de
vel
op
skill
s
a
nd
that
are
“hands
-on”
in
nature
such
as
applied
music,
ensemble
s,
studio
art,
or
F
itne
ss
and
R
ec
re
at
ional
Activity
may
not
be
taken
as
audit.
Registration
to
audit
a
course
is
on
a
spa
ce
ava
ila
ble
basis
after
“regular”
registration.
Clas
sif
ic
ation
of
S
tudents
S
tudent
s
w
ho
ha
ve
f
e
wer
than
30
semes
ter
hours
of
credit
are
classified
as
first-year
students;
thos
e
w
ho
ha
ve
a
t
le
as
t
30
s
em
es
ter
hours
of
credit
and
fewer
than
60
are
clas
sified
as
s
ophomore
s;
those
with
at
leas
t
60
s
emester
hour
s,
and
fewer
than
90,
as
juniors
;
and
those
with
at
le
as
t
90
se
me
ste
r
hours
,
as
s
eniors
.
Students
who
have
already
earned
degrees
and
are
ta
king
additiona
l
unde
r
gr
aduate
work
are
class
ifi
ed
as
post
-graduates.
A
CA
DEMI
C
H
O
NO
RS
The
U
nive
rs
ity
s
ee
ks
t
o
recognize
s
tudent
academic
achievement
through
a
Dean
’
s
List
each
s
eme
st
er
and
by
A
cademic
Honors
at
the
tim
e
of
graduation.
De
an’
s
Lis
t
S
tudent
s
a
re
plac
e
d
on
the
Dean’
s
Lis
t
for
a
given
semester
if
they
attain
a
grade
point
ave
r
age
fo
r
tha
t
s
eme
st
er
of
at
leas
t
3.60
on
12
academic
hours
of
graded
course
work,
an
d
if
they
are
in
good
s
tandi
ng
with
the
Univers
ity
.
Latin
Pr
ais
e
Hon
ors
Eac
h
yea
r
,
ac
ade
mi
c
honors
(Latin
P
raise)
are
awarded
upon
graduation
to
stude
nts
who
have
de
monst
ra
ted
hi
gh
academ
ic
achievement,
measured
by
their
cumulative
grade
point
averages.
The
f
ac
ulty
,
upon
re
commendation
of
the
Acade
mi
c
Af
f
air
s
C
ouncil,
sets
the
cum
ulative
grade
point
ave
ra
ge
r
equi
rements
for
gr
aduation
cum
laude,
magna
cum
laude
and
sum
ma
cum
laude.
The
f
ac
ulty
s
ee
ks
to
recogni
ze
outs
tanding
stude
nt
s
of
the
gr
aduating
class
with
a
cademic
honor
s.
A
ny
cha
nge
in
the
grade
poi
nt
a
verages
required
for
g
raduation
with
honor
s
will
be
ma
de
at
l
ea
st
t
wo
ye
ars
before
it
takes
ef
fect
.
The
m
ost
r
ec
ent
ly
approved
cumulative
grade
point
aver
ages
,
in
ef
f
ect
since
the
May
1983
gr
adua
tion,
a
re
at
leas
t
3.65
for
cum
laude,
a
t
least
3.80
for
m
agna
cum
laude
and
at
least
3.95
fo
r
s
umma
cum
la
ude.
S
tudent
s
mus
t
e
ar
n
a
minimum
of
60
hours
of
academic
credit
at
Southwester
n
to
be
eligible
to
be
gra
duat
ed
w
ith
a
cademic
honors
.
Grades
t
ransferr
ed
f
rom
another
institution
are
not
included
in
c
umula
tive
gra
de
point
averages.
T
he
foregoing
is
separate
fr
om
the
Universit
y
Departmental
Honors
Pr
ogra
m
explained
els
ewher
e
i
n
this
catalog.
PR
O
BA
TION
AR
Y
ST
A
TU
S
AND
E
LIGIBILITY
Ac
ade
mic
Pr
obat
ion
S
tudent
s
r
ema
in
in
good
standing
academ
ically
as
long
as
they
are
making
satisfactor
y
progress
tow
a
rd
gr
adua
tion.
Academic
standing
is
based
only
on
coursework
attempted
at
Southwestern.
Ac
ade
mic
proba
tion
s
tatus
is
noted
on
s
tudents’
tr
anscripts.
F
ull-
time
stude
nts
will
be
placed
on
academi
c
pr
obation
if
their
cumulative
gr
ade
point
average
at
the
end
of
a
r
egul
ar
s
emester
f
all
s
below
2.0
or
if
they
pass
fewer
than
nine
se
mester
hours
in
any
re
gula
r
se
me
ste
r
.
