General Policy
Students in the Architecture Program are not required to have election worksheets or drop-add forms signed and stamped by the College Registrar, provided they are registering or making changes within the official registration/drop-add period for any given term. Except under extraordinary circumstances, students will not be allowed to drop, add, or modify courses after the official drop-add deadline published in the University’s Time Schedule. Any modifications to course elections after this date are subject to approval from the instructor(s) involved and/or the program chair or the chair’s designee.
It is the responsibility of each student to adhere to the College’s policies and procedures for course elections as described below. The College Registrar reviews the class schedules of all students to make sure they have complied with policy, but this does not take place until after the drop-add deadline has passed. If a student has not followed the College’s policies and procedures, the Registrar has the authority to change course elections consistent with the following rules. The student will be notified of such changes. Students should contact the Registrar if they have any questions.
Dropping and Adding
Students may drop and/or add courses through the third week of any full term and the second week of any half term. A course officially dropped after this deadline will appear on the academic record with the designation “W” (withdrawal). No credit is awarded toward the degree and grade point averages are not affected. A withdrawal from a course does not result in tuition reimbursement. An unofficial drop is when the student does not complete a course and does not obtain permission for a withdrawal. Unofficial drops are recorded on the academic record as an “ED.” Provided the course is taken for a letter grade, an “ED” will be counted as an “E” when calculating grade point averages and no credit is awarded toward
the degree.
Auditing Courses
A student may elect or modify a course as an official audit (visit) through the third week of any full term and the second week of any half term. Permission of the instructor (a signature on an election worksheet or drop-add form) is required and regular fees are assessed. A course elected as an official audit will appear on the academic record with the designation “VI,” but no credit will be awarded toward the degree and grade point averages are not affected. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor as to class attendance, assignments, and/or exams to be completed. Unsatisfactory completion of these requirements, as determined by the instructor, will result in an “ED” (unofficial drop) on the academic record. The “ED” will not affect grade point `averages because the course was not elected for a letter grade.
Pass/Fail
A student may elect or modify a course to pass/fail through the third week of a full term and the second week of a half term, but under the following conditions:
1. Courses offered by Taubman College may not be taken pass/fail
2. Courses taken to fulfill pre-professional requirements for the B.S. degree—art, English, mathematics, physics, computers, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences—may not be taken pass/fail
3. Courses taken to fulfill the cognate requirement for the M.Arch. degree may not be taken pass/fail
4. Courses taken as substitutes for required classes may not be taken pass/fail
5. English Language Institute courses may not be taken pass/fail
6. A maximum of one course per term may be taken on a pass/fail basis
Credit hours for courses satisfactorily completed as pass/fail will apply toward the degree, but grade point averages are not affected. Instructors are not informed of those students taking a course on a pass/fail basis. Instructors report grades as usual and the Office of the Registrar makes the following conversions:
• A through C- is entered on the academic record as “P” (pass) for credit
• D+ through E is entered on the academic record as “F” (fail) for no credit
Architecture Independent Studies
Undergraduate students must use Arch 300 or Arch 400 as an independent study number. Permission of the instructor (an override) is required.
Graduate students must use Arch 600 (Arch 593 for Architectural History) as an independent study number. Permission of the instructor and approval by the program chair are required. Students should obtain a Tutorial Studies Approval Form from the College Registrar. Only one Tutorial Studies course may be elected per term, and no more than 6 credit hours of Tutorial Studies credit may apply toward the M.Arch. degree.
Transfer of Credit
Credit hours approved for transfer from another program, unit or institution will appear on the student’s transcript and will count toward the B.S. or M.Arch. degree. Only credit hours, and not grades or honor points, will be posted to the student’s record. Requests for transfer of credit should initially be made to the College Registrar. In some cases, approval from the program chair is necessary.
Undergraduate
For undergraduate students, credit for academic courses from other units of the University and other institutions is evaluated by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. All credit earned in other units of the University, except remedial courses below normal college-level and introductory officer education courses, will transfer.
Credit earned through high school advanced placement exams, conducted nationally by the College Entrance Examination Board, will transfer, provided the scores meet University standards. No credit will be awarded for placement exams offered by other departments of the University or by other institutions. Not more than 7 credit hours of nonacademic or technical courses earned at other institutions may be transferred; such credit is evaluated by the Architecture Program. Normally, not more than 10 credit hours of correspondence and/or extension work from other accredited institutions may be transferred.
Graduate
Credit for all course work is evaluated by the Architecture Program.
A maximum of 10 credit hours may be transferred. Credits used to satisfy previous baccalaureate degree requirements may not be counted toward the
M.Arch. degree.
