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Continuation Policy

Continuation Policy

Owned by Carmen Escobedo
Apr 14, 2023
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CONTINUATION POLICY

While the University has general regulations governing scholastic eligibility for continuance, departments and programs in the College of Engineering have adopted additional requirements in order to make the best use of the limited facilities and resources available and to provide reasonable assurance of academic and professional success. The following criteria and procedures will be applied to all undergraduate students for determining continuance in the Aeronautics & Astronautics (AA) program.

I. BASIC CRITERIA

  1. Full-time students normally take a minimum of 12 or more credit hours per academic quarter applicable toward the degree to maintain satisfactory progress. (An average of 15-16 hours per quarter is required to complete the graduation requirements in 12 quarters.)

  2. Part-time attendance may be permitted in special cases, but only with prior approval. Written permission must be obtained from the Departmental Undergraduate Advisor for any desired change in status. Permission must be granted prior to the first day of the quarter. Students who have received permission to attend part-time must complete at least one course applicable toward their degree each quarter.

  3. A student who withdraws from the University without prior written approval or is dropped for non payment of fees must obtain approval of the Undergraduate Advisor before re-registering.

  4. An undergraduate student who has exceeded the requirements of the degree program by more than 15 credits, and fails to make plans for graduation or received approval for alternative plans, will be transferred out of the department.

  5. All admitted AA students must make satisfactory progress toward their AA degree.

    • A.All students admitted to the department, i.e., Direct Freshmen Admission, Early Admission, or Upper Division Admission, must maintain the following standards or be placed on academic probation:

      • An overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better.

      • A minimum grade point average of 2.00 in AA major courses in each academic quarter.

    •  To be removed from probationary status, a student must achieve each of the above standards the following quarter. Any student who accumulates two probationary quarters while enrolled in the department will be dropped from the department.

    • Direct Freshman Admission and Early Admission students must obtain a minimum grade of 2.0 or better in AA 210 and AA 260, or be dropped from the department.

    • Students may start the autumn-quarter, junior-year program after meeting the requirements and standards for upper-division admission. If a student has not completed the prerequisite requirements by the end of the summer quarter prior to the start of the junior year, he/she will be dropped from the department.

    • After starting the autumn-quarter junior-year program, students must be enrolled in all the required AA courses each quarter and must achieve the grade standards stated above to remain in : the department, unless special arrangements have been made.

    • Only 300- and 400-level AA courses with grades of 1.7 or higher can apply toward the AA degree requirements. Any 300- and 400-level AA course with a grade of less than 1.7 may be repeated or replaced with an acceptable alternative.

  6. While double degrees are not expressly prohibited, students seeking two degrees must still maintain satisfactory progress toward the AA degree, and must meet all the conditions set forth above to remain in the department. Students must also meet the University's satisfactory progress rules.

II. REVIEW AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE

The progress of each student will be reviewed each quarter. If a student's performance fails to meet the standards outlined above, the student will be placed on probation or dismissed from the department as described in the continuation policy. The student will be notified in writing of the reason for probation or dismissal. If the required progress toward removing probationary deficiencies is not shown in the following quarter, the student will be notified in writing that he/she has been dropped from the Department and transferred to the College of Engineering.

III. APPEALS PROCEDURE

The department recognizes that inequities can result from any continuation policy. Therefore, a student who has been placed on probation or has been dismissed, and believes that something in his/her record has been overlooked or misinterpreted, may request reconsideration of the probation or dismissal by writing a letter to the Undergraduate Advisor. Included in the letter should be any additional information, which the student believes is relevant. The letter and supporting material will be transmitted to the Undergraduate Committee, which will carefully review all available information and then decide whether or not academic probation or dismissal should be rescinded. The appeal must be made within 14 days of the notification of placement on probation or dismissal. The committee must make a response to the appeal within 7 days of its submission.

IV. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

Academic misconduct encompasses plagiarism, cheating on examinations or on individual project assignments, and theft or alteration of other people's work on academic materials, for the purpose of improving one's own grades or acquiring academic credit. Students accused of academic misconduct will be referred to the College of Engineering for disciplinary action pursuant to the Student Conduct Code of the Washington Administrative Code 478-120, and if found guilty, are subject to sanctions. As a function of the seriousness of such misconduct, sanctions range from a disciplinary warning to immediate dismissal from the College of Engineering and the University of Washington. The latter action can and has been applied even for first offenses.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY

Admission to the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics undergraduate degree program is competitive. The primary admission criterion is the degree of qualification for success in engineering, as indicated by academic performance, work experience, and other factors.

The University of Washington provides equal opportunity in education, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran, in accordance with the University of Washington policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.