T
o
remove
academic
probation,
students
must:
1)
receive
a
cademic
counse
ling
a
s
outl
ined
by
the
Center
for
Academic
Success;
2)
pass
at
least
12
graded
semester
hour
s
in
t
he
ne
xt
re
gular
s
emest
er
at
S
outhwestern
with
a
semester
grade
point
a
verage
of
at
lea
st
2.20;
3)
ra
is
e
their
cumulative
grade
point
average
to
at
least
2.0;
and
4)
sat
isfy
the
requir
em
ents
of
the
pr
es
cribed
probation
progr
am
.
Students
on
academic
probation
ar
e
expected
to
de
mons
tra
te
re
as
onable
pr
ogress
in
removing
academic
pr
obation.
Failure
to
m
eet
these
conditions
ma
y
re
sult
in
dis
mis
s
al.
“Reasonable
progress
in
removing
academic
probation”
is
de
te
rmine
d
a
t
the
end
of
each
regular
semester
by
a
committee
composed
of
the
Registrar
,
the
28
P
rovos
t
(or
a
de
si
gnate),
t
he
Dir
ector
of
Academ
ic
Success
and
Advising
(or
a
designate),
the
V
i
ce
Pr
es
ident
for
Enrollm
e
nt
S
er
vices
(or
a
designate)
and
the
V
ice
President
for
Student
Life
(
or
a
des
ignat
e)
.
T
his
determination,
and
t
he
notification
of
students
af
fecte
d,
is
made
as
soon
as
is
pra
ct
ica
ble
af
te
r
s
emes
ter
grades
are
pos
ted
i
n
the
R
eg
istr
a
r
’
s
Of
fice.
S
tudents
continued
on
a
ca
dem
ic
pr
obat
ion
mus
t
remove
the
condi
t
i
ons
of
the
c
ontinued
pr
oba
tion
at
the
end
of
that
s
eme
st
er
to
be
el
igible
to
return
to
the
Uni
versi
ty
the
following
regular
semes
ter
.
A
c
ade
mic
W
arnin
g
F
ull-
time
stude
nts
not
on
ac
ademic
probati
on,
whose
s
em
e
ster
grade
point
average
falls
below
2.0,
but
whos
e
c
umulative
grade
point
average
is
at
least
2.0,
will
be
placed
on
a
cademic
w
a
rning
by
the
Re
gis
trar
.
Students
rece
i
ve
a
letter
notify
ing
them
of
a
cademic
warning,
but
no
e
ntry
i
s
ma
de
on
the
s
tudents’
tr
ans
cripts.
D
is
mis
sal
an
d
Eli
gibility
f
or
Con
tinuance
S
tudent
s
in
the
ir
firs
t
regular
s
emester
who
do
n
ot
pass
a
minimum
of
six
s
emester
hours
of
c
ours
e
w
ork
a
re
ine
ligible
to
return
f
or
the
fol
lowing
semester
.
Students
continued
on
academic
pr
obati
on
must
m
e
et
conditi
ons
of
t
he
conti
nued
probation
at
the
end
of
that
se
mester
to
be
e
ligibl
e
to
r
et
urn
to
the
Univers
ity
the
fol
l
ow
i
ng
regular
s
emester
.
Students
declared
ineligible
to
r
e
tur
n
the
fir
st
t
ime
mus
t
wait
one
regula
r
seme
ster
to
be
considered
for
readmission
to
the
U
nive
rs
ity
.
D
is
mis
s
a
l
bas
ed
on
s
pring
s
eme
s
ter
perfor
mance
is
ef
fective
beginning
with
the
f
ollowing
s
ec
ond
summ
er
se
s
s
ion.
Dismi
s
s
al
st
atus
is
not
af
fected
by
any
summer
courses
which
may
be
c
omple
te
d.
S
tudent
s
de
cl
ar
ed
ineligible
to
retur
n
a
second
t
ime
mus
t
wait
one
year
to
be
considered
for
r
e
a
dmis
sion.
S
tude
nts
declar
ed
i
ne
li
gible
t
o
retu
rn
a
third
time
are
permanently
suspended
from
the
U
nive
rsi
ty
.
Ine
ligibl
e
-
to-return
s
tatus
and
it
s
duration
are
noted
on
students’
trans
cripts.
S
tudent
s
de
cl
ar
ed
ineligible
to
retur
n
to
t
he
Uni
versity
may
appeal
that
decision
as
outlined
in
the
fol
lowing
sec
tion.
