has not received a Report of Change of Grade Form
indicating that the work had been completed by the end of the following term,
then for under-graduates these grades are automatically converted to F;
NOTE: The
Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee is empowered to grant extensions
of time for the completion of INC and ABS grades.
5. at
the direction of the Graduate and Undergraduate Scholastic Standards
Committees.
B. The
Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee (USSC) has established the
following procedure for dealing with student appeals of submitted grades:
1.
The student must first present his/her
appeal to the instructor, then the departmental chairperson or program
director, then Dean of the division to which the department or program belongs,
to see if the dispute can be settled at any one of these stages.
2.
Only after the above has been done will
the USSC accept a formal appeal. The
committee will then investigate the matter thoroughly and, in consultation with
the instructor, chairperson (director), and Dean, attempt to achieve a
resolution satisfactory to all parties concerned.
C. Students
who wish to appeal their grades directly to a member of the faculty shall have
a one year period from the date the grade was entered on their record to make
such appeal. Any student who wishes to appeal a grade after one year must first
petition the USSC and provide sufficient reason as to why the grade was not
appealed within the one year period. If the USSC finds that there was a
sufficient reason for the delay, it shall inform the Registrar's Office and
shall refer the student to the appropriate instructor. The instructor shall
then determine if any change in grade is warranted. If the USSC finds no
sufficient reason for the delay, the grade appeal will be considered denied.
(2/14/02)
VIII. Grading
Policy for Repeating Courses
A.
Queens College affirms the current policy that all
grades received for courses taken at Queens College be recorded on the
transcript. Queens College adopts the
policy that at the beginning of the next academic year the computation of the
grade-point average shall include only the last grade earned when courses are
repeated. (3/19/90)
B.
Queens College will conform to The City
University of New York Repeat-Course Policy. (4/14/94)
C.
This grade replacement policy applies to
courses taken at Queens College, Fall 1984 or later and repeated Fall 1991 and
later, at Queens College.
D.
Beginning with the Fall 1995 semester, a
maximum of 16 credits may be deleted from a student’s grade-point average by
the application of the grade replacement policy. (12/8/94)
IX. Graduation
with Honors
A. Students
who have taken at least 60 credits with letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) at Queens
College and whose previous work was taken five years ago or more may be given
honors on the basis of work done only at Queens College. (3/4/71)
B. Honors
degrees shall be awarded to graduating seniors according to the following
cutoff points on the cumulative index:
Summa
Cum Laude 3.9
Magna
Cum Laude 3.75
Cum
Laude 3.5
(2/24/77)
X. The Administrative Grade WA
The
WA grade will be assigned by the Registrar automatically to all courses taken
by students who have not achieved compliance with immunization regulations by
the end of the eighth week of classes. This grade will not appear on the grade roster.
On the grade roster, faculty should submit the appropriate grade (e.g.,
a letter grade, INC, ABS, or WU) based on the student's work. This grade will become the default grade
should the student successfully appeal the assignment of the WA grade. (QC4/11/94)
GRADUATE DEGREES AND STANDARDS
Note: Statements in this section apply to students
entering or registered in Master's degree programs awarded by Queens College,
except for V which applies to M.A. degree requirements at Queens College for
students registered in CUNY doctoral programs through the Graduate Center of
CUNY.
The
following degrees are offered: Master of
Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science in Education, Master of Arts in
Liberal Studies, Master of Arts in the Social Sciences, and Master of Library
Science.
Certificates
include the Post-Baccalaureate Advanced Certificates in Education, a
Post-Master's Certificate in Library Science, a Specialist Diploma in School
Administration and Supervision, a Professional Certificate in School
Psychology, and an Advanced Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Combined
Master's and Bachelor's degrees are offered to qualified undergraduate students
by the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Philosophy,
Physics, and Political Science, and by the Aaron Copland School of Music.
I. Definition
of Applicable Requirements for Graduate Degrees and Majors
A. Matriculated
students enrolled in graduate programs are responsible for meeting degree
requirements in force at the time of their matriculation. Changes in the structure of a major must be
applied in such a manner as to avoid increasing the number of credits required
of students who have started taking courses required for the major. If general degree requirements are changed
following matriculation, the student is given the option of satisfying original
requirements or new requirements. (11/12/87)
B. Students
who are dismissed for academic reasons may be subject to new regulations
depending on how long after dismissal the student returns and such other
factors as may be taken into account by the appropriate Scholastic Standards
Committee. (11/12/87)
II. Minimum
Grade for Transfer Credit
A. Only
courses with grade of B- or better will be accepted for transfer credit in the
Queens College Graduate Division. (10/14/85)
B. Students
may petition the department in which they are seeking a graduate degree for
permission to transfer up to 12 credits from a prior completed graduate degree
to the new degree program in which they are enrolled or are seeking to enroll.
