Academic Policies (with date of Faculty approval)

• Academic Performance (in effect as of Fall 2006):
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
• AP Credit Guidelines - ESF General Policies (10 April 2003)
• Availability of Course Information on the Internet (21 March 2001)
• Certificates (September 29, 2006)
• Committees - Change in Composition of Defense or Candidacy Examination Committees (approved by COI November 4, 2009)
• Course Grading (August 24, 2004)
• Course Prefixes, Numbering and Naming (May 2, 2012)
• Course/Curriculum Proposal Submission
  • Use of Administrative Discretion when Making Minor Course/Curriculum Description Changes (approved by COI November 4, 2009)
• Credit hour Limit for Students on Academic Probation (9 October 2003)
• Credit Hours and Course Formats (July 27, 2004)
• Deleting (Dropping) Courses (March 10, 2008)
• Dual Majors (28 February 2008)
• General Education
  • General Education Courses (September 29, 2006)
  • General Education Courses (from current College Catalog)
  • Foreign Language as satisfying General Education requirements (approved by CoC April 24, 2014)
    • Listing of SU foreign language courses satisfying General Education requirements (approved by CoC April 14, 2014)
• Graduate Academic Policies (from current College Catalog)
• Inactive Courses (March 18, 2008)
• Incomplete and Missing Grades (9 October 2003)
• Intra-ESF Concurrent Graduate Degree Programs (approved by CoI February 9, 2009)
• Major Professor Qualifications (approved by CoI April 13, 2009)
• Minors
  • Policy for Undergraduate Minors (March 22, 2001, revised October 16, 2008, revised May 7, 2015)
  • Major, Minor, Option, Concentration, Area of Study and Directed Electives (March 22, 2001, revised August 4, 2004)
  • Minors and Study Abroad - minimum GPA requirements (December 8, 2010)
  • New SU Minors (approved by CoI March 9, 2009)
• "R" Grade Policy
  • "R" grade policy (approved by Faculty March 5, 2009)
  • Exception to "R" grade policy (approved by COI November 4, 2009)
• Special Topics Courses (4 December 1997)
• Special Topics Courses (PDF)
• Shared Resource Courses (September 27, 2007)
• Steering Committee approval of Graduate Program of Study (3B) (26 February 2004)
• Summer Graduate Examinations (policy clarification from OI&GS, 6 April 2006)
• Summer Defense (approved by Faculty February 15, 2012)
• Summer Session Drop/Add Procedures (approved by Faculty February 15, 2012)
• Time Limit for Degree Completion
  • Time Limit for Degree Completion (approved by CoI October 13, 2010)
  • Time Limit for Degree Completion - undergraduate (approved by Faculty February 15, 2012)
  • Time Limit for Degree Completion - graduate (approved by Faculty February 15, 2012)
• Transfer credits
  • Transfer graduate credits to ESF graduate degree programs (26 February 2004)
  • SUNY Transfer Credit Appeal Process directive (requires clarification of campus petition process; 12/10/08)
  • Students transferring from Syracuse University (approved by CoI April 13, 2009)
• Undergraduate Suspension/Probation (approved by CoI March 9, 2009)
• Use of Human Subjects (2 March 2001)
• Withdrawal Grade Policy (approved by Faculty May 2, 2012)