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.

SUBJECT: Policy on Disenrollment after Census
DISTRIBUTION: All Faculty, Staff, and Administrative Offices

The period during which students can withdraw from classes with a serious and compelling reason earning a “W” on their academic transcripts is limited to the fifth through tenth week of the semester.

PASSED – April 13, 2010 – Academic Senate
APPROVED – May 14, 2010 – President Richmond

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.

The following is a policy for establishing Service Learning designated courses in the catalog. This policy addresses the difficulty of ensuring that courses that send students into the community for service learning activities have completed all of the required risk management processes and developed the necessary agreements with the community partner. The policy has two components:

The following are select updates to current policy in the HSU Catalog and are to be implemented for the 2011/2012 AY. The current policy can be found in the 2010-11 catalog pages 40 & 68.