Transfer of credits is at the discretion of the department. Transfer work is expected to be timely and
relevant to the degree sought. (2/13/92)
Graduate
students seeking advanced standing credit for graduate work taken elsewhere
must submit the request for evaluation of such transfer credit to their
graduate programs no later than the end of their second semester in attendance.
(2/8/90)
IV.
Permit
Policy
A. In
the Graduate Division, eligibility for a permit to enroll outside Queens
College in a course or courses that pertain to a graduate degree or certificate
program as either prerequisite(s) for the program, or as transfer credit,
requires fulfillment of the following conditions:
1. The
graduate student must be matriculated in a graduate degree or certificate
program.
2. The
graduate student must have obtained the approval of the departmental Graduate
Adviser for the permit.
3. The
graduate student must have registered for and completed with a passing grade at
least one undergraduate prerequisite course or one graduate course as part of
the graduate program at Queens College; except that, if the student is in the
first semester of attendance, he or she must register in at least one graduate
or undergraduate course at Queens College while simultaneously registering
elsewhere for the permit course(s). (2/8/90)
V. Appeals
of Grades
A. A
student who believes that he or she has received an inappropriate grade should
take the following steps:
1. Consult
with the instructor.
2. If
there has been no satisfactory resolution, consult with the department
chairperson. The chairperson may convene
a faculty committee to review the appeal.
3. If
there is still no satisfactory resolution, appeal to the Office of Graduate
Studies for a further review. The appeal
must be in writing and must detail the reasons why the grade is felt to be
inappropriate.
4. Appeals
from the decisions of the Office of Graduate Studies may be directed in writing
to the Graduate Scholastic Standards Committee.
B. The
only basis for an appeal to the Office of Graduate Studies and the Graduate
Scholastic Standards Committee are that the student has been treated in an arbitrary
and capricious manner by the instructor.
In order to make such an appeal, the student must be prepared to
demonstrate that a grade has been assigned punitively, unfairly, or on a basis
other than impartial academic evaluation.
At the departmental level, however, a grade appeal may also be based on
the academic quality of the student's work. (12/10/85)
C.
Students who wish to appeal their grades
directly to a member of the faculty shall have a one-year period from the date
the grade was entered on their record to make such appeal. Any student who
wishes to appeal a grade after one year must first petition the USSC and
provide sufficient reason as to why the grade was not appealed within the
one-year period. If the USSC finds that there was a sufficient reason for the
delay, it shall inform the Registrar's Office and shall refer the student to
the appropriate instructor. The instructor shall then determine if any change
in grade is warranted. If the USSC finds no sufficient reason for the delay,
the grade appeal will be considered denied.
VI.
Graduate
Record Examination
Use
of the Graduate Record Examination as an admission requirement is based on the
requirements of each graduate department of the College. (5/19/81)
VII. Readmission
A. Graduate
students who have been on inactive status for two or more consecutive
semesters, and whose first entry into a Queens College Graduate Program was
eight or more years in the past, must apply for readmission through the Office
of Graduate Studies and must file a re-enter application with the Admissions
Office at least six weeks prior to the beginning of the semester in which they
wish to re-enter.
1. All
readmission applications must be accompanied by an official transcript of all
graduate work taken at Queens College or elsewhere.
2. Credit
for courses taken eight or more years prior to the date of an appeal for
readmission can be applied, subject to departmental approval, only where the
grade is at least B-. Grades below B-
preclude crediting of the course, regardless of whether the course was taken at
Queens College or at another institution. (3/10/83)
3. Incomplete
courses taken eight or more years prior to the date of an appeal for
readmission cannot be completed. The
grade of Incomplete will remain on the student's record. To make up the course credit, students, under
departmental advisement, must either retake the course or take a different
course. (3/10/83)
4. Individual
programs may also require additional information, such as recent GRE scores,
samples of work, auditions, etc.
B. The
appropriate individual or committee within the relevant program shall evaluate
the student's work and recommend to the Office of Graduate Studies whether or
not the student should be readmitted, and if so what portion of the student's
work should be counted toward meeting the degree requirements. Readmitted students shall be held to all
College policies and requirements current at the date of readmission. (5/13/82)
VIII. Retention
Standards
A. Probation
and Dismissal
1. A
matriculated graduate student whose grade-point average falls below 3.0 will be
placed on probation. The student will then have up to 12 graduate credits
within which to raise the grade-point average to 3.0. If this is not achieved, the student will be
dismissed.
2. A
matriculated graduate student who is dismissed must remain out of the College
for at least one semester. If such a
student wishes to return, the student must file a formal application for re‑entry
and pay a non-refundable re-entry fee by the appropriate deadline. Requests for re-entry will be reviewed on an
individual basis.
