Student Resources: Policies, Procedures, and Other Information

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Current undergraduate students can find helpful links, procedures, and other information pertaining to curricula here. Click the links below to navigate to each topic.

CODO (Major Change) Requirements

College of Agriculture Core Requirements

Course Repeat Policy/4th Course Attempt

Scholastic Recognition

Course Repeat Policy & Process

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE COURSE REPEAT POLICY

Under University regulations, a student may attempt a non-repeatable course (a course that does not result in duplication of credit) up to three times. Students may request consideration of a fourth attempt by completing the College of Agriculture 4th Attempt process. Students are advised that fourth-attempt approvals are not guaranteed.

FOURTH ATTEMPT REQUEST PROCESS

1. Meet with your academic advisor to discuss the appropriateness of and reasons for submitting a fourth attempt request. Extenuating circumstances affecting each attempt must be present for consideration of a fourth and final attempt of a course.
2. Complete the Fourth Attempt Request form and submit it to your Academic Advisor. You will be asked to: 1) explain the conditions that prevented successful completion of the course for each of your first three attempts and, 2) present a plan that ensures you will be successful in your fourth attempt to complete the course.\
3. The student must also ensure their override request is entered in the system before moving to the final step.
4. The advisor will submit the completed form to the Office of Academic Programs for review. If approved by the College, a registration override will be entered.

Late Graduation Registration Request

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Late graduation registration requests

Students who fail to register for graduation on time must work with their advisor to submit a request through the College of Agriculture Office of Academic Programs. The student’s advisor/department should draft a memo to advocate for the student's late graduation registration following the instructions below. Please note that appeals may or may not be approved, and that approval to be added to the graduation roster does not necessarily grant approval to participate in commencement.

Memo Instructions and Process

The advisor should draft a memo using this memo template as a guide.

Email the memo (as a Word Document) to Hope Heathcote, with “LATE GRADUATION ADD” in the subject line.

The Senior Associate Dean & Director of Academic Programs will review the memo and, if deemed satisfactory, will sign and forward the request to the Registrar via email, copying the advisor on that correspondence.

SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION

CRITERIA FOR UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION

Purdue University sets specific criteria for students to achieve scholastic recognition. This recognition may include Dean's List, Semester Honors, and/or Graduation with Distinction or Graduation with Highest Distinction. For your convenience, these criteria are explained below. The College of Agriculture also maintains an online database of recent recipients of Dean's List and Semester Honors.

Semester Honors

Semester Honors are recognized when a student achieves all of the following:

• Have at least 6 credits hours included in the semester GPA
• Attain at least a 3.5 semester GPA
• Have at least a 2.0 overall GPA

Dean's List

Dean's List students are recognized when a student achieves all of the following:

• Have at least 6 credits hours included in the semester GPA
• Have at least a 3.0 current semester GPA
• Have at least 12 hours included in the overall GPA
• Attain at least a 3.5 overall GPA

Graduation with Distinction (or Highest Distinction)

• Baccalaureate candidate must have a minimum of 65 credit hours earned at Purdue
• Minimum overall GPA shall be no less than the 90th percentile of the graduation index for each school (provided that the index is at least 3.30)
• All baccalaureate engineering graduates will be considered as one school

Of those graduates who qualify for distinction under these rules for spring semester, the three-tenth of those with the highest overall GPA will be designated as “highest distinction”.

Other Honors Recognition

Students enrolled in the College of Agriculture Dean's Scholars program are recognized upon graduation if they have completed the requirements specific to the Dean's Scholars program.

Students enrolled in Purdue John Martinson Honors College are recognized upon graduation if they have completed the requirements specific to the John Martinson Honors College.

CALCULATING YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

CALCULATING YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

Your Grade Point Average (GPA) is the total number of Quality Points divided by the total number of credit hours attempted. (Quality Points are simply the weight, the numeric value assigned each grade, multiplied by the number of credit hours for the course.)

DETERMINING QUALITY POINTS

Quality Points are simply the weight, the numeric value assigned each grade, multiplied by the number of credit hours for the course.

Credit Hours

Grade	Weight	Quality Points = Weight x Credit Hours
A+	4.0	4.0 x Credit Hours
A	4.0	4.0 x Credit Hours
A-	3.7	3.7 x Credit Hours
B+	3.3	3.3 x Credit Hours
B	3.0	3.0 x Credit Hours
B-	2.7	2.7 x Credit Hours
C+	2.3	2.3 x Credit Hours
C	2.0	2.0 x Credit Hours
C-	1.7	1.7 x Credit Hours
D+	1.3	1.3 x Credit Hours
D	1.0	1.0 x Credit Hours
D-	0.7	0.7 x Credit Hours
F	0.0	0.0 x Credit Hours

NOTES:

1. Not all courses use +/- grades. Please refer to your course syllabi for more information.

2. Grades of W, WF, and WN are not included in GPA calculations.