Students seeking a degree in the Robinson College of Business are encouraged to become familiar with the academic regulations of the university that are given elsewhere in this catalog. The sections concerning transfer requirements and the university degree policies, including the residence requirement, the core curriculum, the constitutions and histories requirement, the Regents' Test, application for graduation, academic recognitions, withdrawal from classes, incomplete grades, and scholastic discipline, are of particular importance. (Consult the index for the page numbers of these sections.) The college regulations discussed below should also be read carefully.
1. Some majors require that transfer credit for upper-level major courses be no more than five years old at the time the student enrolls in the B.B.A. program. Contact the Office of Academic Assistance for further information.
2. Course credit transferred from two-year colleges shall apply only toward freshman- or sophomore-level credit.
3. No more than 27 semester credit hours of course work earned through correspondence or extension will be accepted toward the B.B.A. degree. Courses completed through correspondence or extension may not apply toward junior- or senior-level credit.
4. Reenrollment after Transferring Elsewhere: Undergraduate students who enroll at another institution as regular students (as opposed to transient- or visiting-student status) will be considered as having transferred to that institution. If such students later reenroll in the B.B.A. program, regardless of the length of the absence, they will be subject to the curricular degree requirements in effect at the time of their return. Such students are encouraged to discuss their transfer to the other institution with their academic counselor in the Office of Academic Assistance in advance if they intend to apply this work toward a degree of the Robinson College of Business. Students may not take courses for degree credit at another institution during the semester they expect to graduate from Georgia State University.
Students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher who have at least 18 semester hours of credit at Georgia State University and who are in their senior year may petition to take up to two graduate courses in the Robinson College of Business in lieu of undergraduate courses. Students interested in petitioning should contact the Office of Academic Assistance for a statement of restrictions and procedures pertaining to this policy.
An honors program is offered by the College of Arts and Sciences. Students in the Robinson College of Business who meet the entrance requirements may be eligible to participate in this program. For more information, refer to the "Honors Program" description in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this catalog.
Admissions Appeals
At the undergraduate level, admission decisions are made by the university rather than the colleges. The university's Office of Undergraduate Admissions should be contacted for the proper procedure.
Appeal of Course Grades
The process of appealing a course grade is as follows:
1. A student should first review the situation with the instructor who assigned the grade. If the question is not resolved, the student may appeal, in writing, to the department chair of the instructor who assigned the grade, sending a copy of the letter to the instructor. The letter must include all points that the student considers to be germane to the appeal; additional points not contained in the initial letter cannot be considered subsequently. The written appeal must be sent to the department chair within 30 calendar days of the first day of classes of the semester immediately following the semester in which the grade was given. If the final grade assignment occurred at a time other than the normal grade reporting process at the end of the semester, the written appeal must be sent to the department chair within 30 calendar days of the date the final grade was assigned. Normally, the chair's decision will be conveyed to the student, in writing, within three weeks of the date the student's written appeal is received.
2. A student who believes that the appeal was handled in an arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory manner at the departmental level may appeal in writing to the associate dean. The written appeal must be received within 14 days of the date of the letter from the department chair, and it must indicate specifically why the student believes that due process was not exercised at the department level. The associate dean will examine the facts and review the appeal with the dean of the college. The dean will then render a written decision for the college within 45 days of the date of the letter from the department chair.
3. A subsequent appeal requires a written statement to the vice president for academic affairs indicating the basis of the appeal. The statement must be received within 14 days of the date of the dean's letter to the student.
Appeals of Suspension and Exclusion
At the undergraduate level, appeals related to scholastic suspension or scholastic exclusion are considered by the university's Student Advisement Center. That office should be contacted for the proper procedure.
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