B. A
student who, for academic reasons, is required by the College to leave his/her
program a second time will not be permitted to re-enter the College. (3/8/84)
IX. Withdrawals
from Courses
Withdrawals
from courses at the Graduate Level (courses numbered 500 or above) by
matriculated or non-matriculated graduate students, during the first three
weeks of the semester, are considered Program Adjustments for which no special
approval is required. (10/27/88)
Graduate students may withdraw from courses without evaluation during
the fourth through the eighth week of the semester, such time frame to be
consistent with that for undergraduate withdrawals, and such withdrawals are to
be selected using the telephone registration system; from the ninth through the
thirteenth week the current "Permission for a Graduate Student to Withdraw
from a Course" form, which requires the signatures both of the instructor
and the graduate adviser, must be used; commencing with the fourteenth week the
current policy of using the form and requiring the additional approval of the
Dean of Graduate Studies shall be retained; and this policy shall go into effect
for the Fall semester 1995. (11/10/94)
In both cases, the Instructor must indicate whether the student is
passing or failing as of the date of the withdrawal. An indication of failure results in the grade
of WF, which has the same effect on the student's grade-point average as an F
grade. Course withdrawals at the
Graduate Level are allowable up to the last day of the class. (10/27/88)
X. Grade of Incomplete (INC)
The
grade of Incomplete (INC) at the Graduate Level (courses numbered 500 or above),
which must be requested by the graduate student, is given by the Instructor to
indicate that a student has made a satisfactory record in course work but for good and sufficient reason is
unable to complete the course. A
graduate student receiving this grade must complete the
work
of the course by the end of the next two
regular semesters. Requests for
extensions of time must be addressed to the Office of Graduate Studies. If the
work of the course is not complete, the grade remains on the transcript without
penalty. (10/27/88)
XI. Grade
of Absent (ABS)
The
grade of Absent (ABS) at the Graduate Level (courses numbered 500 or above) is
a temporary grade indicating that the graduate student missed the final
examination, which was the only work in
the course that was not completed.
The Absent grade is given only when it is expected that the student will
be able to achieve a passing grade in the course by taking a make-up
examination by the end of the next tn'>
XII. MA
Requirements for CUNY Doctoral Students
Queens
College will award doctoral students who are doing part of their work at Queens
College, or with Queens College professors, a Master of Arts degree after the
completion of 45 credits of doctoral work with a B average, successful
performance on the first examination, and successful completion of a major
paper in an 800-level seminar, provided that the following conditions are met:
A. The
Graduate Division of the City University will certify to Queens College that
the student is making satisfactory progress in the doctoral program.
B. A
copy of the total graduate record of the student will be transferred to Queens
College. Wherever possible the paper
submitted for the 800-level seminar shall be transmitted with the transcript.
C. The
appropriate Queens College department will recommend that this degree be
awarded. (12/6/71, 3/9/72)
XIII. Grade
Replacement Policy
Graduate
students are entitled to the following grade replacement policy, which will be
limited to graduate courses: With the
exception of courses which are designated as repeatable for credit, graduate
students may repeat a graduate course and have the last grade received replace
the previous grade in the cumulative grade-point average. No more than four (4) credits may be replaced.
(2/15/96)
TRANSFER STUDENT POLICIES
I. CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Test
A. Transfer
students who fail the CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Test and are placed at the
level of English 95 or below may be granted only blanket credit for prior work
in English composition and shall be required to complete the full sequence of
the English Composition requirements.
(Baccalaureate Degrees IV.D.)
B. Transfer
students who have passed the CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Test and who are
placed by the English Department at the level of English 110 must
satisfactorily complete English 110 and the English Composition requirement.
II. Acceptance
of Transfer Credit
A. Transfer
credits will be accepted from accredited (regional accrediting associations)
U.S. institutions or universities or those foreign institutions recognized by
their Ministries of Education as approved post-secondary or university-level
institutions.
B. Grades
of C- or better in courses given by accredited colleges shall be accepted for
transfer credit for Queens College undergraduates. (3/12/87)
C. Transfer
credits shall not be granted or recorded until the applicant has matriculated
and is in attendance at the College.
Matriculated students must initiate requests for credits and submit
copies of transcript request forms and appropriate forms and documents for
evaluation within a year of the date of matriculation at the College.
Matriculated students shall not be granted credit for any courses taken if the
source of the credits is not listed on the original application, and if such
listing would have precluded acceptance at the College. (1/9/86)
D. Individual
departments may, upon evaluation of courses taken at non-accredited
institutions, grant credit for an equivalent current departmental course. No
blanket credits are to be granted. A
maximum of 18 credits may be transferred to the College. (10/10/91)
E. Departments
wishing to grant more than the maximum allowable credit for work done at
non-accredited institutions may appeal to the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions
and Re-entry Standards, which will decide such requests on a case-by-case
basis.
F. The total credits transferred may not
exceed 83 credits, except on approval from the USSC. (5/3/90) Because of the 6/26/95 reduction in the
number of credits required for graduation, only 75 credits may be transferred.
