Millersville University, Faculty Senate
Attachment E
Faculty Senate Minutes
6 December 1994
Motion 2: Retention-in-the-Major Policy
All departmental retention requirements must be in writing and made
available to all majors at the time of admission to the major. changes in
the retention criteria must be available in writing on a timely basis.
Students who have earned no more than 75.0 semester hours but have
completed at least one-fourth of the required courses in the major may
register for new courses in the major only if they have met the
departmental retention requirements. Departments have the option to
substitute for the required courses in the major an equivalent number of
selected courses. These include required-related courses for the major,
electives in the major, and/or identified General Education courses.
In exceptional cases where students have earned more than 75.0 semester
hours but less than one-fourth of the required courses in the major, the
departmental retention requirements must be met when one-fourth of the
required courses in the major, or the equivalent number of selected
courses, have been completed.
Failure to meet departmental retention requirements may result in
dismissal from the major.
Departments should review student performance for retention in the major.
This review should occur during the semester following the completion of
one-fourth of the required courses in the major, or the equivalent number
of selected courses.
A student who has met the departmental retention requirements at the time
of review thereafter cannot be dismissd from the major for reasons based
solely on GPA unless the student fails to meet the minimum Millersville
University requirements for completion of the major. If a student's
performance after the retnetion is found to be unsatisfactory for reasons
other than GPA, departments have the right to dismiss the student from the
major pending a second deparmtental review and a two-thirds majority vote
of the faculty members in the department.
Proposals for special department requirements for retention in the major
must be approved by the appropriate School Curriculum Committee, the
Undergraduate Course and Program Review Committee, and the Faculty Senate.
Approved requirements for retention-in-the major must be promulgated in
the University catalog.
Motion 3: Completion-of-the-Major Policy
The completion of any major program at Millersville University requires
that students must complete all courses in the major (courses in the
discipline but not the required-related courses) with a minimum cumulative
grade point average of 2.0. In addition fifty percent of the credits in
the major must be completed at Millersville University. A department can
neither require a cumulative grade point average higher than the 2.0
Unviersity requirement, nor a grade point average higher than the minimum
2.0 Unviersity requirement for completion of the major. Departments have
the right to establish a competency level (minimum of "C" grade) for
courses in the major and required-related courses.
All departments must specify the courses required for completion of the
major and any additional requirements not specifically related to
coursework such as achievement examinations, certification examinations,
and evaluation of student performance as measured against competency
statements.
Proposals for special departmental requirements for completion of the
major must be approved by the appropriate School Curriculum Committee, the
Undergraduate Course and Program Review Committee, and the Faculty Senate.
Approved requirements for completion of the major must be promulgated in
the University catalog.
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