STUDENT ACADEMIC REGULATIONS to include failure to maintain a cumulative grade aver- age of B in all work attempted in the Graduate School. DROPPING COURSES No student will be allowed to drop a course after the deadline date for each semester as published in the University Calendar. Any student seeking an exception to this policy must follow the appropriate petition process. WITHDRAWALS All Undergraduate Students: It is the responsibility of each student to make every effort to complete the full semester at the University. Any students who withdraws after the deadline date published in the University Calendar, shall be assigned grades of WF (withdrew failing) in all courses and will be subject to the suspension and exclusion regulations. Students on scholarship probation who withdraw from the University prior to the final date published in the calendar will be continued on scholarship proba- tion for the next semester. Students on University Senate Committee probation must meet the terms of probation specified by the committee. Students who need to withdraw from all courses for a given term for medical reasons should contact the Office for Student Services, Division of Student Affairs, for procedural information. ATTENDANCE, ABSENCES, OR UNSATISFACTORY, WORK Students are responsible for satisfying the entire range of academic objectives as they are defined by the instructor in any course. For students whose names appear on the initial class roll, absences count from the first meeting of the class. Students who have not attended at least one of the first two class meetings of a course or laboratory in which they are registered and have not'contacted the department which offers the course to indicate intent to remain in the course may be dropped by the chairman of the department which offers the course if the chair-' man deems his action necessary to provide space for other students who wish to enroll in the course. Students dropped from courses or laboratories through this pro- cedure will be notified by notice posted in the depart- ment office. Such students may be reinstated in the course or laboratory on a space available basis if documented evidence excusing the absences is presented to the department chairman. NOTE: Students must not assume that they are automatically dropped if they fail to attend the first few days of class since these actions may not necessarily be taken in all courses and laboratories. TWELVE-DAY RULE: No students shall absent them- selves from the University for more than 12 scholastic days per semester in order to participate in athletic or in extracurricular activities. (A scholastic day is any day on which regular classwork is scheduled.) The 12-day rule applies to individual members of the group rather than to the group as a whole. Conse- quently a schedule of more than 12 days for any group should be rotated so that no student is absent from the campus for more than 12 scholastic days. Students who have been warned for absences or unsatisfactory work in any class should not incur addi- tional absences in that course, even though they have not been absent from the University for 12 scholastic days. It is the responsibility of students to see that their classwork and attendance are satisfactory. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY: Students themselves remain fully responsible for satisfying the entire range of academic objectives as defined by the instructor in any course. Under University policy, students are not autho- rized to attend class unless they are on the class roll or have been approved to audit and have paid the audit fees. ILLNESS POLICY Students who are absent from classes or examinations because of illness should contact their professors on a timely basis to discuss their individual situation. The student should contact the College in which he or she is enrolled by the published calendar deadline if a class needs to be dropped because of medical reasons. After the dealing to drop through a student's College, the Committee on Student Petitions (see Petitions and Ap- peals section) is available for petitioning to drop a course for medical reasons. Students needing to with- draw from all courses for a given term for medical reasons should contact the Office for Student Services, Division of Student Affairs, for procedural information. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: BOARD OF REGENTS POLICY STATEMENT Board of Regents policy regarding observance of religious holidays follows: 1. Students shall, upon notifying their instructor, be excused from class to observe a religious holy day of their faith. 2. While students will be held responsible for ma- terial covered in their absence, each student shall be permitted a reasonable amount of time to make up any work missed. 3. No major test, major class event, or major Uni- versity activity shall be scheduled on a major reli- gious holiday. 4. Professors and University administration shall in no way penalize students who are absent from academic or social activities because of religious observance. In regard to this Board of Regents policy statement, the University of Florida urges faculty and administra- tors not to schedule exams or major events on evenings or days that will be observed as holy days by a signifi- cant number of students. Students who ask to be absent because of religious reasons will not be required to provide second-party certification that they are observant. POSTBACCALAUREATE STUDENTS The probation, suspension, and exclusion regula- tions that apply to undergraduate students also apply to postbaccalaureate students. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS Students will be classified by the Registrar each semester as follows: 0. Special transient students, qualified high school stu- dents, and other nondegree students who have been permitted to register at the University of Florida will be classified as 0. 1. A student with less than 30 hours credit will be classified as 1. 2. A student who has earned 30 semester hours or more, but less than 60, will be classified as 2. 3. A student who has earned 60 semester hours or more, but less than 90, will be classified as 3. 4. A student who has earned 90 semester hours or more will be classified as 4. 5. A student who is a candidate for a degree in a program which normally requires 10 semesters and has earned 120 semester hours or more will be classified as 5. 6. Postbaccalaureate students: Degree-holding students who have been admitted to postbaccalaureate status will be classified as 6. 7. A graduate student who is seeking a Master's degree will be classified as 7. 8. A graduate student who has earned a Master's de- gree, or has earned 36 or more hours while seeking a degree beyond the Master's degree (but has not been admitted to doctoral candidacy), will be classified as 8. 9. A graduate student who has been admitted to doc- toral candidacy will be classified as 9. PETITIONS AND APPEALS In case the operation of a student academic regula-, tion appears to result in undue hardship to an individ- ual student, he or she may petition for waiver of the regulation. Petitions requesting permission to drop/add (after the official Drop/Add period and prior to the date for assigning a WF grade) should be presented to the school or college in which the student is enrolled. After that date all drop/add petitions must be presented to the Committee on Student Petitions. Exceptions to the minimum-maximum load regulation are presented to ,the school or college for a decision. Petitions approved by the school or college must be reported to the Registrar's Office before the action becomes official. All other petitions should be presented to the Regis- trar who will refer them to the University Senate Com- mittee on Student Petitions. The student seeking waiver of a regulation through petition must remember that no committee on petitions can direct an instructor to change a student's grade, nor can the Senate Committee require any college or school to grant a degree by waiving any of these regulations. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS All actions taken under these regulations shall be reflected by appropriate notations on the student's record. MAINTENANCE OF STUDENT RECORDS The Registrar's Office maintains students' academic records. A progress report is sent to students at the end of the term indicating their grades, cumulative hours and grade points, probationary status, if any and de- grees awarded, if any. CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT RECORDS The University of Florida assures the confidentiality of student educational records in accordance with State University System rules, state statutes, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, known as the Buckley Amendment. Information which can be released to the public on any student is name, class, college, and major; dates of attendance; degrees) earned; awards received; local and permanent address, and telephone number. In general, present or former students have the right to personally review their own educational records for information and to determine the accuracy of these records. Parents of dependent students, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, have these same rights. A photo I.D. or other equivalent documentation or per- sonal recognition by custodian of record will be re- quired before access is granted. AUDITING COURSES Auditing may be approved on a space-available basis. The approval of the instructor and dean is re-