G. Transfer
students may not apply courses taken at other institutions as substitutes for
the ACE seminars. (5/12/83)
III. Advanced Placement Examinations
A. College
credits shall be granted to students who achieve scores on Advanced Placement
Examinations given by the College Examination Board which are determined as
acceptable by the respective departments of the College.
B. Students
who attend an advanced high school course in Hebrew and Hebrew Literature and
earn a grade of 70 or above on the Hebrew and Hebrew Literature Examination
given by Hebrew University shall be awarded three credits upon the
recommendation of the Department of Classical, Middle Eastern & Asian
Languages & Cultures.
C. Students
who attend an advanced high school course in Jewish History and earn a grade of
B or better on the Yeshiva University Advanced Placement Examination in Jewish
History shall be awarded three credits upon recommendation of the Department of
History. (10/27/88)
IV. Requirements
for Graduation
A
2.00 cumulative index based on work done only at Queens College shall be
required for graduation from Queens College.
B. At
least 45 credits of work done in residence at Queens College shall be required
for graduation. This may not be
appealed. (5/3/90)
C. Of
the last 64 credits credited towards an undergraduate Queens College degree, at
least 30 must be credits from Queens College or CUNY Graduate Center.
D. At
least one-third of the credits in the student's concentration shall be taken in
residence at Queens College except where a departmental waiver is given in
order for a student to be eligible for graduation from Queens College. The major department (or departments) retains
full authority over certification of its students' majors. (11/9/78)
V. Students
Entering in Non-Matriculated Status
Transfer
students who attend Queens College as non-matriculated students because they
have not met the College's academic requirements shall be considered for
matriculation on the basis of their Queens College record only. (10/24/74)
VI. Fresh
Start Policy for Transfer Students
A. To
be considered for admission under the "Fresh Start" policy, students
must:
1. have
an academic record at another college which fails to meet the Queens College
standards for transfer matriculation and admission to non-degree status; and
2. allow
three years to elapse between the unsatisfactory academic performance in
another college and the applicant's proposed first registration; and
3. be
interviewed by a representative of the Undergraduate Admissions and Re‑entry
Standards Committee, and must demonstrate that:
a. their
employment record or evidence of achievement now indicates good scholastic potential;
and/or
b. a
change in motivation and/or circumstance has occurred which is likely to result
in satisfactory academic performance. (11/14/85)
NON-DEGREE (UNDERGRADUATE) STUDENT
POLICIES
I. Admissions
A. In
order to be admitted to non-degree status, a prospective student must present
proof of having satisfactorily completed high school, or present a high school
equivalency diploma. In addition,
foreign students and those educated in a non-English system must have a TOEFL
score of 500 or the equivalent.
B. Queens
College will consider for admission only the following as non-degree students:
1. High
school graduates who are eligible for admission as freshmen who do not want to
matriculate.
2. High
school graduates or holders of the GED, who are out of school for at least
three years, have never been in a college program, and are not eligible to be
admitted as matriculated students. These
students shall be required to take the CUNY Assessment Test and shall be
responsible for satisfying all conditions pertaining to non-degree students as
adopted by the Academic Senate.
3. College
students who are eligible for admission as transfer students who do not want to
matriculate.
4. Students
who are not eligible to be admitted as matriculated students who have completed
6 or more credits at another college and were not dismissed, and had a GPA of
1.75 or higher. These students must be
out three years from their previous college and have obtained a high school
diploma or achieved a GED. These students shall be required to take the CUNY
Assessment Test and shall be responsible for satisfying all conditions
pertaining to non-degree students as adopted by the Academic Senate.
5. Students who are not eligible to be
admitted as matriculated students, who have a GPA of less than 1.75 from study
at another college, but can provide evidence consistent with probable success
as a student at Queens College. These students must be out three years from the
previous college and have obtained a high school diploma or achieved a
GED. These students shall be required to
take the CUNY Skills Assessment Test and shall be responsible for satisfying
all conditions pertaining to non-degree students as adopted by Academic
Senate. Applicants will be considered by
the Academic Senate Subcommittee for Admissions Appeals.
6. Students
who have completed a Bachelor's Degree at an accredited United States college,
or a foreign equivalent degree.
7. Visiting
or permit students from another college. (5/3/90, 2/15/95, 2/14/00)
C. Admission
to non-degree status shall be denied to any student whose score on the TOEFL
(Test of English as a Foreign Language) is less than 500, or less than 50 on
any part.
1. Persons
denied admission on this basis should be informed that:
a. the
Queens College English Language Institute (ELI) provides instruction in English
for those people for whom English is a foreign language, and that,
b. successful
completion of the ELI program, as measured by an appropriate examination,
results in assignment to CESL (College English as a Second Language) courses,
and that,
c. the
ELI program is considered by the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service to be the equivalent to a full-time program for maintaining student
visa status.
