Newcomb-Tulane College: Academic Policies
Academic Year 2008-2009
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WF
Withdrawn failing; counts in grade-point average as a failing grade and
earns no quality points.
Grades of WF are assigned by administrators and are computed in the grade-point
average as if they were Fs.
In cases where students are suspended or expelled during the semester, W or WF
grades may be assigned at the discretion of the Newcomb-Tulane College. A
grade of WF may be assigned for excessive absence from a course and may be
assigned for disciplinary penalties in connection with an honor code or conduct
code violation. A student who ceases to attend a class but has not withdrawn
officially will receive a UW. After the last day to drop without record and before
the last day to drop a course, students who drop courses voluntarily will have W
noted on their transcripts for each course dropped.
SATISFACTORY/UNSATISFACTORY OPTION
Where individual schools permit, students in good standing may elect to take one
course on a satisfactory/ unsatisfactory (S/U) basis per semester. They may count
no more than ten credits from such courses toward degree requirements. The S/U
option may not be used to satisfy the writing, foreign language, quantitative
reasoning, and laboratory components of the core curriculum, or major or minor
requirements. The last date for designating or revoking the S/U option is the
deadline for dropping courses. Schools may impose additional limitations on
courses that can be taken S/U; please refer to the appropriate school section for
more information.
A student electing this option gets academic credit for the course without
affecting the grade-point average as long as the work is at the C- level or better.
A grade of U is not counted in the grade-point average and carries no credit for
the course. Students are cautioned that because a grade of S is not counted in the
grade-point average, it will not count towards the Dean's List honors or towards
the 2.000 grade-point average required for graduation.
EXAMINATIONS
Tulane University administers final examinations according to a published
schedule available on the registrar's website at the beginning of each semester.
The university expects students and instructors to follow this schedule. Instructors
must give final examinations within the hours set aside in the examination
schedule; the instructor determines the length and time of the examination within
the schedule.
Misreading or ignorance of the schedule is not sufficient reason for a student's
absence or tardiness to a final examination. Students are advised to check the
schedule before making travel arrangements; such arrangements are not grounds
for excusing a student from a final examination.