Academic Policies Handbook
Requirements for a Bachelor's Degree
- Requirements for a bachelor's degree
- Completing a major
- Meeting the College's academic standards
- Completing the General Education CLAS Core requirements
- UI and CLAS residence requirements
- Graduation
General Education CLAS Core
- General Education at Iowa: The CLAS Core
- General Education CLAS Core requirements
- General Education CLAS Core policies
- GE CLAS Core: World Languages
- Summer 2024 World Languages Pathways
Majors, Minors, and Certificates
- Declaring or changing a major
- Certificates
- Minors
- Earning two or more majors
- Returning to earn additional majors
- Returning after an extended absence
Registration Policies
- How and when to register
- Taking courses for variable credit
- Auditing courses
- Registering for the Pass/Nonpass grading option (P/N)
- Registering for a Satisfactory/Fail (S/F) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) course
- Cross-enrolling and taking cross-referenced courses
- Prerequisites
- Adding courses
- Full-time/Half-time student status
- Maximum course load
- Requesting Excess Hours
- Dropping courses
- Requesting to drop a course after the deadline
- Withdrawal of entire registration
- Requesting a late withdrawal or a retroactive withdrawal
Credit Hour Requirements and Policies
- Credit hour policies
- Maximum and Minimum Credit Hours
- Courses without degree credit
- Duplication
- Regression
- Credit or exemptions earned through other sources
- Furthering Language Incentive Program (FLIP)
- Mathematics Incentive Program (MIP)
Grading System
- Grade point average (GPA)
- Mid-semester reports
- Audit Successful/Audit Unsuccessful (AUS/AUU)
- In Progress (IP)
- Pass/Nonpass grading option (P/N)
- Satisfactory/Fail (S/F) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) courses
- Incomplete (I)
- No grade reported (O)
- Registered/Withdrawn (R/W)
- Mark of "W"
- Second-grade-only option - SGO (#)
Recognition for Academic Achievement
Academic Standards
- Academic misconduct
- Academic probation
- Dismissal from the College
- Appealing a dismissal
- Reinstatement after a dismissal
- Restart