II. Skills
Assessment
A. All
non-degree students must take the CUNY Skills Assessment Tests prior to their
first registration. The Director of
Admissions will establish with the Director of the Academic Skills and Resource
Center an admissions cutoff date sufficiently early so that testing can take
place prior to registration.
1. Exemption
from skills testing may be extended only to:
a. students
holding a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited U.S. institution,
b. students
on permit from other colleges or universities,
c. students
who, in the judgment of the Admissions Office, are truly casual students.
2. Appeals
for exemption of students in other categories will be handled first by the Director
of Admissions, and then, if denied, by the Academic Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Admissions and Re-entry Standards.
B. Subsequent
Registration
1. Students
may not register for the second semester in attendance unless they have either
passed the CUNY Reading Assessment Test or are maintaining enrollment in
Reading I or another appropriate (SEEK or CESL) reading sequence. (5/12/83,
10/13/83)
2.
Students who fail the CUNY Reading Assessment Test after having taken
Reading 1, or Reading 123 (SEEK), must register for the course continuously
until they pass the Reading Assessment Test. (5/12/83)
C.
Non-degree students shall be held to all
the basic skills requirements of degree students. Any appeal for exemption must be made to the
Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee. (12/18/80)
1.
The Academic Senate ruling for
matriculated students regarding timely completion of the English Composition
requirement shall apply equally to
non-degree students, with the equivalent to class standing being determined by
the number of credits earned at Queens College. (5/1/80)
2. Non-degree
undergraduate students on temporary visa, whose scores on (1) the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL - minimum score of 500 with all part
scores at least 50), and/or (2) an appropriate assessment device warrant
admission to Queens College, shall be placed in either an English Department
sequence or a CESL sequence on the basis of their performance on these
examinations. These students may use
scores obtained on the CUNY Basic Skills Assessment Examinations for admission
purposes. (1/10/80, amended 12/18/80).
III. Registration for Courses
A. Students
who have submitted documentary proof of having met the CUNY standards for
admission may register for a full-time program as non-degree students.
B. Students
who have not submitted the documentation necessary to prove that they have met
the CUNY standards for admission, but who in the judgment of the Director of
Admissions appear to meet these standards, will be allowed one term to provide
all necessary documentation, and during this term will be limited to
registering for 3 courses or a total of 11 hours, whichever of the two is less.
IV. Matriculation
Requirement
A. All
non-degree students other than those belonging to categories listed in II.A.1,
above, must apply for matriculation during the semester in which they will
complete their 24th credit at Queens College. Those who do not apply for matriculation will
be dismissed. Students who appeal their dismissal may be granted a maximum of a
one-term extension by the Director of Admissions. Appeals from a negative decision by the
Director and appeals for further extensions must be addressed to the Academic
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Re-entry Standards.
B. The
standards for matriculation shall be:
1.
Completion of a minimum of 12 credits at
Queens College with an average of 2.00.
V. Probation
The
same standards of probation and retention shall be applied for non-degree
students as are applied to degree students. (5/7/87)
RETENTION, DISMISSAL, AND RE-ENTRY
STANDARDS FOR UNDERGRADUATES
I. Retention
Standards for Undergraduates
A. The
required cumulative grade-point index is based on the number of credits
attempted:
Credits
attempted Index
required
1 - 12 1.50
13 - 24 1.75
25 and above 2.00
B. This
requirement is based on work done at Queens College, and is assessed
cumulatively.
C. Students
who fail to meet these standards will be placed on probation.
1. This
probation will not be noted on the student's official record. (7/20/76)
II. Probation,
Dismissal, and Re-Entry
A.
Undergraduate students will have their
academic records reviewed at the end of every Fall and Spring semester.
1.
A system is being developed, under the auspices of the
Office of the Dean of Students, to identify, inform and advise students in
academic difficulty. (4/13/00)
2. At the end of Fall and Spring semesters,
all matriculated students shall be placed on academic probation if:
a. they
have attempted 1-12 credits, and have attained a cumulative index of less than
1.5, or
b. they
have attempted 13-24 credits, and have attained a cumulative index between 1.5
and 1.75, or
c. they
have attempted 25 or more credits and have attained a cumulative index of
between 1.75 and 2.0.
B. Students
on Probation
1.
May not register for more than 13 credits
or for more than 13 semester hours of courses, and may be held to fewer than 13
credits or 13 hours by the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee (USSC).
2. May
be required, at the discretion of the Dean of Students, to attend either an
academic workshop or individual session with a designee of the Dean prior to
registration, and if they fail to do so, will be barred from registration.
3. May
be required, at the discretion of the Dean of Students, to confer with the Dean
of Students or a designee of the Dean at regular intervals during the semester.
4. Will
have their academic records reviewed at the end of the probationary
semester. Those students who have not
met the retention standards as outlined in II.A, above will be dismissed at
that time.
5. May
have their dismissal stayed by the USSC, if the notification of dismissal is
not made by the second week of the following semester.
6.
