Rules, Regulations, and Academic Information

Note: In several sections of this document, reference is made to the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students. Hereafter, it will be cited by its more popular name, Code on Campus Affairs. Students are expected to be familiar with all aspects of the Code on Campus Affairs which apply to them.

ABS GRADE

The ABS grade is given if the student is absent from the final examination without an acceptable excuse. It is included in the GPA computation as equivalent to an F grade.
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ADVANCED COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT

required

The course used to fulfill this requirement varies with curriculum. The following is a listing by curriculum, which is subject to change. Consult your advisor for current information.

Curriculum

Aerospace Engr.	AE 440 and AE 441
Agricultural Engr.	campus list*
Civil & Environmental Engr.	BTW 261
Computer Engr.	campus list*
Computer Science	campus list*
Electrical Engr.	campus list*
Engineering Mechanics	TAM 324
Engineering Physics	campus list*
General Engr.	GE 400
Industrial Engr.	IE 470
Materials Science & Engr	MSE 307 and 308
Mechanical Engr	ME 470
Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engr	campus list*

www.courses.uiuc.edu/gened

Policy

The following policy statements may help in answering questions regarding this requirement.

It must be satisfied on this campus.
AP or transfer credit will not be accepted.
If the requirement is satisfied in one curriculum and the student transfers to another, the requirement will remain satisfied. However, if the new curriculum uses a specific course for Advanced Composition that is required as part of the curriculum, the student must take that course.
Advanced Composition courses can satisfy social sciences and humanities credit as well, if the course is on the approved SS&H list.

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AUDITING

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BRONZE TABLET

They must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade-point average for all work taken through the academic term before graduation (academic term before graduation means: for August graduates, the preceding spring semester; for October graduates, the preceding summer session; for May graduates, the preceding fall semester).
They must rank, on the basis of the cumulative grade-point average through the academic term before graduation, in the top three percent of the students in their college graduating class. (College graduating class means all students receiving bachelor's degrees from the same college between July 1 of each year and June 30 of the next.)
In addition to the above rules, transfer students must meet the following qualifications.
They must have cumulative University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign grade-point averages as high as the lowest ones listed for students in their college who qualify on the basis of having completed all of their work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
They must earn 40 or more semester hours at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through the academic term before graduation.

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CORRESPONDENCE COURSES

Students enrolled for courses in residence are not permitted to enroll in correspondence courses without the approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs. Approval also is required for students who have been dropped from the college and wish to apply for admission to correspondence work. Students in residence during the spring and fall semesters, but not in the summer, may take correspondence courses during the summer.

Full information on the application procedure and available courses can be obtained from the Guided Individual Study Office, Suite 202, 302 East John Street, Champaign, IL 61820 and their web site: http://www.conted.uiuc.edu.

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CREDIT/NO CREDIT (CR/NC) OPTION

Advisory Comments

The credit/no credit grading option is designed to encourage students to explore areas of academic interest that they might otherwise avoid for fear of poor grades. All students considering this option are cautioned that many graduate and professional schools consider applicants whose transcripts bear a significant number of nongrade ("credit" CR) symbols less favorably than those whose transcripts contain none or very few. Likewise, in computing a preadmission grade-point average, some of these schools may convert the "no credit" NC symbol to a failing grade because they do not know whether the actual grade was a D, F, or ABS.

Eligibility

Any undergraduate student in good academic standing (not on probation) may elect the credit/no credit option subject to the rules and regulations listed below. Students not in residence but enrolling in correspondence courses who are in good academic standing are also eligible.

Procedure

Fill out the credit/no credit option form, available in 206 Engineering Hall, and obtain advisor approval within the first eight weeks of instruction (first four weeks of the summer session). This option form cannot be submitted during the advanced enrollment period. The credit/no credit option can be dropped during the same time period, using the same form and procedure.

Rules and Regulations

Details can be found in the Code on Campus Affairs, Section 73. A summary is given below.

