Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2012-2013

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2012-2013 Undergraduate Programs
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qualified courses, contact the Academic Dean’s
Office. Students will pay a testing fee whether or
not they are granted credit. Credit posted to a
CIU transcript via a Competency Examination will
cost one-fourth of the current tuition per hour rate
if outside the 12 to 18 credit flat rate. All examina-
tion scores and documentation must be submit-
ted to the Registrar before credit can be granted.
No credit can be earned through a competency
examination if the student has started a designat-
ed course and/or finished and failed said course
at CIU. No more than 12 semester hours of
Challenge Exam credit can be used in an under-
graduate degree program.
Course Auditing
When interest is expressed in attending a course
for personal enrichment, rather than academic
credit, registration is offered on an audit basis.
Auditors do not generally submit assignments and
their level of participation in class discussions is
left to the discretion of the professor. Students
wishing to audit a course must complete an Audit
Form. Audit Forms are available from the Office of
the University Registrar. An auditing fee per
semester hour is charged. Freshmen may not
audit courses. No more than 25 percent of stu-
dents registered for any course may be auditors.
Skill content courses are not open for auditors.
Course Withdrawal
In some cases, it may become necessary or
advisable for students to drop a course for which
they have registered prior to the drop/add dead-
line. Students should consult with their advisor
before changing their schedule. Between the
drop/add deadline and the withdrawal deadline,
obtain a “Course Withdrawal” form from the
Office of the University Registrar, complete the
requested information and obtain all required sig-
natures before submitting it to the Office of the
University Registrar for processing. Course with-
drawal should be completed as early as possible
in the semester. Tuition refund schedules are sub-
ject to change. The current rate schedule is avail-
able in the Student Financial Services Office.
Students withdrawing from a course after the
withdrawal deadline will receive a “Withdrawn
Failing (WF)” grade, equivalent to a failing (F)
grade. A withdrawal (W) may still be given for seri-
ous circumstances excused by the Academic
Dean for medical reasons (see the Office of the
University Registrar or Dean’s Office for medical
criteria).
The course withdrawal deadline in a normal
semester format is after the first five weeks. The
withdrawal deadline for courses offered in an
intensive format is after two days for a one-week
course (40 percent of the course), three days for a
two-week course (30 percent of the course) and
four days (20 percent) for a three or more week
course. Students are responsible for following
established withdrawal procedures.
Academic Petitions
Students seeking exceptions to program require-
ments or academic policies may submit an aca-
demic e-petition. An email from the student’s
address must be submitted to
the advisor by the student containing the request
as well as the rationale for the request.
The advisor takes action to approve or disapprove
the petition and replies to the student with a copy
of the petition being forwarded to the Dean’s
Office. Where appropriate, approval by the course
instructor(s) must be obtained before submission
to the Dean’s Office for approval. If approved after
review by the Dean’s Office, the e-petition is for-
warded to the registrar. The Office of the
University Registrar will post the petition to the
student’s record and notify the student of the final
action on the petition. A student who wishes to
take correspondence courses or Summer School
courses from another institution should consult
with the student’s academic advisor and seek
permission through an academic petition to trans-
fer the credit to CIU prior to taking the course.
Courses taken without prior approval through
petition may, in some cases, not be applicable for
transfer credit into the student’s CIU degree plan.
It is the student’s responsibility to print and keep
a copy of the final action from the Office of the
University Registrar.
Classification of Students
The undergraduate student body is divided for
class organization on the basis of academic clas-
sification. Part-time and unclassified students par-
ticipate in the activities of the class to which their