Students have the opportunity to appeal
probation or dismissal from the College to the USSC. The Committee reviews all appeals and makes
exceptions only where extraordinary circumstances have not made it possible for
the student to meet the above stated requirements. (12/17/81)
C. Continuing
Probation
1.
Since the academic year 1994-1995, Queens College
academically dismisses students only once a year, after the termination of the
Spring semester. (4/14/94)
2.
A student who fails to meet the conditions outlined in
II.A, above, at the end of the Fall semester will be placed on probation for
the succeeding Spring semester.
3.
Students on continuing probation who do not register,
or who drop all of their courses before the end of the third week of the
succeeding Spring semester will be academically dismissed from Queens College
during the Spring semester.
D. Dismissal
and Extended Probation
1. Students
shall be dismissed effective the following Fall semester.
2. Dismissed
students may appeal to the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee for
reinstatement on extended probation.
3. Students
granted extended probation will have their academic records reviewed at the end
of the semester of extended probation and those who have not met the existing
retention standards will be subject to dismissal.
4. Students
on extended probation are subject to the requirements of II. A and B, above.
5. No
more than one semester of extended probation will be granted if, during the
semester of extended probation, the student:
a. received
any of the following grades: ABS, INC, PEN, or WU, and
b.
did not achieve a semester index of at
least 2.25.
6. An
academic dismissal that has successfully been appealed, resulting in
reinstatement on extended probation, will not be counted as a dismissal for
re-entry purposes.
7. An
academic dismissal, based solely on a timely formal withdrawal from all
classes, will be rescinded and replaced by extended probation. (3/13/97)
1. Students
dismissed from the College for failure to meet the standards set forth in this
policy will not be permitted to re-enter the College for at least one full
academic year following the date of dismissal unless a waiver is granted by the
Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Re-entry Standards, on the basis of
extenuating circumstances. (12/3/81)
2. Re-entry
is not automatic. Students wishing to
return to the College must meet the following requirements:
a. Degree
(matriculated) students may not have more than one dismissal; non-degree (non-matriculated)
students may not have attempted more than 24 credits.
b. Re-entry
applications must be postmarked no later than April 15th for re-entry to the
Fall semester and no later than November 1st for re-entry to the Spring
semester. Students may apply for re-entry only for the Fall or Spring
semester. Students approved for re-entry
for the Fall semester may attend the Summer Sessions that precede that Fall
semester. (11/14/91)
c. Evidence
must be provided that the student is capable of meeting the academic standards
of the College. This evidence could take
the form of documentation of work at another educational institution or
completion of open grades.
d. Interview
by the Dean of Students, or a designee of the Dean, prior to being permitted to
re-enter.
3. Students
permitted to re-enter will be placed on extended probation and subject to the
requirements of II. B, D. 3, 4 and 5.
F. Fresh Start Program
1. Students
who have been dismissed for academic reasons two or more times may be
considered for readmission under the Fresh Start Program. (12/10/87)
2. To
be considered for admission under the "Fresh Start" policy, students
must:
a. either
allow three years to elapse following the unsatisfactory academic performance
at Queens College, or
b. complete
a Community College Associate Degree within three years following the
unsatisfactory performance at Queens College, and
c. be
interviewed by a representative of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions
and Re-entry Standards and demonstrate that their employment record or other
evidence of achievement indicates good scholastic potential, and/or that change
in motivation and/or circumstance has occurred which is likely to result in
satisfactory academic performance.
3. Students
readmitted under the Fresh Start Program are considered to be matriculated
students on extended probation. Their
retention and graduation at Queens College will be based only on their academic
performance after their readmission to Queens College. However the student's complete record and
quality point average at Queens College will be maintained.
4. Students
in the Fresh Start Program must:
a. complete
after readmission a minimum of 45 credits in residence with 2.0 or better
grade-point average, and
b. attain
a grade-point average of 2.25 for the first semester after readmission as is
required for all students readmitted on probation, and
c. meet
current Basic Skills requirements and take and pass the CUNY Assessment Test if
not previously passed, and
d. successfully
complete the current advanced skills and LASAR.
5. Following
readmission under the Fresh Start program, appeals by students of requirements
listed in 4 above must be directed to the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards
Committee (USSC). The USSC may, on a
case by case basis, monitor the progress of Fresh Start students, and may
authorize that the probation indicator, which triggers the notice of academic
dismissal, be lifted so long as the student maintains a semester grade-point
average of no less than 2.25. (11-14-91)
III. Dismissal, Appeal and Re-entry SEEK Program
(2/24/83)
1. There
shall be continued meetings, discussion and general collaboration between the
Executive Officer of the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee and the
chairperson of the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing, in addition to those
opportunities provided by regular Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee
meetings.
2. Initial
appeals shall be made to the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing through
their counselors.
3. When
a decision on such an appeal is based on general policy and precedent, that
decision shall be made by the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing.
