It is the student’s responsibility to be
familiar with all policies and procedures
of the College. It is ultimately the student’s responsibility
to meet all graduation
requirements.
Academic policies and procedures are established by
the faculty to ensure the
integrity of the academic program at Kalamazoo College.
The Committee on
Academic Standards is charged by the faculty to take
action on petitions made
by students for adjustments to academic rules and policies.
A petition must be made in writing and submitted to
the Registrar to be
forwarded to the Committee on Academic Standards.
Earning Course Credit
Credit
The Kalamazoo College credit is referred to as a unit.
Each unit is equivalent to
5 quarter hours or 3.33 semester hours.
Credit Load
Kalamazoo College is on the quarter system. Each quarter
is composed of ten
weeks of class plus an examination week, for a total
of 11 weeks. Students
normally carry a full-time course load of three units
per quarter. This credit
load enables a student to complete all graduation requirements
within
12 quarters.
Registration
Students are expected to register during the designated
preregistration periods
for their next quarter on campus. Prior to registration,
students are required to
acquaint themselves with the class schedule, academic
policies, procedures, and
regulations in this catalogue and the student handbook
as well as consult with
their advisor and other faculty regarding course selection
options. Each student
must have his/her advisor’s signature on the registration form
in order to
register for classes. The Registrar’s Office may move students
from one section
of a course to another to both balance the sections
(requested by the department)
and to accommodate the schedules of all students registered
for a
particular course.
Registration and validation are not complete until
fees are paid or
arrangements for payment have been made with the business
office. The
College reserves the right to withdraw a student for
failure to meet the designated
deadlines of registration and validation.
Registration may be denied a student for failure to
adhere to health center
regulations, lack of tuition payment validation, or
disciplinary action.
Drop/Add
Students may drop/add courses through the end of the
first week of a quarter.
All changes made to a student’s class schedule must be on file
in the Registrar’s
office by the end of the first week.
Students are responsible for accurate registration
and are held accountable
for courses that appear on the final registration.
All academic courses, 200-level
partial credit classes, and PE activities must be added
or dropped within the
official time limit or they will be subject to failing
grades. Subsequent to the
drop/add period, students may exercise their option
to withdraw from a course
earning a W or WF (see Course Withdrawal section for
additional information).
Students will be held accountable for classes remaining
on their class
schedules at the end of a quarter and will be graded
accordingly. Students will
not receive a grade for courses not appearing on their
class schedule.
Underload
Students may choose to underload (carry two units)
in a given quarter in consultation
with their advisor, the Office of Financial Aid, and
the Registrar.
Students who are underloading are not considered full-time
and are, therefore,
ineligible for Dean’s List consideration and may be ineligible
for certain forms
of financial aid, insurance coverage, and participation
in intercollegiate
athletics. Students should also consider the ramifications
underloading may
have on timely completion of graduation requirements.
Overload
An overload is defined as a total registration of
4 units in a single quarter, not
including courses numbered 200 or applied music courses.
Overload and transfer credit policies apply to first-time
and transfer
students entering Kalamazoo College with fewer than
18 transfer units. Once
students have begun their studies at Kalamazoo College,
they may attempt four
overloads, or complete four transfer units, or combine
overload and transfer
credits up to a maximum of four units. To overload,
students must meet the
following GPA minimums:
First-Year
|
|
Sophomore
| Cumulative GPA of 3.50 at the time of the
request |
Junior
| Cumulative GPA of 3.25 at the time of the request |
Senior
| No minimum GPA |
Transfer students entering Kalamazoo College with the
maximum of 18
units may overload up to four units, in accordance
with the GPA guidelines,
but may not transfer in any additional course work.
Course Withdrawal
Students may initiate a total of four course withdrawals
during the completion
of their degree. A student may exercise more than one
course withdrawal per
academic year; however, no student may withdraw from
more than one course
during a given quarter. If a student feels withdrawal
from more than one course
is necessary, or if a student is advised to withdraw
from more than one course
due to a health or family emergency situation, the
student will be withdrawn
from the quarter and from the College. Students will
be required to go through
the formal readmission process to resume their study.
