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paper or report for credit on two different occasions withoutthe approval of all instructors involved.• Students may not take for his or her personal use, study orresearch, materials or equipment intended for common use inassigned work.• Students shall not log into another student’s, faculty’s or staffmember’s computer account or take information from anotheraccount.• Students may not plagiarize.PLAGIARISMPlagiarism is using, without proper citation or acknowledgementthe words, ideas, or original research of others.When one relies on someone else for phraseology, even for onlytwo or three words, one must acknowledge indebtedness by usingquotation marks and giving the source, either in the text or in afootnote.When one borrows facts which are not matters of generalknowledge—including all statistics and translations—one mustindicate one’s indebtedness in the text or footnote.When one borrows an idea or the logic of an argument, one mustacknowledge indebtedness either in a footnote or in the text.The University considers plagiarism by a student a seriousviolation of professional ethics and standards. Plagiarism is definedas thepresentation as new and original an idea or product derivedfrom an existing source. Cheating is defined as the deliberateviolation of the rules of academic honesty. Such violations may resultin the imposition of a serious academic penalty such as, but notlimited to, suspension,transcripted F, non-continuation, or exclusion.Whenever an alleged infraction of academic integrity occurs, thestudent and the teacher are to discuss the matter and attempt toresolve the difficulty while maintaining the standards of ImmaculataUniversity. If student and faculty member are not able to reach asatisfactory solution, the matter is brought to the chair of thedepartment. If the problem needs further discussion, it should bebrought to the attention of the dean of the appropriate college. Ifthe student does not accept the decision of the dean of the college,the student may request to implement the University GrievancePolicy as outlined in the Student Handbook.ACADEMIC STANDING AND PROGRESSThe baccalaureate degree program at Immaculata Universityrequires a minimum of 126-128 credit hours. Normal progresstoward achieving a degree in four years for a student in the Collegeof Undergraduate Studies requires eight semesters of 12 to 18credits, depending on the curriculum sequence of each major.Immaculata has a fixed comprehensive tuition rate for full-timeCollege of Undergraduate Studies students. The tuition rate willremain fixed for the four year program (eight fall and springsemesters). Full-time students taking more than 18 credits persemester will be charged the current per credit rate for eachadditional credit. Music lessons will be billed separately.To be classified as full-time, a student in the College ofUndergraduate Studies must carry a minimum of 12 credit hourseach semester. A student carrying 11 or fewer credit hours isconsidered part-time. Part-time status impacts billing, financial aidand eligibility for residence.The maximum time frame for an undergraduate full-time studentto complete degree requirements is six years; for a part-timestudent, it is twelve years.As listed below, a student’s academic status is determined by thenumber of credit hours earned:Credit HoursCompleted Class0-23 Freshman24-53 Sophomore54-89 Junior90 or more SeniorA student’s academic progress is evaluated at the end of eachsemester. Since a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 is theminimum requirement for graduation, a student whose GPA fallsbelow 2.00 at the end of any semester will be cautioned that thislevel of performance is insufficient to satisfy the requirement forgraduation. A student with a GPA below the minimum levelsindicated in the table below will be placed on academic probation.Semesters Completed Minimum GPA1 1.602 1.703 1.854 or more 2.00Ordinarily, a student may not be on academic probation for morethan two consecutive semesters. A student may receive federal,state, and/or university financial aid during the probation period. Astudent on academic probation must show improvement during thefollowing semester to remain at the university. In some cases, astudent may be dismissed without any previous probation if thestudent’s academic standing is so poor that probation would not bein the student’s best interest.In addition, Financial Aid requires that the student maintainsatisfactory academic progress, which means that a full-time studentmust earn at least 67% of credits attempted. Part-time studentsmust be enrolled in at least six credits per semester to remaineligible for aid. For further explanation, see Financial Aid.CHANGE OF STATUSStudents in the College of Undergraduate Studies who wish tochange to part-time status must follow procedures for withdrawalfrom the College of Undergraduate Studies and then apply to theCollege of LifeLong Learning. Similarly, students who wish totransfer from the College of LifeLong Learning to the College ofUndergraduate Studies must withdraw from the College ofLifeLong Learning and apply to the College of UndergraduateStudies.CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNINGTransfer credits and/or Technical and Professional Training(T/PT) from an institution without regional accreditation arereferred to as Credit for Prior Learning (CPL). CPL credits arecarefully reviewed and, pending approval, may be accepted in fourcategories. These are:1. Tested CPL — including CLEP, DANTES, ACT-Pep, andCredit by Examination. A transcripting fee will be charged.2. T/PT Reviewed by Academic Bodies — ACE (AmericanCouncil on Education) and PONSI (Program on NoncollegiateSponsored Instruction) credit recommendations are accepted asT/PT transfer credits. A transcripting fee will be charged.3. T/PT Needing Faculty Review — Technical and professionaltraining programs which have not been reviewed by ACE or PONSIrequire faculty review. Students complete the Technical andProfessional Training Worksheet and provide all requireddocumentation. A fee will be charged.4. Life Learning Paper — Students wishing to document alearning experience which they believe provides equivalentknowledge to that in a college course may write a life learning25