4. When
a decision on such an appeal is not definitive or clear cut and not clearly
based on previous policy and precedent, there shall be review and collaboration
between the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing and the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee and a consensus arrived at.
5. All
decisions of appeal by the SEEK Committee on Scholastic Standing shall be
forwarded in writing to the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee for
ratification.
6. SEEK
students dissatisfied with the decision of the SEEK Committee on Scholastic
Standing in these matters shall have the right to appeal to the Undergraduate
Scholastic Standards Committee for a review and final decision.
FACULTY RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND
OBLIGATIONS
I. C.C.E.
Voting Rights
In
addition to those faculty members authorized by the Board of Trustees Bylaws to
vote in departmental elections for chairperson and for members of the
departmental Personnel and Budget Committee, Lecturers with Certificates of
Continuing Employment shall be extended these rights. (1/11/79 and 3/8/79)
II. Distribution
of Handouts on Campus
The Academic Senate insists on and
hereby reaffirms the continuation of its existing policy of free and open
peaceful distribution of handouts on the QC campus. (5/7/92)
III. Review
of Examinations, Submission of Grades, Class Scheduling, and Religious Holidays
A. Review
of Examinations:
No
student shall be denied the opportunity to inspect and review his/her answers
to an examination, provided that the request for inspection is made within one
term (summer semester not included in the counting) of taking the
examination. The review should, if
possible, provide the student with a clear understanding of the criteria used
to evaluate his/her answers and why answers that were marked incorrect were so
judged. The opportunity may be provided by making a timely appointment with the
instructor who gave the examination. If
the instructor fails to comply with the request or is no longer a member of the
faculty, the student has the right to apply to the department chairperson, who
should make provisions for the review.
Should the department chairperson find this not possible, he/she should
refer the matter to the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee, which must
arbitrate the case.
For
the purposes of this resolution, 'examination' shall be defined as any written
work submitted and required for a grade in a course. (5/12/77, amended 10/9/80)
B. Submission
of Grades:
All
members of the faculty are required to submit final grades to the Registrar
within two weeks of the last day of final examinations in the Fall semester,
and within one week of the last day of final examinations in the Spring
semester. The names of all faculty
members who fail to submit grades by the deadline shall be published. (3/10/88)
2.
In graduate
courses offered by Queens College, grades submitted must be from among: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C, F, WU, INC, ABS, and
in certain cases, P. As of 9/12/96, the
grades of C+ and C- may be assigned.
3. In
graduate courses offered by the
Ph.D. Programs of CUNY, grading procedures of the Graduate School of CUNY are
to be followed.
C. Class
Meetings and Final Examinations:
1. All
instructors shall meet their classes for the entirety of:
a. 15 weeks during Fall and Spring semesters,
b. 6 weeks during Summer Session II, and
c. 3 weeks during Summer Session I.
2. The
minimum meeting time for each credit on a weekly basis shall be:
a. 50
minutes for lecture and recitation sessions, and 100 minutes for laboratory,
demonstration, and studio sessions during Fall and Spring semesters.
b. 125
minutes for lecture and recitation sessions, and 250 minutes for laboratory,
demonstration, and studio sessions during Summer Session II, and
c. 250
minutes for lecture and recitation sessions, and 500 minutes for laboratory,
demonstration, and studio sessions during Summer Session I,
d. with
all of these to be for instruction and exclusive of break times.
3.
Final and/or terminal examinations may be given in lieu
of instruction during a uniform period at the end of the courses, this period
to be:
a. the 15th week of Fall and Spring semesters,
b. the final meeting in Summer Session II, and
c.
the last half of the last class
period in Summer Session I.
4. Courses
which do not have final and/or terminal examinations in class shall meet during
the uniform period(s) set forth in 3, above.
5. If a deviation is desired from any of the
requirements set forth above, this may not in any way lessen the 15 hours or
more of instruction (including examinations) required for each credit and
requires the explicit permission of all of the following:
a. the
chairperson or director of the department or program in which the course is
given;
b.
the Dean of the Division to whom the department or
program reports;
c. This
permission shall be renewed annually for each course.
All
deviations approved by the Dean shall be reported to the Provost. (12/18/80,
10/14/99)
D. Religious Holidays:
1. Faculty
are requested not to schedule examinations, require in-class assignments to be
due, or give surprise quizzes on the following holidays: Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur, Sukkot (first
and last two days), Passover (first and last two days) and Shavuot.