If a student is advised to
withdraw from one or more courses for health reasons,
this withdrawal will not
be counted against the four allowable.
Students may withdraw from a course from the second
week through the
eighth week of a quarter. After eighth week, students
may not withdraw from a
course. (They may exercise the option to fully withdraw
from the College.)
Course withdrawals exercised between second and eighth
week will receive a
grade of W or WF. The grade will be issued by the instructor
based on the
earned grade at the time of the withdrawal request.
Students will be required to
obtain signatures from the instructor, their advisor,
and the Registrar. Students
should be aware that course withdrawal may affect a
student’s financial aid eligibility
and grace period, medical insurance coverage, athletic
eligibility, study
abroad eligibility, sequencing of classes, and timely
completion of
degree requirements.
Course Attendance
Attendance is the responsibility of the student and
is regulated within each
course. Faculty members may report to the Early Alert
Committee those
students whose absences may be impairing their performances.
Final Examinations
Examinations are held at the end of each quarter for
most courses. Students and
faculty are required to follow the exam schedule as
set by the Registrar.
However, if a student has three final exams scheduled
for the same calendar
day, one of these exams may be changed by making arrangements
with
the instructor.
Credit/No Credit Option for Seniors
During the senior year, a student may elect to complete
one on-campus course
as credit/no credit (CR/NC) if the following conditions
are met:
the course must be outside the major, minor, concentration, or
cognate
of the major or minor;
the individual instructor must approve the CR/NC option; and
the appropriate forms must be on file in the Registrar’s
office by Friday
of first week.
The CR/NC option is irrevocable after Friday of first
week, and is not
subject to appeal by either the student or the instructor.
Audit
Students may audit a course with permission of the
instructor. There is no
official registration or notation on the transcript.
There is no audit fee for registered
Kalamazoo College students. There is a minimal audit
fee for all non-
Kalamazoo students.
Other Means of Earning Credit
Advanced Placement (AP) Credit,
International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit,
Dual Enrollment Credit
Please refer to the “Admission” section of the Academic Catalog.
Interinstitutional Enrollment
Students at Kalamazoo College may take advantage
of opportunities offered by
the Kalamazoo Consortium for Higher Education by
enrolling in courses at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, or
Davenport University. Kalamazoo College students must
be registered for an
on-campus quarter and must include this course as part
of a normal full-time
registration. Admission to classes is offered on a “space available” basis.
Specific registration information and forms are available
from the Registrar’s
office. Courses taken under the interinstitutional
program are included in
Kalamazoo College tuition charges and will appear on
the Kalamazoo College
transcript; the grade(s) received will be calculated
in the Kalamazoo College
GPA. Interinstitutional courses are not considered
transfer course work and,
therefore, do not apply toward the maximum allowable
transfer units.
Michigan Guest Student Enrollment
Students wishing to take courses, during a period in
which they are not
enrolled at Kalamazoo College, at another Michigan
college or university may
do so through the Michigan Uniform Undergraduate Guest
Application
process. A Kalamazoo College student must have preapproval
and must be in
good standing to participate. The College reserves
the right to deny credits that
are not preapproved. Further information is available
from the
Registrar’s office.
Independent Study
Generally, an independent study (398/498) is limited
to superior students
taking advanced work in their major field of study.
This option is open to
juniors and seniors only (overload criteria applies).
Students may not receive
credit for more than one independent study course per
quarter or for more than
two independent studies during degree completion.
Transfer Credits
New Transfer Students
For students whose first full-time enrollment was not
at Kalamazoo College,
determination of transfer credit will be made at the
time of enrollment. All
credit is awarded by the Registrar in consultation
with the departmental faculty.
