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Faculty Senate Approved
Undergraduate Policies
Policies and Procedures
- A+ equal to 4.0 as of Fall 2018
- Academic Accommodations for Fall 2020
- Academic Accommodations for Spring 2021
- Academic Advising Working Group Recommendations
- Academic Calendar Methodology (updated October 23, 2019)
- Academic Relief for Spring 2020
- Additional Academic Relief for Spring 2020
- Add-Drop Deadlines
- Attendance and Excused Absences
- Audit Deadline
- Course Load and Transfer Credit
- Credit for Study Away from Rice Including International Study
- Credit Hour Cap
- Degree Conferrals: add August conferral date, add December plenary, deans endorse lists
- Digital Education: Approved Working Group Report and Addendum
- Discontinue announcing aloud Latin Honors
- Distinction in Research and Creative Work (March 2012)
- Distinction in Research and Creative Work - modifications (September 2, 2020)
- Distribution System Approved Motions and Report, April 2017
- Drop-Back Provision for Select MATH/CHEM/PHYS Courses
- Final Exams
- General Education and the Distribution System Approved Motions and Report, April 2017
Ratification of EC Summer Action regarding Distribution System, September 2017
- 2020-2021 General Education Working Group Recommendations
- Graduation Date of Record
- Graduation Accomodations due to Spring 2020 Course Disruptions
- Guidelines and Procedures for Departmental Credit by Exam (April 26, 2023)
- Hard Cap of 24 Hours per Semester (Revised, see Credit Hour Cap)
- Incomplete Grades Deadlines
- Latin Honors by School
- LPAP course approval transferred to Dean of Undergraduates
- LPAP requirement reduced
- Majors, Minors, and Certificates
- Non-Traditional Coursework
- Non-Traditional Coursework, revised to include teaching for credit
- Pass-Fail Rules within the Major
- Posthumous Undergraduate Degrees (April 26, 2023)
- Readmission after Suspension: Fall Semester
- Readmission after Suspension: Spring Semester
- Return after Suspension
- Scheduling and Absences for University Sponsored Events
- Spring Drop Deadline
- Student-Taught Courses
- Transfer Credit Limit Increased
- Transfer Credit Policy (Revised Feb 2015, see: Course Load/Transfer Credit)
Recent Academic Calendar Approvals