S
tudent
s
who
s
it
out
the
period
of
ineligibility
must
apply
for
and
be
gr
ante
d
r
e
a
dmiss
ion
in
order
to
r
e
-
enr
oll
at
Sou
thwestern.
Students
who
are
granted
readmission
to
t
he
U
nive
rs
ity
a
ft
er
being
declared
inel
igi
ble
are
readmitted
on
ac
ademic
probation,
but
the
ine
ligi
ble-
to-
re
tur
n
status
remains
on
the
s
t
uden
ts’
records
and
is
c
onsidered
in
determining
any
s
ubse
quent
t
er
ms
of
dis
miss
al
or
readmis
s
i
on.
S
outhw
es
te
rn
Univers
ity
r
es
erves
t
he
r
ight
t
o
dismiss
or
deny
readmission
to
students
who
are
not
m
aking
s
a
t
isfa
c
tory
progr
es
s
towar
d
gradua
tion.
S
uch
a
dismissal
decision
may
be
in
lie
u
of
a
ca
dem
ic
pr
obat
ion.
A
pp
eal
of
Acad
e
mic
In
eli
gibility
Decis
ions
T
he
pr
oce
dure
f
or
a
student
who
appeal
s
an
academic
ineligibility
decision
is
as
follows:
T
he
s
tude
nt
submits
an
appeal,
in
wri
ting,
t
o
th
e
As
sociate
V
ice
President
for
Academic
A
dmini
str
ati
on
no
later
than
the
deadline
specif
ied
in
the
Registrar
’
s
letter
of
dismissal.
If
a
pplic
abl
e,
the
le
tte
r
s
hould
be
accompani
ed
by
appropriate
supporting
documentation.
The
s
tudent
als
o
ma
y
subm
it
other
written
mat
eri
al
s
with
the
written
letter
,
including
letters
from
f
ac
ulty
me
mbe
rs
s
upporting
the
appeal.
T
he
A
ss
oci
ate
V
ice
Pr
es
ident
for
Academi
c
Adm
inistration
convenes
a
meeting
of
the
Academic
S
tanda
rds
C
ommi
ttee,
which
s
tudies
t
he
appeal
letter
,
any
supporting
materials,
and
the
s
tudent
’
s
r
ec
ords
with
input
fr
om
the
V
ice
President
for
Enrollment
Services
(or
designate)
and
the
V
ic
e
Pre
si
dent
for
Student
Life
(or
des
ignate).
A
recommendation
is
made
to
the
P
rovost
w
he
ther
or
not
t
o
re
ins
tat
e
the
s
tudent’
s
el
i
gibi
lity
.
29
The
A
ss
oci
ate
V
ic
e
Pr
es
ident
for
Academic
Admi
nis
tr
ation
takes
the
recommendation
of
the
Ac
a
de
mic
Sta
ndar
ds
C
omm
ittee
t
o
the
P
rovost
who
ma
kes
a
decision
regarding
the
student’
s
s
tat
us
ba
se
d
on
al
l
available
information.
T
he
decision
by
the
Pr
ovos
t
is
final
and
is
conveyed
to
the
st
udent
by
l
e
t
ter
.
In
ca
se
s
w
he
re
an
a
ppeal
i
s
granted,
the
student
remains
on
ac
ademic
probation,
and
the
original
dis
mis
sa
l
st
atus
is
used
in
det
e
r
mining
the
length
of
any
subsequent
ineligibilitie
s.
W
it
hd
raw
al
f
r
om
the
Un
ivers
ity
A
s
tude
nt
in
good
s
tanding
may
withdraw
from
the
University
during
a
semes
ter
by
completing
a
re
ques
t
for
w
ithdr
awal
with
t
he
Dir
ector
of
Academic
Success
and
Advising.
Except
under
unus
ual
c
ir
cums
ta
nce
s
,
s
tudents
may
not
withdr
aw
f
rom
the
University
after
the
last
day
for
dr
oppi
ng
cour
se
s.
F
or
ms
f
or
withdrawal
may
be
obtained
by
making
an
appointm
ent
with
a
Cent
er
for
A
c
ade
mic
Succes
s
staf
f
member
.
Students
who
withdraw
from
the
Un
iversity
and
wis
h
to
re
-e
nrol
l
for
a
later
s
em
es
ter
will
usually
be
required
to
apply
for
readmission.
C
RE
DIT
BY
TR
ANS
FE
R
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
generally
accepts
credit
from
other
regionally
accredite
d
institutions,
inc
luding
c
re
dit
c
omplet
ed
thr
ough
appr
oved
dual
credit
programs.