Kalamazoo College accepts a maximum of 18 units in
transfer credit. Students
transferring the maximum of 18 units at the time of
enrollment at Kalamazoo College
may not transfer additional units. All transfer credits
must be earned from a
regionally accredited institution with a grade of C
or above (C- is not acceptable).
Transfer units to the College come in as credit only.
The GPA is not
carried over from the transfer institution to Kalamazoo
College.
Transfer students are responsible for meeting the residency
requirement: a
minimum of six full-time quarters, the last three of
which must be in the senior
year. Students transferring the maximum number of 18
units must earn a
minimum of 18 academic units, in addition to the LACC
and PE activity units,
at Kalamazoo College. If a student must register for
9 or fewer quarters to
complete the degree, the LACC requirement will be prorated.
Transfer units may be used to satisfy Area of Study,
language, and quantitative
reasoning requirements and, at the discretion of the
departmental faculty,
may be used toward majors, minors, and concentrations.
Transfer units may not
be used to satisfy the cultures requirement.
All work to be considered for transfer credit must
be submitted on an
official transcript sent directly from the transfer
institution to Kalamazoo
College within the first quarter of enrollment. The
College reserves the right to
deny transfer credit not reported within the first
quarter of enrollment.
Continuing Students
Students who first enrolled at Kalamazoo College are
limited to a maximum of
four transfer and overload combined units during enrollment
and degree completion.
(AP, IB, and dual enrollment credits brought into Kalamazoo
College at
the time of enrollment are not included in this restriction.)
Transfer credits must
be preapproved and earned from a regionally accredited
institution with a
grade of C or better (C- is not acceptable). After
students have reached junior
standing at Kalamazoo College, only junior- and senior-level
courses (usually
numbered 300 and above) from four-year institutions
will be considered for
transfer credit. The College reserves the right to
deny credit that has not been
preapproved. A student may not repeat a course either
at Kalamazoo College or
at another institution to replace a D or F once they
have taken a higher level
course. No repeated course at an institution other
than Kalamazoo College will
change the Kalamazoo College cumulative GPA. Transfer
credit does not fulfill
cultures requirements.
Kalamazoo College Placement Examinations
Foreign Language Placement
Students who have previously studied a foreign language
must take the
Kalamazoo College placement test. Placement in foreign
language courses
depends on the score earned on the Kalamazoo College
placement test or the College Board Advanced Placement
Examination or SAT II. Students who have
completed three or more years of foreign language in
high school are ineligible
to receive credit for the same language at the 101
level and must begin at the
102, or higher, level of study. Academic credit is
not granted for foreign
language placement.
Mathematics Placement
Placement in mathematics courses depends on the score
earned on the
Kalamazoo College placement test or the College Board
Advanced Placement
Examination. Students planning to enter the fields
of science, math, and/or
computer science should take a math placement examination
upon arrival at
the College. This is critical for proper placement
in the math sequence.
Academic credit is not granted for math placement.
Grading Practices
Grades
The grade point system at Kalamazoo College is:
A+, A, A- = 4 quality points (excellent)
B+, B, B- = 3 quality points (above average)
C+, C, C- = 2 quality points (average)
D+, D, D- = 1 quality point (below average)
F = 0 quality points (failure)
CR (credit) and NC (no credit), H (honors), IP (in
progress), W
(withdraw), and WF (withdraw failure) do not affect
the grade point average
(GPA). IP is used to indicate the status of a course
that continues over more
than one quarter. Pluses and minuses appear on transcripts
but are not used to
calculate the Kalamazoo College GPA.
Incomplete Grades
An I (incomplete) is recorded when work is of acceptable
quality but has not
been finished because of illness or other extraordinary
circumstances. An I automatically
becomes an F (or NC) if the work has not been completed
by the end
of the sixth week of the next quarter, whether the
student is on or off campus,
has left the College, or has graduated.
