ACADEMIC REGULATIONS


College Level Academic Skills Test
 Students seeking a degree must satisfactorily
complete the College Level Academic Skills Test
(CLAST).
Completion Deadline To Receive a Degree
* All residence work required for graduation
 must be completed at least 24 hours prior to
 the scheduled meeting of the college faculty
 voting on the candidates for degrees.
 All extension work must be completed at
 least two weeks prior to the scheduled meet-
 ing of the college faculty voting on the can-
 didates for degrees.
Continuous Enrollment
 Undergraduate students who register for
and complete at least one course for one term in
an academic year are continuously enrolled.
Curriculum Requirements
 Students must complete all program require-
ments established by their college, major
department and minor program of study (if
applicable). Minors are awarded only in con-
junction with the receipt of a baccalaureate
degree.
Diploma Replacement Fee
 Each diploma ordered subsequent to a stu-
 dent's initial degree application will result in
 assessment of a $5 diploma replacement charge.
 Dual Undergraduate Degrees and Dual Majors
 Colleges, at their discretion, may permit stu-
 dents to pursue dual degrees or dual majors. A
 student completing major and college require-
 ments in two different colleges will receive two
 degrees. The transcript will list each degree with
 the appropriate majors. A student completing
 major and college requirements in one college
 and major requirements only in another college,
 will receive a degree from the first college only.
 The transcript will list the degree and the major
 from each college. A student completing two
 majors that have the same degree, i.e., Bachelor


of Arts or Bachelor of Science, will receive a sin-
gle degree. The transcript will list the degree
and the two majors.
Extension Work Restrictions
 Extension work includes both extension
classes and correspondence study.
* Students may take a maximum of 12 exten-
 sion credits during any academic year.
 Students may not take more than 9 extension
 credits during a semester.
 No more than 12 of the last 36 credits neces-
 sary for a baccalaureate degree may be
 extension work.
 Simultaneous registration in on-campus and
 extension work requires approval of the
 dean of the college.
 No more than one-fourth of the total credit
 required for a degree may be extension
 work.
 Consult the appropriate section of this cata-
 log or consult the dean of the college for fur-
 ther information.
 Foreign Language Requirement
 Students seeking a degree must satisfy the
 university and department or college (if any)
 foreign language requirements. Student must
 complete two sequential courses of a foreign
 language in secondary school, 8-10 semester
 hours at the postsecondary level, or document
 an equivalent level of proficiency. In addition, if
 required, they must fulfill the requirements of
 their major and/or college.
 Gordon Rule (Communication and
 Computation Requirement)
 Students must complete with grades of C
 or higher and prior to earning 60 semester cred-
 its, 12 credits in designated courses that involve
 substantial writing (a total of 24,000 words) and
 6 credits of course work that involve numerical
 analyses. Refer to the Gordon Rule (Communi-
 cation and Computation Requirement) in the
 Academic Advising section.


Grade Point Average
 To graduate, students must have a C aver-
age (2.0) or better in all credits required toward
that degree and a C average (2.0) in all courses
attempted at the University of Florida. College-
specific graduation requirements, in addition to
these minimums, are listed in each college's sec-
tion.
Pending Charge of Academic Dishonesty or
Student Conduct Violation
 No degree will be conferred if a charge of
academic dishonesty or conduct violation is
pending if the penalty could be suspension,
expulsion, failing grade or any combination of
the above, until the charge is resolved and
degree requirements are met.
Repeat Course Work
 Credit will be allowed only once for course
work which is repeated. In addition, students
who have taken an advanced level course may
not receive credit for completion of a subse-
quent lower level course, as determined by their
college.
Residence Requirements:
 The minimum residence requirement for the
 baccalaureate degree is two semesters.
 At least 25% of the credit hours applied
 toward a degree must be earned while in
 residence at the University of Florida.
 Students are required to complete the last 30
 credits toward the baccalaureate degree in
 residence at the college from which they will
 graduate.
 Summer Term Enrollment
 Students who enter a university in the State
 University System with fewer than 60 credits
 must earn at least 9 credits prior to graduation
 during summer terms at State University
 System institutions. Credit earned through any
 of the study abroad programs sponsored by the
 University of Florida counts toward satisfaction
 of the summer term enrollment requirement.