Attachment B

Faculty Senate Minutes

18 April 1995

Special requirements for admission to the major may be established by departments for students entering the University as freshmen or as transfer students, and for current Millersville University students declaring a major.
All special departmental requirments must be in writing and kept current.
Proposals for special departmental requirements for admission to 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 admission to the major must be promulgated in the University catalog.

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 s.h. but have completed at least 1/4 of the required courses in the major may register for additional 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 s.h. but less than 1/4 of the required courses in the major, the departmental retention requirements must be met when 1/4 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.
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.

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 University requirement, nor a grade point average higher than the minimum University 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.