Students are not permitted to change majors after they have earned 90 units, unless the new major can be completed in less than 140 total units. Students changing majors after having earned 90 units are required to complete a new major contract before completing additional units beyond 90.

Effective January 2009

The temporary Program Review procedures for degree and credential programs, established in 2010, has been superseded by a Program Review, Evaluation and Planning (PREP) procedure with annual and periodic components. Current guidelines, timelines and reports for PREP are available at the Institutional Research and Planning website http://ie.humboldt.edu/

The policy on the assignment of faculty and library office space was recommended by Academic Senate on November 8, 1988, and accepted by the P & VPAA (Wartell) on

At the request of the Academic Senate, and the endorsement of the President, approval has been granted to officially replace the current Final Evaluation Week Policy (2002) with a revised Final Evaluation Week Policy (#10-08/09-EP). The primary purpose of revising the policy is to bring it in line with the new syllabus policy and remove various logical inconsistencies in the old policy. The revised policy shall be printed in the Schedule of Classes, be added to the Faculty Handbook, and it will be the responsibility of the Office of Academic Affairs to disseminate remin

Effective Fall Semester 2009

This policy covers Independent & Directed Study and Senior/Master’s Thesis & Project courses in which the vast majority of learning will be the responsibility of the individual to seek out and acquire knowledge. The following course numbers are appropriate for these S-class courses: 

All Baccalaureate/Master’s Special Topics Courses will be numbered *80 (e.g. 180/280/380/480/580/680/780); a course number of *80 is only to be used for a Special Topics course.

The minimum passing grade requirement for courses used to satisfy the requirements of a Master’s Degree at HSU will be a B-. Current students may elect to complete their program with the minimum grade requirements as stated in the HSU Catalog published the year that they were admitted. Where there are conflicts in the catalogs through 2010/2011, with two or more different standards, a student will be required to meet the standard set by the program. A higher grade standard than the campus minimum (B-) may be specified by a graduate degree program.