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Academic Policies and Procedures

2024-2025 Edition

  • Delivery of Services
  • General Information
  • Undergraduate
  • College of Professional Studies Undergraduate
  • Graduate
    • Information for Entering Students
    • Financial Information
    • Academic Policies and Procedures
      • Academic Integrity Policy
      • Academic Consequences for Violating the University Academic Integrity Policy
      • Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
      • Attendance Requirements
      • Campus Transfer and Campus Location Change
      • Clearing an Academic Deficiency
      • Code of Student Conduct
      • Course Credit Guidelines
      • Course Numbering System
      • Grade Change Policy
      • Grade Table and GPA
      • Leaves of Absence and University Withdrawal
      • Personal Information
      • Requesting and Clearing An Incomplete Grade
      • Retaking Courses
      • Student Bill of Academic Rights and Responsibilities
      • Student Records Privacy
      • Student Responsibility Statement
      • Student Right-​to-​Know Act
      • Substituting Courses
      • University-​Sponsored Travel
      • Academic Appeals Policies and Procedures
      • Academic Calendars
      • Audit Policy
      • Cooperative Education
      • Departmental Jurisdiction
      • Dropping a Class
      • Final Examinations and Related Policies on Other Exams
      • Full-​Time Status
      • Graduation Requirements
      • Minimum Cumulative GPA
      • Overload Conditions for Graduate Assistants
      • Pass/​Fail Grading
      • Regulations and Requirements for All Graduate Degree Programs
      • Regulations and Requirements for Graduate Certificate Programs
      • Regulations and Requirements for The Master's Degree
      • Regulations and Requirements for PlusOne Degree Combinations
      • Regulations and Requirements for Professional Doctorate Degree Programs
      • Regulations and Requirements for Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study
      • Regulations and Requirements for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programs
      • Regulations and Requirements for Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs
      • Definitions
    • PhD Programs
    • College of Arts, Media and Design
    • D'Amore-​McKim School of Business
    • Khoury College of Computer Sciences
    • College of Engineering
    • Bouvé College of Health Sciences
    • School of Law
    • College of Professional Studies
    • College of Science
    • College of Social Sciences and Humanities
    • Mills College at Northeastern
    • Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership
    • Additional Programs
  • Course Descriptions
  • Catalog Archives
  • Student Handbook

Universitywide Academic Policies and Procedures

  • Academic Integrity Policy
  • Academic Consequences for Violating the University Academic Integrity Policy
  • Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
  • Attendance Requirements
  • Campus Transfer and Campus Location Change
  • Clearing an Academic Deficiency
  • Code of Student Conduct
  • Course Credit Guidelines
  • Course Numbering System
  • Grade Change Policy
  • Grade Table and GPA
  • Leaves of Absence and University Withdrawal
  • Personal Information
  • Requesting and Clearing An Incomplete Grade
  • Retaking Courses
  • Student Bill of Academic Rights and Responsibilities
  • Student Records Privacy
  • Student Responsibility Statement
  • Student Right-to-Know Act
  • Substituting Courses
  • University-Sponsored Travel

Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures

  • Academic Appeals Policies and Procedures
  • Academic Calendars
  • Audit Policy
  • Cooperative Education
  • Departmental Jurisdiction
  • Dropping a Class
  • Final Examinations and Related Policies on Other Exams
  • Full-Time Status
  • Graduation Requirements
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA
  • Overload Conditions for Graduate Assistants
  • Pass/Fail (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) Grading

Graduate Program Regulations and Requirements

  • All Graduate Degree Programs
  • Graduate Certificate Programs
  • The Master's Degree
  • PlusOne Degree Combinations
  • Professional Doctorate Degree Programs
  • Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programs
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Degrees
  • Definitions

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