Advisor Manual-HIJK
Health, Withdrawal for Reasons of
Holds
Honor Point Average
Honors Program
Humanities Substitutions
Important Dates
"Incomplete" (I) mark
Information Requests, Prospective Students
Interdisciplinary Studies Credits
International Students
Junior Year in Germany
Health, Withdrawal for Reasons of
Students who need to withdraw from courses for health reasons should be directed to the Office of the Registrar to complete an Exception to Enrollment Policy. If the exception is granted the Office of the Registrar will drop all courses for which the student is registered and note "Complete Withdrawal" on the student's transcript for the term.
Holds and statuses are methods used by the university to enforce its requirements by suspending the privilege of registering. Most of these involve either money or academic standards.
The University Advising Center is involved in the holds and statuses listed below for students registered in Fine, Performing and Communication Arts and Liberal Arts & Sciences.
- Must Elect Major Status
This status is placed after a student has earned 60 semester hours when the curriculum indicates that he or she plans to earn a degree from either CFPCA or Liberal Arts & Sciences. Although it is placed only on students who are not coded in a departmental curriculum (i.e. are coded in General, Pre-Medicine, etc.), students who are in a departmental curriculum must carry out the declaration of major procedure. - General Education Hold
This hold arises when a student has earned 90 or more hours but has not met one or more of the following Competency Requirements: Basic Composition, Intermediate Composition, English Proficiency, Mathematics Competency, Oral Communication, Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, and, if the student is obligated to take it, UGE 100. These holds are placed and released by staff in the student's college. The UAC places these holds for students in FPCA and Liberal Arts & Sciences and releases them after the student consults with an advisor and offers a reasonable plan for meeting them. - Orientation Hold
This hold is placed when a student admitted to WSU with fewer than 30 credit hours does not attend an orientation. The hold is released when the student attends an orientation program or successfully completes the test-out option. - Probation Status
This status is placed when a student's cumulative Grade Point Average falls below 2.00. It remains in effect until the student's GPA returns to a 2.00 or higher. An advisor may (and usually does) release an Academic Probation status after consulting with the student about solutions to whatever problems have contributed to the substandard work. The UAC will release this hold for either Priority or Open Registration but not once classes begin. - Exclusion Status
This status is placed when a student is excluded for academic reasons. It is removed if the exclusion is rescinded due to improved grades or when an application for reinstatement is approved. - Probation Readmission Status
This hold is placed when an excluded student is allowed to register under contract for one additional term. The contract usually limits the number of credit hours a student can carry and requires completion of courses with no grade less than a "C" as well as a reduction in deficiency points. Additional stipulations are often included. Because this status will be released only if the student fulfills the conditions of the contract, it is not released until grades are available for the contract term. - If you see a student who might have an old probation/exclusion hold in TP, that hold now needs to be converted to a Banner hold. If the student has already been to Records and filled out the Returning Student form, ALL the old holds should have been converted to Banner and you will inactivate them in Banner as appropriate. If you are seeing the student before s/he has been to Records, enter the academic holds into Banner. This can be done by the UAC IF the student can be found in Banner and has an PID number. This cannot be done by the UAC if all we have is the SSN. In a case where you have no PID, give the student a clearly filled out paper release for old TP academic holds and send the student along to Records to fill out the Returning Student form.
A student's Honor Point or Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated by dividing the number of Honor Points he or she has accumulated by the number of semester hours attempted. These two numbers and their relationship are referred to as the Honor Point Fraction. Honor Points are derived by multiplying the credit for the course by the value of the grade (A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, D = 1.0, E = 0.0). To figure your GPA, divide the total honor points by total credits. The 4-credit hours included in the "credit hours" column is for purposes of illustration only. Please use the actual credit hours earned for the course to compute your GPA.
For example:
| Grade | Honor points per Credit Hour |
Credit Hours | Honor Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4.0 | X 4 | = 16 |
| A- | 3.67 | X 4 | = 14.68 |
| B+ | 3.33 | X 4 | = 13.32 |
| B | 3.0 | X 4 | = 12 |
| B- | 2.67 | X 4 | = 10.68 |
| C+ | 2.33 | X 4 | = 9.32 |
| C | 2.0 | X 4 | = 8 |
| C- | 1.67 | X 4 | = 6.68 |
| D+ | 1.33 | X 4 | = 5.32 |
| D | 1.0 | X 4 | = 4 |
| D- | 0.67 | X 4 | = 2.68 |
| E | 0 | X 4 | = 0 |
| + | + | ||
| Total Credits | Total Honor Points |
So a student who has earned a "B" in English 102, an "A" in Art History 111, an "E" in Mathematics 180, a "C" in Psychology 101 and an "S" in UGE 100 would have the following GPA:
| Course | Credit | Grade | Honor Pts./ | Hrs. Att. | = GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English 102 | 4 | B | 12 | 4 | |
| Art History 111 | 3 | A | 12 | 3 | |
| Mathematics 180 | (4) | E | 0 | 4 | |
| Psychology 101 | 4 | C | 8 | 4 | |
| UGE 100 | 1 | S | NA | NA | |
| TOTAL | 12 | 32 | 15 | = 2.13 |
Please note in this example that the student has attempted to complete 16 semester hours toward a degree; that for the purposes of an GPA, he or she has attempted 15 hours; and that the student has earned 12 hours toward graduation. Courses taken on a Passed/Not passed basis do not affect one's GPA.
