Academic Policy Manual

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Last updated: Mar 04, 2024 by Adam Janecke (admin)
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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
  1. Introduction
  2. Academic Calendar
  3. Academic Dishonesty
  4. Academic Policies & Curriculum Committee
  5. Academic Standing - Traditional Undergraduate Degree-Seeking Students
  6. Academic Standing - Dual Enrollment Degree-Seeking Students
  7. Academic Warning
  8. Adding/Dropping a Course - Student
  9. Adding a Course - Academic Departments/Schools
  10. Admission
  11. Admission - International Students
  12. Admission - Special Students
  13. Admission - Transitional
  14. Advanced Placement
  15. Advising
  16. Animal Care and Use Policy
  17. Appeals
  18. Athletic Eligibility
  19. Attendance - Faculty
  20. Attendance - Students
  21. Audio/Visual Recording Policy
  22. Auditing a Course
  23. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Degree
  24. Catalogs
  25. Certificate - Undergraduate: Requirements
  26. Cheating
  27. Classification of Students
  28. Class Lists
  29. Classroom Behavior
  30. Classroom Visitors
  31. Class Schedule
  32. CLEP (College Level Examination Program)
  33. Co-curricular Activities
  34. Commencement Attire
  35. Course Cancellations
  36. Course Evaluations
  37. Course Level and Numbering Sequence
  38. Course Loads
  39. Course Loads - Overload
  40. Credit Hour
  41. Credits - Electives
  42. Credits - Jointly Applicable
  43. Credits - Other
  44. Credits - Postsecondary
  45. Cross-listing of Courses
  46. Dean's List
  47. Deceased Students - Records
  48. Developmental Courses
  49. Diploma Names
  50. Directed Study
  51. Disabilities - Students With
  52. DSST (DANTES Standardized Subject Tests)
  53. Dual Enrollment
  54. Duolingo English Test
  55. E-mail Accounts and Communication
  56. Equal Opportunity
  57. Exceptions to Academic Policy
  58. Faculty Teaching Credentials & Qualifications Policy
  59. FERPA
  60. Field Trips and University-Sponsored Absences
  61. Final Examinations
  62. Final Examinations - Writing Center
  63. Final Examinations - Faculty Responsibilities
  64. Final Examinations - Student Responsibilities
  65. Foreign Language
  66. Good Academic Standing
  67. Grade Books
  68. Grade Point Average
  69. Grades, Incomplete
  70. Grade Submission
  71. Grading Philosophy
  72. Grading Policies
  73. Grading Scale
  74. Graduation Honors - Undergraduate
  75. Graduation Requirements
  76. Incomplete Grades
  77. Independent Study
  78. International Baccalaureate
  79. Internships
  80. Major - Multiple Majors
  81. Make-Up Tests in the Writing Center
  82. Military Active Duty
  83. Minors
  84. Off-Campus Study
  85. Oral Communication Emphasis Course (OCE)
  86. Pass/No Credit Grading
  87. Plagiarism
  88. Posthumous Degree
  89. Progress - Satisfactory Academic
  90. Proportional Core Curriculum Requirements
  91. Readmission
  92. Records – Copies of
  93. Refund of Tuition and Fees
  94. Registration
  95. Registration-Priority
  96. Remedial Courses
  97. Repeating a Course
  98. Social Probation
  99. Social Security Number
  100. Student Privacy Rights
  101. Syllabus
  102. Technology Essentials
  103. Test Proctoring
  104. Tests - Scantron
  105. Textbooks
  106. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  107. Topics Courses
  108. Transcripts
  109. Transfer of Credits
  110. Tutorial
  111. Upper-Level Credit Requirement
  112. Waiting Lists for Courses
  113. Withdrawal from a Course
  114. Withdrawal from University of Northwestern
  115. Written Communication Emphasis Course (WCE)


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