School of Architecture: Academic Policies
2008-2009 Academic Year
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ACADEMIC POLICIES
A full description of academic policies for all students in Newcomb-Tulane
College can be found in the college's section of this catalog. Students should
review these policies thoroughly. Additional academic policies or specific
requirements for the School of Architecture are outlined below.
ADVANCED STANDING, EXEMPTION AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Advanced Standing, Exemption, Advanced Placement (AP), International
Baccalaureate (TB) Credits and Proficiency Exams and their requirements, are
described thoroughly in the Newcomb-Tulane section of this catalog which
outlines the core undergraduate curriculum requirements and its policies.
Advanced Standing and Advanced Placement within the School of Architecture:
Students normally proceed through the architecture studio and platform courses
sequentially. The exceptional student who feels his or her design work merits
advancement into a higher level studio course must be sponsored by a member of
the faculty in a request for advancement. The faculty sponsor petitions the Dean's
office in writing; the Associate Dean will judge the merit of the faculty sponsor's
proposal and make a recommendation regarding the appropriate level of
architectural design instruction for the student.
For architecture courses other than studio, students with superior ability or
previous course work in a given subject area may request that the instructor of
that subject review their past work, previous relevant syllabi and transcripts. The
instructor makes an evaluation to determine whether or not the course in question
should be waived or credit given and then makes a recommendation to the
Associate Dean who approves all advanced standing petitions.
Regular attendance at classes, studio and laboratory periods, and scheduled course
conferences is required; it is essential to successful academic progress. All
absences must be reported to the course instructor; the only excused absences are
those for reasons of health or crisis, and must be justified with written
documentation.
Unexcused absences could reduce a student's course grade, as will late arrivals or
early departures from class. Three consecutive absences or four nonconsecutive
absences will, in normal circumstances, mean that the instructor may give a WF
grade to the student.
Instructors are not authorized to excuse absences which extend holidays.
A student who stops attending a course listed on his or her registration form,
without formally dropping this course, receives a WF grade if recommended by
the instructor on or before the official deadline for authorized drops. Students
should officially withdraw from a course if they are no longer attending it. After