To calculate the number of semester hours of "B" work a student needs to reach a 2.00 GPA, multiply total Hours Attempted by two and subtract total Honor Points. The resulting figure is the number of hours of "B" work that the student needs to earn to raise his or her HPA to 2.00.
To calculate the number of hours of "B" work a student needs to raise his or her GPA to 2.50 (the minimum average required to be considered for admission to several professional programs), multiply total Hours Attempted by 2.5, subtract total Honor Points, and multiply the result by two.
To calculate the number of hours of "A" work required to raise an GPA to 3.00, multiply total Hours Attempted by three and subtract total Points.
The calculations above do not take into account the effect on a student's GPA if he or she repeats a course first taken at Wayne State in which the original grade was an A, B, C, D or E. For further information, see Course Repetition and Deficiency Points.
Wayne State offers a University Honors Program as well as as a Departmental Honors Program for many majors in Fine, Performing & Communication Arts and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Eligibility to take honors courses requires that FTIACs have a 3.50 GPA from high school, or a 26 ACT or 1100 SAT. Transfer students must have a 3.3 GPA. Continuing students with a 3.3 GPA or better after at least 24 credit hours of coursework are also eligible. A student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.3 to remain in the Honor program. Colleges/departments may establish a higher GPA for retention in their particular programs.
To graduate in the Departmental Honors Program, students must take at least 12 semester hours of honors courses including a senior honors thesis or project and a three-credit Honors Seminar (HON 4200-4280). Some departments require additional departmental honors courses. A student's overall GPA at graduation must be at least 3.3; some departments require a higher average.
To graduate in the University Honors Program, a student must complete at least 36 semester hours in honors coursework including the Honors Seminar listed above. Students earning a degree in a professional program can graduate with University Honors.
Information about the honors programs is available in 2100 David Adamany Undergraduate Library, or at http://www.honors.wayne.edu/
Course substitutions for repeats of the HUM courses below are as follows:
HUM 1010 = MUH 1340
HUM 1020 = MUH 1350
HUM 1030 = MUH 1370
Advisors will identify and notify the Records Office, who will manually perform the repeat process.
Important dates relative to the academic term are published on the Schedule of Classes Web site each term.
Effective Fall Term 2006, " Incompletes" revert to "F" after one year. Work must be completed within one calendar year. There will be no exceptions.
Information Requests, Prospective Students
Prospective students who request information should be directed to "requestinfo@wayne.edu" or (313) 577-WSU-INFO.
Interdisciplinary Studies Credits
For a degree in Liberal Arts & Science, the limit on credit for Interdisciplinary Studies has been eliminated beginning S/S 2009 term. Further, IS courses will apply toward Group requirements without the "No more than 2 in the same department" restriction. For students obligated to meet General Education requirements, IS courses will continue to meet Competency Requirements for a degree in CFPCA or Liberal Arts & Science.
International Students and Scholars, Office of
416 Welcome Center, 42 W. Warren 577-3422
The Office of International Students and Scholars assists international students in adjusting to WSU and the country. All immigration, naturalization, health insurance and related governmental agency issues should be directed to this office. As a condition of enrollment, international students are required to purchase health insurance through WSU unless waiver qualifications are met.
Junior Year in Germany/Junior Year in Munich
See Study Abroad. The Junior Year in Germany program is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts& Sciences, Department of German & Slavic Studies. It is open to students of any major at Wayne State University, as well as students from accredited colleges and universities nationwide. Students earn WSU credit toward their degree while spending a year or a semester in Germany enrolled at the University of Munich. Students who have completed two years of college German or the equivalent, have Junior standing, and have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better are eligible to apply. Scholarships are available for WSU students.
Junior Year in Germany Courses will satisfy the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Civilizations and Societies Group Requirement and does not violate the "no 2 in 1 department" rule for group requirements.