2. In
case examinations must be scheduled on one of these previously mentioned days,
all efforts should be made by the student and faculty member to schedule a
make-up examination or assignment. (4/10/77)
3. The
faculty member must make a reasonable accommodation with regard to the
examination, assignment, or quiz missed for reason of a religious holiday. If the faculty member does not accommodate
the student, the student has the right to apply to the department chairperson
for such accommodation. If the
department chairperson has what he or she considers adequate reasons for
denying the request, the student has the right to apply to the Scholastic
Standards Committee. (10/27/77)
4. The
Academic Senate recommends that students inform their professors of any
religious obligations, when such obligations conflict with class attendance or
other College responsibilities; College faculty shall accommodate students'
religious obligations, to the extent possible, provided that advance notice of
these obligations is given by the student; the offices of the Academic Senate
shall maintain information about religious calendars for the purpose of
consultation by faculty wishing information; this policy shall be added to the
College Bulletins, published in the
campus newspapers at the start of each semester, placed in the information
booklets for freshmen and transfer students, and distributed to ormal style='margin-left:27.35pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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The
Academic Senate discourages faculty from participating in the sale of
complimentary copies of textbooks. (3/10/88)
V. Grade
Notification by Postcard
All
faculty members shall accept self-addressed stamped postcards from students,
and use them to mail grades in a timely fashion. (10/8/92)
STUDENTS' RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
I. Student
Evaluation of Instructors
Comments written by students on the
Course and Faculty Evaluation Questionnaire shall be sent to the faculty member
involved without editing or recopying. No comments will be sent or made
available to the faculty until well after the grades from that semester have
been submitted.
The
Questionnaire shall contain instructions to those students who wish to submit
their comments in typed form as to the proper procedure for forwarding their
comments to those involved in compiling the results of the Questionnaire.
(1/9/86) (Note: this was suspended
because of cost in 1990.)
II. Distribution
of Handouts on Campus
The Academic Senate insists on and
hereby reaffirms the continuation of its existing policy of free and open
peaceful distribution of handouts on the QC campus. (5/7/92)
III. Academic
Dishonesty
Students
found guilty of any form of academic dishonesty, such as plagiarism or cheating
on an examination, are subject to discipline, including suspension or dismissal
from the College. (5/18/72)
IV. Drugs
The
following is an expression of the sense of the Academic Senate: The legislature of the State of New York and
federal statutes have made the possession, sale, or purchase of certain drugs
without proper authorization a crime.
All
members of Queens College are expected to abide by the laws of the city, state,
and federal governments (Board of Trustees Bylaws, Article XV, Section 15.1).
The College will not serve as a sanctuary and cannot insulate its members from
the consequences of illegal acts. Queens
College will not protect students or other members of the College community
from prosecution under the law.
Individuals
who choose to use, sell, purchase, or keep illegal drugs in their possession
must be prepared to accept complete responsibility for their actions.
(12/16/71)
V.
Gambling
Gambling
in any form is not permitted on the Queens College campus, except as expressly
permitted by State law. (5/18/72)
VI. Disability and Pregnancy
A
student who becomes disabled or pregnant should consider discussing with a
counselor from the Dean of Students Office the various alternatives regarding
current and future academic plans. Some
of these alternatives are continuation of attendance, a leave of absence, or a
program adjustment. A recommendation
from a physician will help in determining what options are feasible. The recommendation, which would be filed in
the Health Service Center, is useful information should the student require any
medical services while on campus. (11/4/76)
CAMPUS MEMORIALS
I. Physical Memorials
Permanent
physical memorials may be established to honor the memory of a deceased
student, alumnus/alumna, faculty member, staff member or friend of Queens
College. All donations must be approved
by the Campus Environment Committee and the Office of Campus Facilities. Suitable memorials include trees, shrubs,
outdoor benches, and other physical memorials.
The College welcomes such memorials as an expression of continued
devotion to the institution. The
following guidelines apply to trees, plantings, and other physical additions to
the campus:
Trees--Trees are
welcomed. For preferred species,
consultation must be made with the campus landscape architect and/or the
Biology Department. If recognition is
desired, a nameplate may be added to the permanent memorial plaque in Colden
Center.
Memorial
Garden--The memorial garden adjacent to Colden Center consists of shrubbery and
a common bronze plaque to which the names of individuals may be added.
Outdoor
Benches--Benches must be of a type approved by the Director of Campus
Facilities. Plaques may be attached, if
desired.
Other Physical
Memorials--These may include a variety of structures such as fountains,
sculptures, entrance gates, etc. (3/10/83)
II. Guidelines for the Naming of Buildings
A. All
Queens College buildings and facilities shall be named in compliance with
regulations of the CUNY Board of Trustees. (5/3/90)
B. The
names of persons selected shall be of historic note in the State of New York,
or the United States, provided such persons had a significant connection with the College. Examples of such persons include:
1. Persons
who qualify as benefactors of the College. (These must meet the approval of the
President, Campus Environment Committee, Academic Senate, and the College
Development Office.)
2. Alumni
who have distinguished themselves and the College in their respective fields of
endeavor.
3. Administrators
or Faculty of the College who have made noteworthy contributions to the
institution either through services or distinguished contributions as teachers
or scholars.
C. No
name shall be excluded from consideration on the grounds of gender, race,
color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.
(10/13/83, 11/12/98)