Repeated Courses
A grade of D, F, W, WF, or NC may be repeated if the
repeated enrollment is at
Kalamazoo College. Both attempts will appear on students’ transcripts,
but
only the second attempt will be used to calculate the
Kalamazoo College cumulative
GPA. Students who hope to earn a degree may not accumulate
more than
a total of 7 unsuccessfully attempted units. Unsuccessful
attempts include all
F’s, NC’s and W’s, excluding any W’s which have
been explicitly mitigated by
the committee on Satisfactory Academic Progress. Students
may accumulate a
maximum of 4 W’s within the total of 7 unsuccessfully attempted
units.
Students may not repeat a course either at Kalamazoo
College or at another
institution to replace a D or F once they have taken
a higher level course. Any
course repeated at another institution does not affect
the original course grade
on the Kalamazoo College transcript or figure into
the calculation of the
Kalamazoo College cumulative GPA. Repeating courses
may also result in the
inability to complete the graduation requirements in
4 years.
Change of Grade
Students seeking a grade change should first contact
the course instructor who
is responsible for the grade issued. Both students
and faculty should understand
that a change in an assigned grade should reflect only
identifiable and distinct
errors in the evaluation process. Students should initiate
this process as soon as
possible and no later than the end of the sixth week
of the next quarter or
within six weeks from graduation or withdrawal from
the College. Students’
grade changes, which may merit award of Dean’s List or commendation,
will
be reviewed upon receipt of the grade change(s). Further
details are available
from the Registrar.
Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) Courses and Programs
The SIP, GLCA programs, LAC, physical education, 200-level/partial
credit
courses (excluding music), and the senior CR/NC option
receive a grade of CR
or NC and do not affect the cumulative GPA. CR/NC options
are not available
in the major, minor, concentration, or cognate courses.
Partial Credit Courses
Partial credit (200-level) courses are offered for
1/3, 1/4, and 1/5 of a unit each
registration. A student must complete the requisite
number of partial credits (all
in the same course) to receive one unit. The full unit
for a 200-level course may
be used once as part of a quarter load of three units
during the quarter in which
the credit is being completed. Students may count one
200-level course outside
the major toward the 38 units required for graduation.
A 200-level unit does not
count as an official overload. The following partial
credit courses are offered:
BIOL 200 (CR/NC) 1/3 credit x 3 quarters = 1 unit
JAPN 200 (graded) 1/2 credit x 2 quarters = 1 unit
MUSC 200 (graded) 1/5 credit x 5 quarters = 1 unit*
Applied Music (graded) 1/5 credit x 5 quarters = 1
unit
THEA 200 (CR/NC) 1/4 credit x 4 quarters = 1 unit*
* required for the major
Music Ensembles
One unit of credit is awarded after five quarters of
participation in an ensemble.
Only two ensemble activities per quarter may be credited
toward the five
required for the unit of credit. A music ensemble credit
may be used to satisfy
the creative expression requirement. Nonmusic majors
may count only one unit
of ensemble credit toward the 38 units required for
graduation. Music majors
may count two 200-level units toward graduation. The
unit may be counted
only once in a quarter load of three units and will
occur in the quarter in which
the credit is being completed.
Grade Reports
Grade reports are issued to students at the end of
each quarter. The report is
sent either to the student’s home address, to another address the
student has
given to the Registrar’s office, or to the student’s campus
mailbox. Copies of
grade reports will be sent to parents only if students
present a signed statement
of request to the Registrar.
Records
Student Information and Records
The official educational record of students is the
file maintained in the
Registrar’s office. This file contains all official enrollment
and academic information.
It is the responsibility of students to have all pertinent
information
regarding declarations, changes, waivers, exemptions,
scores, and transcripts on
file in the Registrar’s Office.
The College subscribes fully to the guidelines set
forth in the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974
, Section 438 of the
General Education Provision Act. It provides students
who have matriculated
access to records directly related to them and protects
the information
contained within those files from unauthorized persons.