This
credit
is
normally
acc
ept
ed
a
t
f
a
c
e
va
lue
upon
Southwestern’
s
receipt
of
an
of
ficial
college
transcript.
However
,
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
evaluates
all
tr
a
nsfer
work
f
or
its
ap
plica
bility
to
S
outhwe
stern
pr
ogra
ms
of
study
.
T
r
ans
fe
r
s
tude
nts’
tr
anscript
s
are
evaluat
ed
on
an
individual
basis
to
deter
mine
which
courses
will
be
c
ounte
d
tow
ard
Sout
hwes
tern’
s
Area
One
and
Area
T
wo
requirements.
A
lthough
final
res
ponsibi
lity
f
or
a
sses
sing
tr
ans
cripts
and
transfer
credit
rests
with
the
Registrar
,
questions
rega
rding
c
ours
e
equivalency
ma
y
be
referr
ed
t
o
a
Southwestern
f
a
culty
member
who
may
int
er
view
the
st
udent
to
determine
content
master
y
.
Additionally
,
if
there
is
doubt
concerning
the
leve
l
of
c
ompe
tenc
e
a
t
ransfer
s
tudent
has
in
mathem
atics
or
college
writing,
the
University
may
requir
e
a
te
st
t
o
det
ermine
whether
the
student
has
achieved
the
necessary
level
o
f
skill.
S
outhw
es
ter
n
ma
intains
s
ome
cour
se,
level,
and
grade
restr
ictions
for
transfer
.
Although
there
is
no
li
mita
tion
on
t
he
number
of
years
for
which
courses
are
accepted,
the
older
th
e
courses
are,
the
le
ss
like
ly
the
y
are
to
be
curr
ent
ly
appl
ic
able.
Generally
,
applicable
course
s
a
re
accepted
if
the
y
ha
ve
gr
ade
s
of
C-
or
better
.
Grades
of
D
or
F
a
r
e
not
accepted.
T
ransfer
hou
rs
are
not
cal
cula
te
d
in
the
student’
s
overall
grade
point
average.
Up
to
thr
ee
hours
of
graded
F
itnes
s
and
Recreation
Activity
(FRA)
credit
are
acc
epted.
Excess
F
RA
hours
ar
e
not
accepted.
Som
e
mi
litary
training,
ROTC,
etc.
may
be
accepte
d
for
FRA
cre
dit
(
P
or
C
R)
if
the
credit
appear
s
on
a
transcript
fr
om
a
r
egionally
accredited
institution.
Cre
dit
by
e
xam
inat
ion
hour
s
awarded
by
anot
her
institution
w
ill
transfer
only
if
they
meet
the
mi
nimum
s
ta
ndar
ds
requi
red
by
Southwestern
at
the
time
the
transferring
studen
t
enter
s
S
outhw
es
ter
n.
Curr
ent
S
outhw
es
te
rn
Univers
ity
s
tudents
may
,
upon
approval,
tr
ansfer
courses
from
regionally
acc
re
dite
d
ins
titut
ions
or
previous
ly
approved
foreign
institutions.
The
Registr
ar
’
s
Of
fice
ma
inta
ins
a
li
st
of
pre-
appr
oved
tr
a
ns
fer
courses
f
rom
T
exas
universities
and
col
leges
on
the
Regi
str
ar
’
s
W
e
b
page.
I
f
a
cour
se
not
found
i
n
this
l
ist
is
to
substitute
for
a
cours
e
in
the
general
educa
tion
r
equi
re
ments
common
to
all
degrees
or
f
or
a
cour
se
fulfilling
a
require
ment
specific
to
a
de
gre
e
pla
n
or
major
,
it
requir
es
approval
by
the
Registra
r
(in
consultation
with
the
appropr
iat
e
de
par
tment
chair)
.
Appr
oval
i
s
based
on
content
equivalency
as
docu
mented
by
the
cours
e
de
sc
ript
ion
in
the
cat
alog
of
the
insti
tution
in
which
the
course
is
taken
an
d/or
the
course
s
ylla
bus,
unle
ss
the
cours
e
is
on
t
he
publi
shed
list
of
courses
and
e
quivalencies.
Prior
approval
s
hould
be
s
ec
ure
d
on
a
for
m
provided
by
the
Registrar
’
s
Of
f
ice
for
courses
taken
at
any
regiona
lly
a
c
cr
edit
ed
ins
titution
to
ens
ure
that
all
requirements
outlined
in
the
Degree
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