Courses specifically required by name for graduation cannot be taken under the credit/no credit option.
Technical electives and secondary field electives taken under this option must be specifically approved by the major department, and such occurrences are rare.
A full-time student may take a maximum of two courses each semester under the option. Part-time and summer session students may take one course per semester.
Free electives may be taken credit/no credit.
A maximum of eighteen semester hours, including correspondence courses, under the credit/no credit option may be applied toward a degree.
Courses taken to satisfy the campus general education requirements may NOT be taken under this option.
Campus general education courses must be taken for a grade. The six additional hours required by the college may be taken as credit/no credit.
A student currently on probation may not take any class on credit/no credit.
If a student changes majors or field of concentration, courses taken as credit/no credit while in the old major or field may qualify for meeting requirements in the new major or field.

Grading and Recording

Grades of C- or better are required to earn credit (CR). Grades below C- will be recorded as NC.
Credit/no credit courses are not used in determining grade-point averages. Grades of S, U, CR, NC, and PASS are reported on the official university transcript.
Instructors are not informed of those students in their classes who are taking work under the credit/no credit option. They report the usual letter grades at the end of the course. These grades are automatically converted to CR or NC.
Final grades of CR or NC are recorded on the student's permanent academic record and will not be subsequently changed to letter grades.

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DEAN'S LIST

To be eligible for Dean's List recognition, students must successfully complete 14 academic semester hours of which at least 12 must be taken for a letter grade (A, B, C, D, F, ABS). Only grades in hand at the time the list is compiled will be considered in determining eligibility unless the final grade average can be established as above the minimum required regardless of the grade eventually received. Students with I (Incomplete), DFR, or missing grades will be added as soon as letter grades are received and eligibility can be determined. Credits earned during the semester through proficiency, CLEP, and advanced placement examinations may not be counted toward the 14 semester hour requirement.

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DROP RULES

Code on Campus Affairs

Failure to earn at least a GPA of 1.0 in any semester (not including summer session).
Failure to meet the assigned probation level if the cumulative GPA is below 2.0
Failure to make satisfactory progress toward a degree.
Failure to meet departmental GPA requirements.

Advice --

before the end of the semester of concern

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DROPPING AND ADDING COURSES

…thru the 10th day of class:

ADDING COURSES
Students can add courses using UI-Integrate Self-Service (https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice) during the first 10 days of class. There must be seats available and the addition(s) may not result in more than 18 hours of courses. The Associate Dean's office (206 Engineering Hall) can approve an overload.

DROPPING COURSES
Students can drop courses using UI-Integrate Self-Service (https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice) up to the 10th day of class. However, there are restrictions as noted below:

Certain freshmen and sophomore courses such as chemistry, calculus, differential equations, physics, and rhetoric are required and cannot be dropped once classes start without approval by a Dean in 206 Engineering Hall. POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ALONE IS NOT JUSTIFICATION FOR DROP APPROVAL.
Some departments have their own restrictions on dropping required courses in addition to the controls in UI-Integrate Self-Service (https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice). Consult your department and review the course notes in the Timetable.
Students are required to maintain 12 hours of courses except in the final semester. Dropping below 12 hours requires the approval of a Dean in 206 Engineering Hall.
Enrolling in extra courses with the intention of dropping some later is strongly discouraged. Drop requests under these circumstances may be denied. Overload requests for this purpose will not be approved.

Advice -- NEVER stop attending class and assume you can drop the course later.

…after the 10th day of class:

ADDING OR DROPPING COURSES, CHANGING SECTIONS, CHANGING CREDIT HOURS
After the 10th day of class all Undergraduate Engineering students are issued an Advising Hold in order to keep them from dropping restricted courses. Some course changes require College Dean approval or Home Department approval. During this time students must access the following web portal to change their schedules: https://engineering.uiuc.edu/request_course_change/

All schedule change requests that are not restricted will be processed within a few days of the request. To see if your request has been processed, visit Banner…it will have the up-to-date schedule.

