Policy Updates

What's New With Academic Policies

Policy is revised for fall 2020 to:

Replace specific GPA per credit hours with a minimum 3.000 overall GPA for eligibility for a combined degree program
Remove requirement that a letter grade must be earned in courses that will be doubled counted toward both degree programs
Remove categories of formal and informal combined degree programs
Align with the Ohio Department of Higher Education policy, which requires a minimum 150 unique credit hours
Combined degree programs with 141-149 unique credit hours are considered exceptions and must be approved by the ODHE

Policy is revised for fall 2020 to:

Redefine "double major”
Eliminate the 140-credit hour requirement for dual degrees
Eliminates additional 15 credit hours for concurrent or subsequent associate degrees
Provides more information on certain major/degree combinations that are not permitted
Restrict students on academic probation from declaring multiple majors
Include master's/doctoral degrees in the graduate dual degrees policy, as well returns graduate admission and plan deadlines to the prerogative of the colleges

Policy is revised for fall 2020 to:

Clarify how catalog year is assigned and the meaning of a catalog year
Add limitation that students cannot revert after updating catalog year
Replace term “in force” with “in effect"
Add disclaimer that colleges may approve appropriate substitutions or waivers if changes to courses substantially disadvantage enrolled students
Adds university’s rights to cancel courses and change the time, location or delivery of a scheduled course

Policy is revised for fall 2020 to:

Include procedures for convening a thesis committee and defense of a thesis
Remove graduate faculty status levels (e.g., A-1, F-3)
Eliminate summer registration requirement (unless student is defending or using university resources in the summer)
Add deadline for filing thesis
Remove university-wide deadline for thesis completion (deadline will now be determined by each college)

Policy is revised for fall 2020 to:

Clarify that a dissertation is required for the Ph.D. degree, rather than all doctoral degrees
Replace language regarding dissertation committees with more up-to-date information
Remove graduate faculty status levels (e.g., A-1, F-3)
Eliminate summer registration requirement (unless student is defending or using university resources in the summer)
Include disclaimer that credit hours earned in Dissertation II do not count toward the degree
Adds university-wide deadline for filing the dissertation

Policy is revised for fall 2019 to:

Change the name recognition for the bachelor's degree, from Institutional Honors to Latin Honors
Recognize high-achieving students who have earned the necessary credit hours for a Kent State degree, but who do not have the required 60 Kent State credit hours for eligibility of Latin honors
Decrease required Kent State credit hours, from 32 to 30, for eligibility of Graduation with Distinction for associate degree students

Policy is revised for fall 2019 to:

Clarify the determination of a degree-seeking student
Update time limits for doctoral students
Include responsibility of communicating to students who are being place on probation or are being dismissed;
Identify the violation of professional standards as an academic dismissal
Address dismissal of students in multiple programs
Add a transcript notation for dismissal
Eliminate restrictions for reinstatement
Establish procedures and process for when students appeal a dismissal decision