Policy and Procedure

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ACADEMIC OPERATING POLICY AND PROCEDURE

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Academic Operating Policy and Procedure (AOP) is to standardize the approach to handling combined undergraduate and graduate courses at Mississippi State University.

REVIEW

This AOP will be reviewed every four years (or whenever circumstances require an earlier review) by the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (APAA) with recommendations for revision presented to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

POLICY/PROCEDURE

A department may offer a split-level (undergraduate/graduate) course. The course will be given a dual number (4000/6000) to reflect undergraduate/graduate credit. A combined course must meet the following criteria:

1. The basic content for both graduate and undergraduate students should be similar.

2. Offering such a course should be deemed academically sound to the department in question.

3. Graduate students enrolled in such a course are expected to satisfy course requirements beyond the undergraduate level.

4. The additional requirements for the students enrolled in the course for graduate credit must be clearly transmitted to the students in the course syllabus at the beginning of the semester.

RESPONSIBILITIES

AOP 11.04
2/17/2010

For information about this policy, contact the responsible/reviewing department hyperlinked above.