If the course change is restricted (i.e., dropping a required course, adding a course late, going under 12 hours) these are not allowed without approval(s). After submitting a request of this kind, the system will prepare a form that the student will need to PRINT OUT. This form must be taken to either the student's Home Department and/or to an Engineering Dean. The form will indicate which approval(s) are needed.

Students should NOT FORGET to print out the form for restricted requests BEFORE continuing on! This form will not be available to print out later. All instructions given on the form should be followed, and the completed form should be turned into 206 Engineering Hall for processing.

Finally, we ask that students do not turn in course change requests that they are unsure of, due to the complexity of removing unwanted requests. Also, students should NOT turn in duplicate requests.

If students have any questions about the policy or the web portal, they can contact Engineering Academic Affairs (engrap@uiuc.edu or 217/333-2280).

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INCOMPLETE (I) GRADE

If this situation arises, the student should first discuss it in advance with the course instructor. If the instructor agrees, the student should present the request to a dean in 206 Engineering Hall. The Associate Dean's office approval is required and, if given, will issue an authorization for the instructor to issue an I grade. Unauthorized I grades will not be accepted by Admissions and Records.

The I grade will not be included in the GPA computation. However, the course work must be completed by the first eight weeks of the following semester or the grade may be changed to an F grade. To avoid this, the instructor must issue a Supplemental Grade Report Form on which the final grade is reported.

It is the student's responsibility to arrange for completion of the course work to clear an I grade.

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FREE ELECTIVES

Religious foundation courses--maximum of 4 semester hours

Military courses--maximum of six hours of military science courses may be used as free electives; transfer courses are subject to individual review

Kinesiology--maximum of 3 hours of skill courses; no limit on professional kinesiology courses

Overages --may be used for free electives if they go beyond the required course credits

Examples:

When ESL 114 and 115 are taken in lieu of RHET 105, the extra two hours may be used as free electives.

Remedial courses -- Credit cannot be used in any math course below MATH 220 (MATH 012, 014, 016, 017, etc.) or in CHEM 101 or basic military science.

Duplicate courses -- No credit will be used toward graduation requirements that duplicates credit earned in previous college course work. If courses appear to be similar, the student is responsible for investigating duplication. If duplication is suspected, the student should consult the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs about this problem.

Foreign Language -- College credit may be used if a language placement examination has been taken and the college hours used do not duplicate more than the last two years of high school course work. Credit earned in the students native language is not allowed.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Humanities elective credit

College elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses in non-native languages may be used to satisfy humanities requirements for all students who were freshmen before fall 1994. Intermediate speaking and reading courses are eligible as well. However, in many cases, these represent equivalent levels of language placement, for example SPAN 102 and 122 are equivalent. Credit is not given for both courses. The student is responsible for determining whether another language course is equivalent to a 101-, 102-, 103-, or 104-level course. Any questions about foreign language credit should be directed to the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs.

Starting in fall of 1994, freshmen must also satisfy the campus general education requirements which include six hours of humanities from the campus list. Foreign languages are excluded from the list. However, foreign language taken as part of the International Minor in Engineering will be used for campus humanity credit.

High school language

Beginning in Fall 2000 for freshmen and Fall 2002 for transfer students, third level college foreign language credit is required as part of the campus general education requirements. Details can be found at www.engr.uiuc.edu/Advising/ssh-gened.html.

If a student has taken a foreign language in high school, a placement test is required before the student may enroll in a college course in that language. The first year of high school language credit is equivalent to a college 101-level course, the second year of high school language is equivalent to a 102-level college course, and so on. If testing shows that repetition is needed, credit will not be granted for college courses more than two college semesters below the high school achievement level. For example, if a student has had three years of high school foreign language and, as a result of the language placement test, is placed at the 101-level, credit will not be given for a 101 course, but 102-level credit will be given.

