Students entering as second-year transfers are expected to complete their degrees in six semesters, students entering as fourth-semester transfers in five semesters, and students entering as third-year transfers in four semesters. Summer Session is not counted in your allotted full-time semesters.
The number of full-time semesters you are allotted will be noted on the advising sheet you will receive later in the summer. Save this sheet.
Permission to enroll for an additional full-time semester is not automatic. You should not assume that you will have more than the usual number of full-time allotted semesters.
If you think you will need an extra full-time semester, you should meet with Mr. Papovich early in the fall.
To graduate on schedule, you must carry an average of 15 credit-hours for each of your semesters here unless you enter with more than 30 credit-hours as a second-year or unless you enroll in summer school or January term to earn additional credits.
You must always carry at least 12 credits, and, if you attempt more than 17 (recommended only in rare cases and never in the first semester), you must have special permission from Mr. Papovich. In the event of illness, as certified by the Department of Student Health, or if financial hardship requires you to work more than 15 hours per week in order to support your education, your Dean may allow you to adjust your schedule to fewer than 12 credits.
Once the semester has started, you may change your courses, subject to the conditions and deadlines noted at Course Selection.
After you begin your enrollment at U.Va., you may count towards your degree courses at another institution only if you have not already transferred the maximum 60 non-UVa credit-hours.. Permission to transfer additional credit is not granted unless you have a 2.0 grade point average; a 2.5 cumulative GPA is required for study abroad.
Once you enroll at U.Va., all area requirements must be completed in the College, not by additional transfer credit.
Subject to these restrictions, courses completed elsewhere with a grade of C or better are transferred toward your degree; the grades are not computed in your grade point average, nor are they recorded on your transcript. This rule applies to courses completed both before and after transfer.
Students may not receive more, and may receive fewer, than the number of credits earned at the host institutions.
For more information, see Transfer Credit
Full-time students maintain a status of Good Standing if, at the end of a semester they complete at least 12 credits of graded work with at least a 1.80 semester average and with no more than one grade below C-. Students who fail to remain in Good Standing will be placed on Academic Warning and the cause will be noted on their transcripts.
Students placed on Academic Warning for two consecutive semesters will be suspended. A student who earns fewer than nine grade points in a regular semester is also subject to suspension, either at mid-year or the end of the school year.
To enroll for a fifth semester you must have earned at least 54 credit-hours; to enroll for a seventh semester, you must have earned at least 84 credit-hours.
To remain in Good Standing, students who have completed four semesters of work must be in a major or have obtained written permission by September 30 from Mr. Papovich to defer declaring a major until the end of their fifth semester.
If you are a third-year student, failing to declare or defer by September 30 will result in your access to SIS being blocked and loss of your course enrollment priority for the spring term. No student may enroll for a sixth semester without a major.
For more information about making satisfacotry progress, see Academic Standing.
With over 10,000 students enrolled in the College, we must, of necessity, have this rather detailed and formal set of academic regulations. If you need to request an exception to a rule due to mitigating circumstances, you should consult Mr. Papovich as soon as possible. He will advise you how to petition formally for an exception. For more information, see Academic Policies.
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