GRADUATE CATALOG - The Petroleum Institute

Graduate Catalog | Academic Year 2013 – 20143 Withdrawal from the Petroleum Institute: All graduate student requests for permanentwithdrawal from the Petroleum Institute must be made by submitting a completed “Temporary /Permanent Withdrawal” Form to the Graduate School by the set day according to the publishedAcademic Calendar. Students may not withdraw after the official withdrawal period and will beassigned grade “F” in the relevant course(s).Resume StudiesA graduate student who has withdrawn for a semester does not have an automatic right to return to the PetroleumInstitute. All requests to re-enroll after a missed regular semester of study must be made by submitting acompleted “Request to Resume Studies” Form to the Graduate School.Graduate Course Repeat ProvisionA graduate student may repeat a graduate course (except for special courses, i.e., Special Topics, Research Topics,Graduate Seminar, etc.) only one time. A student may only repeat courses with an earned grade of “B-”,“C+”, “C”, “C-” or “D”.Graduate students are allowed grade point average recalculation in one repeated course. Only thehighest grade earned in the repeated course counts towards the cumulative grade-point average. Thegrades for all attempts of a course taken for credit appear on the student’s official transcript. The repeatedcourse must be taken at the PI as transfer courses are not included in this policy. A student should meetwith his/her advisor and appropriate PI departments and receive approval from the Dean of the GraduateSchool before repeating a course, as it may affect the student’s academic standing, scholarship, PI time rule,etc. A repeated course must be taken when it is regularly offered and cannot be taken in independent orindividual format. Any questions regarding this policy should be addressed to the Graduate School.The policy will be applicable to all graduate students currently enrolled at the PI.Graduate students who decide to repeat a course will be financially responsible for the cost associated withthe course repeat.Change of MajorA degree-seeking graduate student can apply for a change of major during his/her studies at PI. Theapplication will be evaluated by the Graduate Committee of the Department that hosts the newmajor and will recommend accordingly to the Dean of the Graduate School. Final decision will takeinto account the academic performance of the student while in the initial major, the compatibility ofthe new major with the student’s undergraduate studies, the student’s research performance andother academic criteria. The CGPA will be based on the grades in all graduate courses taken by thestudent at PI.Page 33