If the placement test is not taken, no credit will be given for repeated course work. Thus, in the above example, a 104-level college course is the lowest level course that can be taken for credit.

Proficiency Credit

Proficiency credit for courses at the 103- or 104-level or higher can be obtained by proficiency examination (subject to the placement rule described in the previous section). A placement test is required before taking a language proficiency examination.

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PROBATION

A detailed description of the campus probation regulations appears in the Code on Campus Affairs, Section 80.B. The rules are summarized here for convenience.

GPA Situation	Probation Rule
Cumulative GPA > 2.0 or beginning freshman Semester or summer GPA <2.0	2.00 probation
Cumulative GPA = 1.75 - 1.99	2.25 probation
Cumulative GPA < 1.75	2.33 probation
Combined Transfer and U of I GPA < 2.0	2.00 probation

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PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS

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RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

Programs of Study

For students who began as new freshmen at UIUC:

90 credit hours earned on this campus, including AP and Proficiency

For transfer students:

60 credit hours earned at a senior institution (UIUC or other 4 year university)

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last 30 hours earned at UIUC

For more information, go to Courses, Schedules, and Requirements. Click on "Programs of Study", select "Graduation Requirements", and then select "Residence Requirements for Graduation".

The requirements to establish residency for tuition purposes are also described in the Programs of Study. Go to Courses, Schedules, and Requirements, click on "Programs of Study" and then on "Residency" under "Useful Links".

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TECHNICAL GRADE POINT AVERAGE (TGPA) REQUIREMENTS

Technical grade point average (TGPA) requirements for graduation and advanced-level course registration apply to students enrolled in certain College of Engineering curricula. These rules apply in addition to the Illinois campus-wide drop and probation rules. The table below summarizes the TGPA rules applicable.

Curriculum	TGPA Requirements for Graduation	TGPA Requirements for Advanced-Level Course Registration
	Must earn a GPA of 2.0 in the following technical subset of courses:	Must earn a GPA of 2.25 in:	In order to register for:
Aerospace Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a
Agricultural Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bioengineering	Math, Eng, and Science courses	Eng Core + Bio Core	BIOE 414
Civil Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a
Computer Engineering	ECE courses	Eng Core + Elec Core	ECE 329, 385
Computer Science	CS and Math courses	n/a	n/a
Electrical Engineering	ECE courses	Eng Core + Elec Core	ECE 329, 385
Engineering Mechanics	TAM courses	Eng Core + Mech Core	TAM 302, 324, 335, 412, 445, 470
Engineering Physics	Required Math and Physics courses - *must earn a 2.5 GPA	n/a	n/a
General Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a
Industrial Engineering	Required Eng and Tech Elect courses	Eng Core + Mech Core	IE 310, 330, 340, 430, ME 330
Materials Sci & Eng	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mechanical Engineering	Required Eng and Tech Elect courses	Eng Core + Mech Core	ME 310, 330, 340, 370
Nuclear Engineering	n/a	n/a	n/a

Notes:

Eng Core : CHEM 102, 103, 104, 105, MATH 221, 231, 241, 385, 386, PHYS 211, 212, 213, 214, CS 101, GE 101, ME 170 (Note: These courses are included in the TGPA only if the course is required in the curriculum. Inclusion on this list does not mean you have to take them.)

Elec Core : ECE 110, 190, 210, 290

Mech Core : TAM 210/211, 212, 251

Bio Core : BIOE 120, 201, 202, MCB 150, CHEM 232, 233

Math courses include any course offered by the Mathematics department under the MATH rubric and by the Statistics department under the STAT rubric

Engineering (Eng) courses means any course offered by a unit of the College of Engineering (i.e., under the rubrics AE, ABE, BIOE, CEE, ...)

Science courses means any course in the basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.)

Required means that the course is called out by name in the curriculum (i.e., not an elective)

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This page revised 9-Jul-2008