Class Registration, Attendance, and Credit

Class Attendance, Absences

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. A student who incurs an excessive number of absences may be dismissed from a class at the discretion of the professor. Individual professors or academic departments regularly set their own absence policy. Normally, this information is provided by the professor at the beginning of each term. As a student, you should ensure that you know the absence policy for each class as it may vary from professor to professor.

Registration

Complete information regarding registration, including pre-registration and fee payment, may be found in the Schedule of Classes and the University of Georgia Bulletin. Questions not answered in the schedule or the bulletin may be directed to the Office of the Registrar or to an academic advisor.

Withdrawal from a Class

A student who withdraws from a course prior to the midpoint withdrawal deadline of a term is assigned a grade of W or WF by the instructor. A student who withdraws after the midpoint withdrawal deadline of a term (date specified in the Schedule of Classes) is assigned a grade of WF, except when the student is doing satisfactory work and the withdrawal is recommended by the Vice President of Student Affairs because of health or emergency reasons.

Fee Refunds

Information regarding fee refunds may be found at the following web site: www.bursar.uga.edu/refunds.html

Units of Credit

The unit of credit is the semester hour, representing one hour of class work per week for one semester or its equivalent in other forms of instruction. Two or sometimes three hours of laboratory work are considered equivalent to one hour of class work. Most University courses meet three times a week for one semester and carry a credit of three semester hours.

Transfer of Credit

The University of Georgia will accept credits from other accredited colleges and universities if the courses taken are college parallel and not remedial or terminal in nature. Course work taken at a two-year school that would be equivalent to upper division work at the University will not transfer.

In order to be awarded a baccalaureate degree from the University, students matriculating Fall 2003 or later must earn at least 45 of the last 60 semester credit hours in residence. In addition, no more than 6 of the semester credit hours required for a student’s major may be non-resident credit.

University of Georgia students participating in a University-approved academic program (such as the National Student Exchange, UGA international programs, and approved study abroad programs) are exempt from that part of the residency requirement that states 45 of the last 60 semester credit hours be completed at the University; in such cases students need only complete 45 hours at the University in order to satisfy the residency requirement.

Students whose first matriculation at UGA is prior to Fall 2003 and who are candidates for first baccalaureate degrees after Fall 1995 must earn 40 of the last 60 semester credit hours in residence. In addition, such students must earn 12 of the semester credit hours for the major in residence.

English 1101 and 1102 (English Composition) are required for all undergraduate degrees. A grade of 2.0 (C) or better is required for English 1101 and an average of 2.0 or better is required for both courses.

Quarter hours are converted into semester hours using the formula “one semester hour equals 1 1/2 quarter hours.” A five quarter hour course transfers to the University as a three semester hour course. If course deletions are necessary, the student will be informed.

Students admitted to the University of Georgia will be sent an official evaluation of their college work. The remaining courses needed for a degree will be determined by the
student’s academic dean’s office.

Students who plan to take work at another institution should check with their academic dean to make sure their courses will be transferable and that they will meet degree requirements.