Newcomb-Tulane College: Academic Policies
Academic Year 2008-2009
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· The student will return the completed form to the Academic Advising
Center, retaining a copy of the form for his or her records.
· Credit earned at community colleges is not accepted for transfer.
In order to process transfer credit for these courses, the Newcomb-Tulane College
requires:
· A grade of C or better must be earned in each course, and
· An official transcript issued to Tulane University (not a grade report or
transcript issued to the student). Transcripts should be sent to the
Academic Advising Center.
Following receipt of the transcript, the student's Tulane transcript will be adjusted
to reflect the academic credit awarded in transfer. Credit for acceptable work is
transferred in the amount recorded on the official transcript of the other
institution. Credits earned on a pass/fail or satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis do not
transfer unless the transcript states that P or S is equivalent to a grade of C or
better. Grades are not transferred with the credits; therefore, a student cannot
remedy a grade-point deficiency at Tulane by attendance at another institution.
A course completed with a passing grade of D-, D, or D+ may be repeated. When
a course is repeated, both grades are included in the GPA. In order to repeat a
course, the student must be enrolled in a full-time course load (a minimum of 12
new hours) in addition to the repeated course. No more than one course may be
repeated in any semester. The student will receive credit once for the course, and
both grades earned will be used to compute the GPA.
Students may repeat courses in which they have earned an F or WF. If a failed
course is a required course, it must be repeated with a passing grade. The initial
failure remains on the record and continues to count in the student's cumulative
grade-point average. If a course is failed, repeated, and failed again, only the
initial failure (F but not WF) is calculated in the grade-point average; however, all
subsequent failures remain on the transcript. The grade penalty for a WF is never
removed from the GPA.
COMMENCEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
A student expecting to receive a degree in May must register as a candidate for
graduation in the Newcomb-Tulane College's Academic Advising Center by
October 1 of the previous year. Students expecting to complete their degree
requirements at any other time should consult the Academic Advising Center for
appropriate information. The commencement ceremony is held only in May.
Students completing degree requirements in August or December may, however,
participate in the ceremony held the following May. All graduates who will not
attend the commencement ceremony should request at the Newcomb-Tulane