The University Senate of Michigan Technological University

PROPOSAL 13-08

(Voting Units: Academic)

REVISION OF PROPOSALS 6-60, 11-69, 2-75, 14-94, 25-94, and 11-07

TO REFLECT CONVERSION FROM QUARTERS TO SEMESTERS

Background: Replaces ‘quarter’ or 'term' with ‘semester’ or deletes some words to update terminology from the former quarter system to the current semester system.

PROPOSAL 6-60

"WRITTEN PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS"

Proficiency examinations may be given to those students who obtain the approval of the department concerned. Such examinations are given during the week prior to the beginning of instruction for the Fall Quarter Semester to applicants for examinations approved by the Department Head with concurrence of the College Registrar. Applicants shall be guided by the following restrictions:

PROPOSAL 11-69

"DESCRIPTION OF UNIT CREDIT (UNDERGRADUATE)"

Academic advancement by the student is measured in terms of quarter hour credits, or simply, credits. One credit should, on the average, require three hours of a student's time each week for one quarter semester. These three hours may all be spent in the classroom or laboratory, or may be divided between home study and class or laboratory attendance. One hour in class; two hours in individual study is a typical division. Course descriptions in the catalog show the number of credits for the course. Until the student determines by experience whether he requires more or less time than the average student, he should multiply the course credits by three to determine the demands the course will place on his time during a typical week of the quarter semester.

PROPOSAL 2-75

"COURSE CHANGE POLICY"

III. PROCEDURES

C. At least one quarter semester prior to being offered for the first time, a catalog description and content outline of provisionally approved courses shall be transmitted by the offering department to all academic faculty, department heads, deans of schools, and colleges, the registrar, and the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

D. In order to prevent unnecessary overlapping of departmental course offerings, other departments or the dean of any school or college may initiate review of a provisionally approved course through the Vice-President of Academic Affairs. The Vice-President of Academic Affairs may also initiate his own independent review. Such a review will automatically cancel provisional approval for not more than one quarter semester during which time the issue must be settled.

E. Courses may be offered during any quarter semester following provisional approval.

PROPOSAL 14-94

"RECOMMENDATION ON EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT TUITION RATES;

MODIFICATION OF BOC POLICY 9.17"

2. The changes in policy will go into effect beginning with the Fall Quarter of 1995 or 1996 depending on when it is approved by the Board of Control. 3. The new policy will:

a) Establish a minimum performance requirement of a 2.50 C.G.P.A. after spring quarter semester.

b) Set a maximum time limit of only five years (fifteen quarters) for program eligibility.

PROPOSAL 25-94

"COURSE GRADES"

For two important reasons it is essential that all final grades be delivered to the Registrar's Office by the specified final deadline:

1) Students' schedules and financial aid for the coming Quarter semester often depend on grades received in the preceding Quarter semester.

2) The economical and efficient operation of the Registrar's Office is impaired when work for a new Quarter semester is interrupted to post late grades from the preceding Quarter semester. Details of grades and scheduling are given in the University Catalogs.

The following procedures shall normally be followed by instructors:

1) At the end of each Quarter semester, the person in charge of each course or section will enter final grades on the forms provided for this purpose, sign the forms, and deliver them to the Registrar's Office by the specified final deadline. (It would be extremely helpful if they were delivered as soon as possible after the scheduled course final so that they can be processed immediately. The Registrar's Office requests that instructors try to turn their grades in within 48 hours of their scheduled finals. A large volume in the last two days before the deadline negatively impacts the ability of the Registrar's Office to process the grades in a timely manner.) If an instructor, because of illness or other unavoidable absence, is unable to meet this deadline, the department chair (or school dean/director) should arrange for assistance so that final grades can be delivered on time.

PROPOSAL 11-07

"REVISION OF PROPOSAL 14-97, POLICY ON CORRECTING STUDENT GRADES AND RETENTION OF STUDENT WORK"

A student having an error in a final course grade received should contact the instructor and the registrar as soon as possible but no later than one month after the beginning of the next term semester. Graded student work (exams, papers, homework, etc.) which has not been returned to the student should be retained by the instructor of record for at least one month after the beginning of the next term semester or until existing disputes have been resolved.