Information about students contained in educational
records must be
made accessible to them, to persons authorized by students,
and to Kalamazoo
College faculty and staff who have legitimate educational
interests. Information
must also be furnished to comply with a judicial order
or subpoena.
The College shall disclose to the victim of an alleged
crime of violence the
penalty imposed in a judicial hearing concerning that
allegation.
Releasing Confidential Information
Releasing confidential information (includes units
attempted, units earned,
grades, GPA, address, phone number, and class schedule)
to anyone other than
students or College personnel with a legitimate need
to know will require
written authorization from the students.
1. Students must sign a request to be kept on file
in the office to which
the request has been made.
2. Each release will require a new written authorization.
3. The College reserves the right to withhold a request
if there is an outstanding
financial debt to the College or an unresolved
disciplinary action.
Transcripts
Transcripts must be requested in writing by students.
An official transcript
bearing the seal of Kalamazoo College can be mailed
to other educational institutions,
certifying agencies, or employers; an unofficial transcript
without the
seal may be issued directly to the student and will
be stamped “Issued to
Student.” The charge for each official transcript is $3.00. Currently
enrolled
students may obtain an unofficial transcript free-of-charge
at any time.
Nonenrolled students will be charged $1.00 for each
unofficial transcript. The
College will not release an official transcript unless
it has been paid for and satisfactory
arrangements have been made with the business office
for payment of
any outstanding College bills or fines. The College
will not send a transcript by
fax. Transcripts can be processed by overnight express
mail at the students’
expense. The Registrar’s office requires a minimum of two to three
business
days to process a transcript request.
Directory Information
Directory information may be provided to anyone who
inquires without the
prior consent of students unless they have submitted
a written request to
withhold such information. Directory information includes
the following:
• campus phone number from the directory
• dates of attendance
• campus box number from the directory
• degree(s) awarded
• classification of any student
• leadership positions within the College
• date (but not year) of birth
• place of birth
• sports statistics
• major field of study
• awards received
NOTE: Address/telephone information (such as the faculty,
staff, and student directory)
is not provided by the College to external agencies
or individuals. This information is
intended only for use by members of the immediate College
community.
Withholding Directory Information
1. Students must file a written request to withhold
directory information
with the Dean of Students.
2. The phone number and address will be removed from
the quarter
phone list and the student/faculty directory, if they
have not yet
been printed.
3. The Dean of Students will provide written notification
of this request
to all appropriate parties within the institution.
Students should realize that withholding this information
may complicate
enrollment verification to future employers or graduate
schools and dissemination
of information from within the College.
Academic Progress
Classification
Classification is determined by the number of academic
units (LACC and PE
not included) accumulated. The class in which students
are listed is generally
determined as follows
First-Year 0–7 units*
Sophomore 8–16 units
Junior 17–25 units
Senior 26 units and above
* First-year students who bring in AP, IB, or dual
enrollment credits are
reclassified, as appropriate, at the end of the first
year.
Students are classified once a year at the completion
of the Spring quarter.
However, transfer students may be reclassified at
any time based on the
units earned.
Classification is regulated not only by the number
of units earned, but
also by the expected year of graduation. Changes
may be made only by the
Registrar in consultation with the Committee on Academic
Standards.
Good Standing
Students who maintain two-thirds of all grades at
the level of C- or better are
considered to be in good standing at Kalamazoo College.
Students should be aware that maintaining good academic
standing does
not ensure continued financial aid eligibility. Grades
of NC, W, or WF may also
affect an award. Please refer to the “Financial Assistance” section
of this
catalogue for further information.
Graduation Standard
All students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.00
to be eligible to receive a
Kalamazoo College degree.
Early Alert
Kalamazoo College maintains a system of “Early Alert” for
students who we
feel may be placing themselves in academic jeopardy.
