Registration Policies
You will find all the academic polices and procedures in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Listed below are a few selected academic polices for your information. Please refer to your catalog for the complete listing of policies and procedures.
Class Attendance
Students who fail to
attend the first class (or laboratory) meeting without prior arrangements
with the department concerned may lose their space in class to other students.
Students should not assume that they will be officially dropped from the
class. It is always the responsibility of the student to drop courses not
attended. Otherwise, the student is liable for a grade of 'F' in the course
and for payment of appropriate fees.
Students who decide not to continue their enrollment for this term (whether
classes were attended or not), must notify the Office of the University
Registrar in 209 Student Services Building to complete the total withdrawal
process.
Details about course drops and term withdrawal (withdrawal from all courses)
can be found on the following pages:
Repeating Courses
Graduate Students
No graduate student may repeat a course for the
purpose of raising a grade already received, with the exception of No
Credit (NC).
Undergraduates
For the first three repeated lower-division courses
(100-200 level), only the last grade earned in the repeated courses will
be counted in computing the grade point average. If the same course is
repeated more than once, the additional repeats count as part of the total
three. For all courses repeated after the first three, all grades will
be included when computing the grade point average. All grades for all
courses remain on the transcript. Unless it is otherwise specified in
the course description, no course may be repeated more than twice and
no course may be repeated in which a grade of C or better has been earned.
Exceptions to the number of times a course may be repeated will be allowed
only with prior written permission of the student's college dean. Each
course is counted only once in determining credit hours presented for
graduation.
Fee Waiver for Senior and Disabled Citizens
Audit
Tennessee residents
who are 60 years of age or older OR who are totally disabled and unable
to work at an occupation may audit courses without payment of course fees,
if space is available. To apply for this waiver, please print out and submit
the .
Credit
Tennessee residents who are 65 years of age and over
OR totally disabled and unable to work at an occupation may elect to take
courses for credit at a reduced rate. The charge is $7.00 per graduate and
undergraduate credit hour to a maximum of $75.00 for full-time load. Legal
verification is required for enrollment. To apply for this waiver, please
print out and submit the
Mini Term Information
The Mini-term is designed to give University of Tennessee students an opportunity to attend one concentrated credit course. Courses and instructors listed for the Mini-term have been carefully selected to reflect a broad academic base of individualized offerings suited to an intensive program of study. Courses will cover materials and information included in regular offerings; however, many will be supplemented with films, team teaching, field trips, independent research projects and specialized areas of study. Students must have been accepted for admission for Summer semester before registering for these courses. Credit courses offered during Mini-term follow the same principles and standards as those offered during a regular semester. Mini-term course grades are included in the calculation of the Summer term grade point average.
Students must have permission from the Dean of their respective college to enroll in more than one course. During Mini-term one (1) day is equivalent to one (1) week.
Senior Testing for Undergraduates
As part of the Performance Funding accountability project, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) requires UT to test a sample of each graduating senior class in two ways: (1) General Education (or Foundation) Testing and (2) Major Field Testing. Because sampling is allowed, approximately 40-50% of the senior class will be required to participate in one or both of the tests. Both tests normally are administered in the Fall and Spring semesters. They may be given as part of a classroom activity or in a special testing session arranged by a college or department. The Foundation Testing instrument currently used is the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST). It is a 34-item multiple choice test testing students' ability to analyze, infer, explain, evaluate, and interpret. For Major Field Testing, departments select or design an individual test relating to the knowledge contained in the major. Departments test and report scores to THEC once every five years, averaging about 12 departments per year who meet this requirement. For further information, please contact the Office of Institutional Research at 865-974-4373.
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