S89-2 GRADUATE CREDIT FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Legislative History:

At its meeting of February 27, 1989, the Academic Senate approved the following Policy Recommendation presented by Sandra Kajiwara for the Curriculum Committee.

ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved and Accepted as University Policy. Effective immediately." Signed: Gail Fullerton, March 3, 1989.

GRADUATING SENIOR GRADUATE CREDIT

S 89-2

Resolved, That undergraduate students within the last 14 units of graduation shall be provided an opportunity to receive graduate credit for courses not to be used toward the baccalaureate degree (through petition to the Graduate Studies Office).

Resolved, That students eligible to receive such credit shall meet the following criteria:

1. No more than 14 units are needed to complete the baccalaureate degree at San Jose State University;

2. None of the courses to be taken for graduate credit is required for the baccalaureate degree;

3. Grade point average is 2.5 or better on all work completed in upper division standing at San Jose State University;

4. A maximum of 15 units is attempted in the semester in which the courses for graduate credit are proposed; and

5. Graduation check has been completed.

Resolved, That the student may not elect to take letter-graded courses as CR/NC when graduate credit is requested.

Resolved, That graduate credit will appear on the student's official transcript, but that credit does not imply admission to any graduate degree program.

Resolved, That if a student is admitted to a graduate degree program, a maximum of 6 units of graduate credit earned through the process described herein may be applied toward the master's degree when approved by the appropriate program authority.