Introduction
Academic policies are statements of policy applicable to all colleges, departments/schools and academic personnel of University of Northwestern. Academic colleges and departments/schools are authorized to develop policies specific to each college and department/school. All such college and departmental/school academic policies must be in keeping with University-wide academic policies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Academic Calendar
- Academic Dishonesty
- Academic Policies & Curriculum Committee
- Academic Probation
- Academic Standing - Dual Enrollment Degree-Seeking Students
- Academic Suspension
- Academic Suspension - Reinstatement of Academically Suspended Students
- Academic Warning
- Adding/Dropping a Course - Student
- Adding a Course - Academic Departments/Schools
- Admission
- Admission - International Students
- Admission - Special Students
- Admission - Transitional
- Advanced Placement
- Advising
- Animal Care and Use Policy
- Appeals
- Athletic Eligibility
- Attendance - Faculty
- Attendance - Students
- Auditing a Course
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Degree
- Catalogs
- Cheating
- Classification of Students
- Class Lists
- Classroom Behavior
- Classroom Visitors
- Class Schedule
- CLEP (College Level Examination Program)
- Co-curricular Activities
- Commencement Attire
- Course Cancellations
- Course Evaluations
- Course Level and Numbering Sequence
- Course Loads
- Course Loads - Overload
- Credit Hour
- Credits - Electives
- Credits - Jointly Applicable
- Credits - Other
- Credits - Postsecondary
- Cross-listing of Courses
- Dean's List
- Deceased Students - Records
- Developmental Courses
- Diploma Names
- Directed Studies
- Disabilities - Students With
- DSST (DANTES Standardized Subject Tests)
- Dual Enrollment
- Duolingo English Test
- E-mail Accounts and Communication
- Equal Opportunity
- Exceptions to Academic Policy
- Faculty Teaching Credentials & Qualifications Policy
- FERPA
- Field Trips and University-Sponsored Absences
- Final Examinations
- Final Examinations - Writing Center
- Final Examinations - Faculty Responsibilities
- Final Examinations - Student Responsibilities
- Foreign Language
- Good Academic Standing
- Grade Books
- Grade Point Average
- Grades, Incomplete
- Grade Submission
- Grading Philosophy
- Grading Policies
- Grading Scale
- Graduation Honors - Undergraduate
- Graduation Requirements
- Incomplete Grades
- Independent Study
- International Baccalaureate
- Internships
- Major - Multiple Majors
- Make-Up Tests in the Writing Center
- Military Active Duty
- Minors
- Off-Campus Study
- Oral Communication Emphasis Course (OCE)
- Pass/No Credit Grading
- Plagiarism
- Posthumous Degree
- Progress - Satisfactory Academic
- Proportional Core Curriculum Requirements
- Readmission
- Records – Copies of
- Refund of Tuition and Fees
- Registration
- Registration-Priority
- Remedial Courses
- Repeating a Course
- Social Probation
- Social Security Number
- Student Privacy Rights
- Syllabus
- Technology Essentials
- Test Proctoring
- Tests - Scantron
- Textbooks
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- Topics Courses
- Transcripts
- Transfer of Credits
- Tutorial
- Upper-Level Credit Requirement
- Waiting Lists for Courses
- Withdrawal from a Course
- Withdrawal from University of Northwestern
- Written Communication Emphasis Course (WCE)
Rev 11/2019