F85-1 TIME LIMIT ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Legislative History:

Document dated October 4, 1985

At its meeting of September 23, 1985, the Academic Senate approved the following Policy Recommendation presented by Ruth Yaffe for the Curriculum Committee.

ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved and Accepted as University Policy. Effective Fall term, 1986 for newly admitted students; effective Fall term, 1986 for former students returning; effective Fall term, 1987 for students enrolled in 1985-86 if they remain continuously enrolled." Signed: Gail Fullerton, October 4, 1985.

TIME LIMIT ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

F 85-1

WHEREAS, Amendment to Title 5, Section 40401 now defines continuous attendance as attendance for one semester in each calendar year, rather than two, with no minimum number of units per calendar year, and

WHEREAS, The same regulation changing the definition of continuous attendance also allows campuses to establish "... a time limit of no less than seven years to complete graduation requirements after which the campus could require completion of more current requirements" (ESS 85-07), and

WHEREAS, A time limit in the major is needed to guarantee currency of information upon graduation, be it

RESOLVED, That students be required to meet those major requirements in effect no earlier than ten years prior to receiving the degree, and be it further

RESOLVED, That a student with an unusual problem may petition the department chair for a waiver of the ten-year requirement.

RESOLVED, Further, this limitation shall not apply until Fall Semester, 1987 to students enrolled in 1985-86 if they remain continuously enrolled.

This policy does not impose a time limit on requirements in General Education. Any such limits would be addressed in university policy on General Education.