II - Course Policies

II-A COURSE ENROLLMENT

1. Within the published course enrollment period, students who are returning to Clarkson for the following semester must, with approval of their adviser, enroll themselves into classes to be taken the next semester. A $50 late fee will be charged to any student who does not complete class enrollment by the end of the enrollment period.
   
2. A superior upper division undergraduate student may enroll in graduate courses with the approval of his or her advisor and the course instructor. To enroll in a 500-level course, the student's cumulative quality point average must be 3.0 or higher; to enroll in a 600-level course, the student's cumulative quality point average must be 3.5 or higher. A form is available in Student Administrative Services for use in qualification certification and enrollment approval.

   When such courses are completed beyond the normal credit-hour requirements for the bachelor's degree, credit for such graduate-level courses may be applied toward a graduate degree with the written permission of the undergraduate student's department chair, program director or designee and the Dean of his or her School.  School of Business graduate courses are open on a limited basis to students pursuing an undergraduate business degree with approval of the Dean of the School of Business.

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II-B FINANCIAL CLEARANCE AND CHECK-IN

1. Each student is required to complete the financial clearance and check-in process each semester as defined by Student Administrative Services. An undergraduate or graduate student who has not completed check-in by the end of the fifth day of class in any term may be charged a $50 late fee and may be officially dropped from the Registrar's record of active students. Any undergraduate student who has been dropped and wishes to continue at Clarkson is required to contact Student Administrative Services and request to be readmitted to the University. Any graduate student who has been dropped and wishes to continue at Clarkson is required to contact the Dean of his or her school and request to be readmitted to the University. There is no assurance that courses originally on a student's schedule will be available for a student requesting to be readmitted.
   
2. Check-in cannot be completed and the student cannot be officially admitted to class unless payment or satisfactory arrangements for payment for all tuition, fees, housing and meal expenses have been made through Student Administrative Services.
   Undergraduate Student Status:
   
   1. Part time - enrolled for less than 12 credit hours
   2. Full time - enrolled for 12 but less than 20 credit hours
   3. Full time (overload) - enrolled for 20 or more credit hours. Refer to section IX-W, #2 for information pertaining to tuition for each status.

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II-C COURSE SYLLABUS

Within the first week of classes, the instructor will provide all students with a course syllabus, and will post a copy on the University web site in an area reserved for class web pages. The instructor will also submit a copy of this syllabus to the department chair or appropriate academic officer for archival purposes. The content of the syllabus should include, as a minimum, the following information:

1. topical outline,
2. course learning objectives (expected learning accomplishments),
3. demonstrable course outcomes,
4. attendance requirements and policies for making up missed course work, laboratory and project work, tests, and examinations,
5. an explanation of the method used to determine the course grade,
6. designation of the course as a non-final exam course, or not,
7. policy on granting A or B exemptions from the final exam,
8. tentative dates for all tests and other major components of course work, and
9. contact information for the course instructor.

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II-D RESCHEDULING OF CLASSES

1. After the beginning of the semester, instructors may reschedule classes only in exceptional circumstances. The instructor's department chair (or designated School administrator) must approve the proposed change. The department (or School) will then work with Room Reservations to effect the change. In making such changes, instructors must consider the rights of the individual. If such a change is inconvenient to even one student, the right of that student to attend class at the regularly scheduled time must outweigh the desires of the rest of the class.
   
2. For each of their courses, instructors will not cancel or reschedule the last class that meets before, or the first class that meets after, a break in the semester schedule (i.e., long weekend, Thanksgiving recess, spring recess).

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II-E FIELD TRIPS

A field trip is a trip off-campus organized for the purposes of educational value. The instructor will obtain the approval of the Dean of the School involved and will provide the Dean a list of participants.

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