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Many students have questions regarding academic policies and procedures for regular and out of the ordinary circumstances.  Our Engineering Student Services office has made a quick reference list of is believed to be the most commonly asked questions.  Many of the responses came from the University's Catalog. It is a guide that helps students maneuver through the maze of academic rules, procedures, and policies at USF.


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Academic Jeopardy Academic Jeopardy College Level Academic Skills Test College Level Examination Program
Chemistry for Engineers Exit Requirements Foreign Language General Education
Greivance Procedures Late Registration: Late Adds & Drops Minimum GPA Registration Holds
Repeating Courses      


Academic Jeopardy
       

(answer)   What can I do if I am performing poorly in my classes?
(answer)   What is academic probation?
(answer)   What should I do if I go on academic probation?
(answer)   What if I have been dismissed from the University?


Changing Majors
       

(answer)   What to do if you want to leave your current college and declare engineering.
(answer)   What to do if you want to leave engineering for another major at USF.
(answer)   What to do if you want to switch to a different engienering major.


CLAST: College Level Academic Skills Test
       

(answer)   What is the CLAST?
(answer)   What can exempt me from taking the CLAST?
(answer)   What if I am having trouble passing the CLAST?
(answer)   What do I do if I have a (TS/TL) CLAST hold?


CLEP: College Level Examination Program
       

(answer)   What is the CLEP?
(answer)   How much credit can I earn using CLEP?
(answer)   What scores to I need to earn credit with CLEP?
(answer)   How can I get a study guide for my CLEP exam?


Chemistry for Engineers
       

(answer)   What is the difference between regular chemistry
                  and the one for engineering majors?
(answer)   Should I take the chemistry for Engineering majors?
(answer)   If I take the chemistry lecture for engineers, do I take
                  the chemistry lab for engineers also?
(answer)   What if I am registered for the wrong type of chemistry?


Foreign Language Entrance Requirement
       

(answer)   What is FLENT?
(answer)   How can I meet FLENT?
(answer)   If I have an Associate of Arts degree, have I met FLENT?
(answer)   If I am seeking a second bachelors degree, have I met FLENT?
(answer)   If my native language is not English, do I still need to
                  take a foreign language?


General Education & Exit Requirements
       

(answer)   Do the Engineering courses fulfill any of USF's general education
                  or exit requirements?
(answer)   Is it true that Engineering students need only 6 hours for
                  the Exit Requirements?
(answer)   I want to take my general education courses in another college.
                  Do I still need to take History of Technology or History
                  of Electrotechnology?
(answer)   I am completing an Associate of Arts degree from Florida. Do
                  I need to take USF's general education and exit requirements?
(answer)   I am earning my second bachelors degree. Do I need to
                  take USF's general education and exit requirements?


Grievance Procedures
       

(answer)   What can I do if I am having difficulties with an instructor?


Late Registration (Late Adds & Drops)
       

(answer)   What if I want to add a class after the first week of the semester?
(answer)   What if I need to register late?
(answer)   What if I want to drop or withdrawal from a course
                  after the deadline?
(answer)   What if I want to switch courses or sections of the same
                  course after the first week of classes?
(answer)   If I am not doing well and mid-term is approaching, should
                  I drop the class I am in?
(answer)   Will dropping a course affect my financial aid or scholarship funding?
                  I need to full-time because I am an international student,
                  but I need to drop a class or I'll fail. What do I do?


Minimum G.P.A.
       

(answer)   What is the minimum grade point average (G.P.A.) I
                  need to maintain to stay in the College?
(answer)   What is the G.P.A. for departmental program admissions?
(answer)   What is the minimum G.P.A. I can graduate with?


Registration Holds
       

(answer)   How can I find out if I have a registration hold?
(answer)   What do I do if I have a registration hold?
(answer)   What are the reasons Engineering Advising puts a student
                  on a registration hold?


Repeating Courses
       

(answer)   Is there a limit to the number of times I can repeat a course?
(answer)   What is the repeat course surcharge?
(answer)   How many times will the College allow me to repeat
                  engineering courses?


 

 
 

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