AcademicPolicies
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for Enrollment Management and Academic Success has final authority for all
appeal decisions.
PrerequisitesandCorequisites
Many courses are listed as having prerequisites, corequisites, or absolute
corequisites. Faculty members are not permitted to waive prerequisites or
corequisites on their own.
Inmost cases, theUniversity's computer system (theDUCK) is programmed
to block a student's registration for a course if he or she has not satisfied the
prerequisite or corequisite requirements. However, this computer blocking is not
perfect, and students are personally responsible for complying with the
prerequisites or corequisites for a course even if they are not electronically
blocked from registration. Students who register for courses for which they do
not qualify are subject to removal from the course and are responsible for any
problems thatmay result, including the lossof course credit and fees.
LateRegistration andChangingSchedules
Each semester the Academic Calendar specifies a date as the last day to
register for classes or to change schedules through the late registration process.
After this date, the student’s class schedule becomes official and can be
changed only by official withdrawal (see below). Students are obligated to pay
tuitionand fees for all courses registered for as of theend of LateRegistration.
CourseOverload
Students may schedule up to 18 hours per semester (15 in the Summer)
without special permission. A student whowishes to accelerate his or her study
by takingmore than 18 hours in a semester (or 15 in the Summer) must have a
written overload request approved by the dean of the school of the major. In
general, a student must have been at Clayton State University for at least two
semesters and have achieved an overall
B
average before an overload will be
approved, although thedeanmaymakeexceptions in special circumstances.
Cross-Registration in the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education
(ARCHE)
The Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE) is a group of
colleges and universities in metropolitan Atlanta. Clayton State students may
take courses from member institutions on a cross-registration basis.
Cross-registration courses are considered transfer credit. It is usually more
advantageous to the student to take a course by cross-registration than by
transient status because cross-registration fees are paid to Clayton State rather
than to the institution offering the course. For more information and regulations
about how to cross–register, contact theRegistrar’sOffice in 239Student Center
Building, (678) 466-4145.
AuditingCourses
Students may choose to take courses on an audit basis. Courses that are
audited are assigned a grade symbol of
V
, and no credit toward graduation is
awarded. To audit courses, students indicate their intention at the time of
registration. Requests to change to audit status will not be accepted after the
late registration period. All regular fees apply to audited courses. Courses taken
on anaudit basiswill not beused for certification for financial aid, Social Security,
or Veterans’ Administration benefits. Studentsmay not receive credit for courses
inwhich theywere registered asauditors unless they repeat the course for credit.
