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Academic policies are the official rules and processes that shape the undergraduate educational experience at Vermont State University. They outline expectations for students, faculty, and staff and apply to all undergraduate students, courses, programs, and modalities.
Academic Policies
Academic Appeals & Complaints
Academic Forgiveness: Amelioration & Fresh Start
Academic Integrity*
Academic Standing, Academic Notice & Academic Dismissal
Application for Award of Degree
Attendance & Participation in Courses
Auditing Course Sections
Class Standing/Membership
Course Add/Drop/Withdrawal
Course Grades
Course Substitution, Course Waiver, Portfolio Courses for Prior Learning & Course Challenge
Dean’s, President’s & Part-Time Honors Lists
Degree Requirements & Participation in Commencement
Exit or Leave of Absence from the University
Graduating with Distinction and/or Honors
Incomplete Grades
Internships & Cooperative Education
Length of Time for Degree Completion
Military: Active Duty & Deployment
Non-Degree Students
Pass/No-Pass Option for Course Grades
Registration for Course Sections
Repeating Courses
Residency Requirements & Matriculation
Semester & Cumulative Grade Point Averages
Special Topics Courses
Transcript of Academic Work
Transfer Credit & Other Forms of External Credit
Tutorial & Independent Study
Undergraduate Credit Hours & Faculty-Student Engagement
Vermont State University & Community College of Vermont Cross Enrollment
*The Academic Integrity policy is in the process of review and approval. If approved, this page will be updated. Until then, the 2024-2025 Academic Integrity policy will be adhered to.
Academic Integrity
At Vermont State University, we expect high standards of academic integrity from all community members as we engage in our academic work. Academic integrity encompasses honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and the courage to act on these fundamental values (International Center for Academic Integrity [ICAI]. (2021). The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. (3rd ed.). Any student who fails to uphold these values may have sanctions imposed, including failure of assignments or courses, or dismissal from the University. Examples of failure to uphold academic integrity may include using unauthorized aids or artificial intelligence systems, copying another person’s work on exams, quizzes, or assignments, or engaging in other forms of plagiarism. To plagiarize is to take someone else’s words or ideas and pass them off as one’s own. The sharing of VTSU password and login credentials to misrepresent oneself in online learning is another violation of academic integrity. Violations need not be intentional in nature. All members of the VTSU community are expected to understand their responsibility to act with integrity and to seek assistance and/or clarity when uncertain.
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