UC Irvine Academic Senate Manual

THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

PART II - REGULATIONS OF THE IRVINE DIVISION

Chapter I: General Requirements

Section 3: Scholarship Regulations

Regulation A385. Normal Progress Requirement (Undergraduate)

Regular undergraduate students will become subject to probation or to disqualification from further registration in the University if they fail to make normal progress toward the baccalaureate degree, if they fail to declare a major by the time they reach junior status (90 units excluding college work completed prior to high school graduation), or after declaring a major, if they fail to follow the program of study required by the academic unit of their major. Students who have selected undeclared status within a school may be subject to probation or to disqualification if they fail to follow a program of study leading to completion of lower-division School requirements.

(A) Normal progress for all regular undergraduate students is defined in the following table, in terms of quarter units completed at the end of quarters enrolled.

Quarter

Normal
Progress

Subject to
Probation

Subject to
Disqualification

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

12
24
36
50
65
80
96
112
128
145
162
180

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
120
135
150
165

8
16
24
40
56
72
89
106
124
142
160

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
23
35
49
64
79
95
111
127
144
161

7
15
23
39
55
71
88
105
123
141
159

Note: A new definition of normal progress was approved at the Divisional Senate Assembly meeting on November 4, 2004. A change in the quarterly units, as listed in the following table, will become effective Fall Quarter 2005.

Quarter

Normal
Progress

Subject to
Probation

Subject to
Disqualification

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

12
26
41
56
71
86
101
116
132
148
164
180

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
120
135
150
165

8
18
27
41
56
72
88
105
124
141
159

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
25
40
55
70
85
100
115
131
147
163

7
17
26
40
55
71
87
104
123
140
158

(B) Status Determination

1. Undeclared students who have completed the number of units specified in the given quarter of their enrollment, as shown in the table above, and are following a course of study prescribed by their School are making "Normal Progress."

2. Students who have declared a major must follow the program of study required for their major, as well as complete the units specified in the given quarter of their enrollment, as shown in the table above, in order to make "Normal Progress." Students must declare a major by the

time they reach junior status (90 units excluding college work completed prior to high school graduation).

3. Students who fail to make Normal Progress as defined in (1) or (2) above are subject to being placed on probation by the faculty of their academic unit or its designated agent, or for first-year undecided/undeclared students, by the Faculty Board for Undecided/Undeclared Students or its designated agent.

(C) Disqualification

Students who have completed two consecutive quarters on academic probation without having achieved at the end of that period at least the normal rate of progress specified under (A) and (B) are subject to disqualification.

(D) Advanced Standing Status

For purposes of calculating "Normal Progress," "Subject to Probation," and "Subject to Disqualification," students admitted to the University with advanced standing will be classified with respect to quarter of enrollment at entrance in accordance with the following table:

Quarter at
Entrance

Advanced Standing
Quarter Units at Entrance

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

0-14
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
75-89
90-104
105-119
120-134
135-149

(E) Units Not Allowed

Units earned under the following three circumstances are not to be counted toward determination of the quarter at entrance under (D) above: 1) Advanced Placement Examination; 2) College Level Examination; 3) concurrent enrollment in college courses while in high school.

(F) Access UCI: Concurrent Enrollment (En 5 April 2007)

UCI students will have the units and grade points of courses taken through Access UCI transferred to their record when they have been admitted or readmitted to regular student status. (Variance to SR 810 A.) Units taken through Access UCI will not be counted towards determination of Advanced Standing Quarter Units at Entrance if they are taken under the circumstances cited in sub-section (E).

(G) Advanced Standing Authority (SRs 612 and 630)

The quarter of enrollment at entrance of students (including baccalaureate degree candidates who already hold a baccalaureate degree) seeking admission to the University with 150 or more advanced standing units will be determined by the Faculty offering the curriculum in which such students seek to enroll. This determination will be made consistent with the program required for such students to obtain the desired degree and with University residence requirements.

(H) Declaration of a Major

For purposes of this regulation a student will be understood to have declared a major when he or she has been formally accepted by the Faculty of a degree-granting program or its designated agent to pursue a defined course of study leading to a baccalaureate degree.

(I) Graduation

All undergraduate students are expected to graduate when they have completed the baccalaureate requirements of their declared major or majors.

Revised June 4, 2007