This process has been
developed within the parameters of confidentiality
and personal integrity of
each student and College personnel involved. Each
quarter instructors and
advisors are asked to inform the Registrar of students
who may be causing
concern exhibited by, but not limited to, one of
the following: poor attendance,
missed assignments or tests, lack of participation
in class, failing tests, showing
signs of emotional or physical distress, or previous
placement on academic
probation. These “alerts” are, in turn, reviewed weekly
by a small group of
student development and academic administrators.
This group works closely
with the academic advisor, instructor and, where
necessary, the student to help
move that student in a positive direction. They also
make referrals as warranted
and generally encourage the student to begin developing
strategies that will
promote a positive academic experience.
Academic Warning
The Committee on Academic Standards meets at the
end of each quarter to
review the grades of all students. If it appears
that a student is having a
difficult time as indicated by more than one withdrawn
course over a twoquarter
period or falling grades as compared to previous
work, a “warning”
letter is issued by the Registrar. This warning is
a mechanism used to let
students know that they should seek out their advisors
to develop strategies for
improvement. If students fail to act upon this warning
they may find themselves
placed on academic probation.
Academic Probation
The Committee on Academic Standards will place students
on academic
probation whenever they have accumulated more than
one-third of their total
units below a C-, or the cumulative GPA falls below
2.00. Students may also be
placed on academic probation if they are not making
satisfactory academic
progress toward the degree. Placing a student on
academic probation is an indication
that immediate action needs to be taken on the part
of the student to
improve academic performance. Students on academic
probation are advised to
meet with their academic advisor within the first
two weeks of the subsequent
quarter and perhaps weekly thereafter in order to
develop strategies for
success. It is the student’s responsibility to seek this assistance
and ensure
progress toward degree completion. In addition to
meeting with their advisors,
students are encouraged to seek assistance through
our support services in the
Academic Resource Center; subject tutoring through
supplemental instruction
and individual departments; career counseling and
testing through the Career
Development Center; and personal counseling through
the Office of Student
Development. Failure to meet these responsibilities
may result in continued or
final probation or dismissal from the College.
Continued Academic Probation
Placing students on “continued academic probation” indicates
that adequate
progress toward a degree continues to be in jeopardy.
Unless improvement is
made, students may be placed on final probation and
subsequently may be
subject to dismissal from the College. Students placed
on continued academic
probation are advised to meet with their advisors
during the subsequent
quarter. Failure to be removed from probation may
result in final probation or
dismissal from Kalamazoo College.
Final Academic Probation—C Average
Students placed on “final academic probation—C average” must
be enrolled in
and complete three letter-graded courses in the next
quarter of residence and
earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 for the quarter. Failure
to meet this requirement
will result in dismissal from the College.
Final Academic Probation—Three Cs
Students placed on “final academic probation—three Cs” must
be enrolled in
and complete three letter-graded courses in the next
quarter of residence and
earn a minimum grade of C- in each of the three courses
for the quarter. Failure
to meet this requirement will result in dismissal
from Kalamazoo College.
Veteran’s Administration
The Veteran’s Administration (VA) requires that all recipients
of veteran educational
benefits maintain a cumulative grade point average
of 2.0 to remain
eligible. A veteran who allows the cumulative GPA
to fall below 2.0 will be
placed on probation. A veteran will be allowed two
quarters to bring the cumulative
GPA to the level of 2.0. If the veteran fails to
do so, the VA will be notified
of unsatisfactory progress and enrollment will not
be certified to the VA.
Certification may resume once the cumulative GPA
has reached 2.0. The
Veteran’s Administration may rescind benefits if a veteran does
not present a
GPA of 2.0 at the time of graduation.
Withdrawal from the College
If a student chooses to withdraw from the College,
we recommend the student
start the withdrawal process with either the Registrar
or Dean of Students. In
either case, the student will be asked to complete
a withdrawal application to
collect pertinent information. The student will also
receive useful information
about separating from the College and will be advised
to meet with a staff
person from the Financial Aid Office if he/she received
federal financial aid
while enrolled at the College. See the College’s refund policy
in the “Expenses”
section of this catalog for complete details on refunds
and return of financial
aid funds. A grade of W will be issued for all registered
course work.
