Academic Policies/Curriculum Information

The following policy informaton is linked to the SUNY Oswego online catalog. For more information, the complete catalog can be found at catalog.oswego.edu.

Curriculum Information

Non-Degree and Visiting Student Status
Transfer Within the College
Credit for Military Educational Experiences
Approval for Off-Campus Study
Undergraduates Taking Graduate Courses for Undergraduate Credit
Undergraduates Taking Graduate Courses for Graduate Credit (Combined Enrollment)

Academic Policies

Filing for Graduation and Participation in the Graduation Ceremony
     Catalog Curricular Requirements
     Senior Honors

      Assessing Progress Toward the Degree
      Dean’s List and President’s List
      Academic Warning Standards
       Academic Disqualification Standards
      Previously Disqualified Students
      Procedures for Students Placed on Academic Warning
      Procedures for Part-Time Matriculated Students (Degree Candidates)     
      Procedures for Non-Matriculated Students (Non-Degree Candidates)
      Notification Procedures 

 Grading and Achievement
    Grading System
    Completion of Incomplete Grades
    Repeating D or E Grade Courses
    Repeating C Grade Courses
    Transfer Credit: D Grades
    Final Exam/Last Exam Policy
    Pass-Fail Policy

Auditing of Courses

College Policy on Intellectual Integrity

Add/Drop/Withdrawal/Readmission

Medical/Military Leave of Absence

Class Attendance

Access to Student Records
Rights Granted to Students Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

What records can a student see?
Under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, students have the right to inspect and review education records. In addition, they have a right to an explanation and interpretation of those records, including the right to a hearing to challenge the contents of such records. Requests for an explanation concerning a record should be addressed to the college official in charge of the record. Academic records, supporting documents and general education records are maintained by the Registrar, academic departments and advisors and the Dean’s Offices; records of disciplinary proceedings by the Vice President for Student Services; financial records by the Financial Aid Office; placement records by the Career Planning and Placement Office; and counseling records by the Counseling Services Center. All such records are the property of the college.

What are the records a student can’t see?
The following records are not available for student inspection: records of instructional supervisory and administrative personnel which are in the sole possession of the maker thereof and which are not accessible to other persons; records created or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or other recognized professional or paraprofessional which are used only in connection with the provisions of treatment of a student and are not available to persons other than those individuals providing such treatment; records and documents of a law enforcement unit, including those of the college’s University Police Department; financial records of students’ parents; confidential letters and statements of recommendation placed in a student’s file prior to January 1, 1975, or those received after January 1, 1975, for which the student has signed a waiver of his/her right to access.

Can others see a student’s records?
Information in a student’s education records will not be released to third parties without the student’s written consent, except to the following: officials of this college, including instructional staff, who have legitimate educational interests; officials of other schools in which the student seeks to enroll; accrediting organizations; parents of a student who qualifies as a dependent under the Internal Revenue Code; federal and state educational authorities and organizations conducting studies for such authorities in the areas of testing, student aid and instruction; people seeking information pursuant to a judicial order or subpoena; and appropriate people in connection with an emergency involving health or safety.

Directory information - student’s name, address, telephone number, age, major field of study, class year, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received and most recent previous educational institution attended - may be made public by the college unless the student requests the Registrar, in writing, that such information be released only upon his/her consent.

For more information on access to student records, see the college’s Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct in the Student Handbook. Questions may be directed to the college’s Records Access Officer: Julie Harrison Blissert, Room 210, Culkin Hall, 312-2265.   Return to Academic Policies.