If a student fails to return to campus for a planned
on-campus quarter, the
College reserves the right to withdraw the student.
Students who elect to take
one or more quarters off (with the exception of approved
career development,
study abroad, or GLCA programs) will be withdrawn
from the College.
Readmission
If a student withdraws or is withdrawn from the College,
application for readmission
will be required. Students must file an application
with the Registrar.
If a student withdrew from the College while on academic
probation or
was dismissed or withdrawn for academic reasons,
the application will be
forwarded to the Committee on Academic Standards
for review. Students must
indicate in writing how the problem that led to probation,
withdrawal, or
dismissal has been resolved or addressed. If the
withdrawal or dismissal was
for academic reasons, students must provide evidence
of successful completion
of academic work at another institution. For students
withdrawn for disciplinary,
financial, or health-related reasons, readmissions
must be initiated in the
Dean of Students Office.
Students applying for readmission are encouraged
to do so before their
anticipated quarter of return in order to allow time
for any registration,
housing, or financial aid processes. Students who
interrupt their course of
study for more than two quarters will be required
to follow the degree requirements
as stated in the Academic Catalogue at the time of
readmission.
Honors
Dean’s List
Students who earn a GPA of 3.5 or better for a full-time
credit load of three
letter-graded units within a given quarter will be
placed on the Dean’s List.
Students will not be considered for the Dean’s List during a
quarter in which an
I, W, or CR/NC is received. Dean’s list honors are not recorded
on the
academic transcript.
Commendation
Students who earn a GPA of 4.0 for a full-time credit
load of three letter-graded
units within a given quarter will be sent a letter
of commendation from the
faculty. Students will not be considered for commendation
during a quarter in
which an I, W, or CR/NC is received. Faculty commendation
honors are not
recorded on the academic transcript.
Honors and High Honors
Honors and high honors are awarded each year for
the previous year’s achievements.
To be eligible for honors/high honors, students must
have completed at
least one full term (three letter-graded units on
campus) during an academic
year and may not have failed, withdrawn from, or
had an IP (in progress) grade
in any course during that year, either on or off
campus. Honors = 3.50 to 3.74
GPA; high honors = 3.75 and above. This recognition
is posted on students’
transcripts for each year of eligibility, and students
are recognized at the fall
Honors Day Convocation.
Graduation Honors (Latin Honors)
The Bachelor of Arts degree is awarded cum laude
if students maintain a cumulative
grade point average of 3.50 to 3.74; magna cum laude
with an average of
3.75 to 3.99; and summa cum laude with an average
of 4.0. Transfer students
must earn a minimum of 15 letter-graded academic
units at Kalamazoo College
to be considered for academic honors at the time
of graduation. This honor is
announced at Commencement and recorded on the academic
transcript.
Honors in the Major
Honors in the major may be awarded at the discretion
of departmental faculty
at the time of graduation. Usually, departments consider
the grade point
average in the major, the results of the comprehensive
examination, and the
senior individualized project in recommending students
for honors.
Departments may set additional requirements. This
honor is announced at
Commencement and recorded on the academic transcript.
Graduation
Diploma Granting Dates
Kalamazoo College grants degrees in June and December
of each year.
Commencement
Commencement ceremonies are held each year in June.
Members of the senior
class are expected to attend both Baccalaureate and
Commencement. Students
who have earned 27 units (exclusive of LAC and PE)
upon completion of work
for the winter quarter, or 30 units (exclusive of
LAC and PE) by the time of
Commencement, are eligible to march in the commencement
ceremony. An
actual diploma, reflecting the appropriate June or
December degree date, will
be released once all graduation requirements have
been met.
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