Academic Policy and Program Changes
2013-2014
Social Work degree changes from BA to a BSW
Faculty Assembly approved a proposal from the Social Work Department to change the degree earned by those completing the Social Work major program requirements from a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BA) to a Bachelor’s of Social Work (BSW).
- Current seniors (G’ 2013) will earn a BA .
- Students currently enrolled and graduating in years 2014, 2015, 2016 will have the option of earning a BA or BSW.
- For the incoming cohort Fall 2014 (G’ 2017) and all future cohorts the degree awarded will be a Bachelor’s of Social Work (BSW).
Core Program
Faculty Assembly approved a proposal by the Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department to remove MA 105, MA 117, CS 121 and HMA 270 from the list of courses satisfying the Mathematics area of understanding in the Core curriculum.
- Effective for the class entering in Fall 2013 the set of courses that satisfy the Mathematics Area of Understanding in Core include: MA 251 and MA 121.
- Students enrolled prior to Fall 2013 can continue to register into MA 105, MA 117, CS 121 and HMA 270 in order to satisfy the Mathematics Core Area of Understanding.
Real-World Learning
Faculty Assembly approved a proposal to provide all students with pathways and opportunities for real-world learning opportunities. Students will explore learning opportunities through:
- Supervised Research - Projects demonstrating expertise gained in a major or minor declaration, including independent critical thinking and analysis of ideas.
- Cross-Cultural Experience or Exchange - Short-term or long-term study in another country or culture.
- Internship, Field Experience, or Practicum - Work in applied setting such as a classroom, workplace, or clinic.
- Community-Based Learning - Course or program-based experiences identified by faculty as involving Community-Based Learning.
- Capstone Course, Projects, or Development Portfolio - Culminating or integrated courses or experiences that may be senior seminars, projects, recitals, etc.
2012-2013
No Academic Policies were amended by Academic Council and Faculty Assembly for inclusion in the Fall 2021-2013 catalog.
2011-2012
The following Academic Policies were approved by Academic Council and Faculty Assembly to be incorporated into the Fall 2011-2012 catalog. The policy changes affect all students actively enrolled at Elizabethtown College.
For a detailed explanation of each policy, please see below, or read more about the Core Program Changes.
Revised: Early Participation Policy
Senior students who are not actually graduating may petition to indicate their desire to participate in Commencement and for verification of their status as a “member of the class.” To be eligible for early participant (“EP”) status, students must have a 2.00 grade point average in both the major and overall at the time of the ceremony and have no more than eight credit hours of course work remaining, regardless of total number of credits completed. Students in an education program who have not yet completed their student teaching are not eligible for EP status. Students approved as “early participants” take part in Commencement with their class, have their name listed in the official program, and are called to the platform for recognition as members of the graduating class. They are not graduates and do not receive a diploma until they have successfully completed all requirements. Early participation applications are due to the Office of Registration and Records by March 1st and must include what, when, and where the remaining requirements will be completed. Following approval, students have two years from when they participate in commencement to complete the requirements and earn their degree and cannot change their major(s) declaration during this time from what was approved for EP status. Students not completing their degree during this grace period or as specified on the EP application will need to follow the Catalog requirements in effect during the year they complete their degree (see “Other Requirements”).
New: Emergent Scholars Program
Awarded to those undergraduate students who demonstrate strong academic achievement at the end of three semesters of full-time study at Elizabethtown College. Such early academic achievement is indicative of habits of mind that embody the Elizabethtown Educational Philosophy and Learning Goals. Recognition at this point in a student’s college career seeks to encourage deeper academic engagement on the path to achieving the promise of a transformative Elizabethtown College education.
Qualifying students are full-time students who have not previously attended another college or university for full-time study and have earned at least 42 credits in three consecutive semesters of study at Elizabethtown College or one of its affiliated programs (or, by petition, a non-affiliated program). Students must have attained at least a 3.75 cumulative grade point average at the end of their first three semesters. Students will be identified after their third semesters at Elizabethtown and recognized during a ceremony at the start of their third, or junior, year at the College.
2010-2011
The following Academic Policies were approved by Academic Council and Faculty Assembly to be incorporated into the Fall 2010-2011 catalog. The policy changes affect all students actively enrolled at Elizabethtown College.
For a detailed explanation of each policy, please see below, or read more about the Core Program Changes.
Graduation with Honors
In the 2009-10 College Catalog a warning statement about the pending change in grade point average for cum laude honors stated, "Starting with the 2010-2011 academic year, for students graduating January 2011 and beyond the award of cum laude honors will require a cumulative grade point average of 3.60."
At the time of graduation, an undergraduate student who has achieved a cumulative grade point average of:
- 3.60 is graduated cum laude
- 3.75, magna cum laude
- 3.90, summa cum laude
Starting in 2010-2011, the award of cum laude honors will require a cumulative grade point average of 3.60
A transfer student is eligible for and receives these same honors if the student earns a minimum of 60 credits at Elizabethtown College and is recommended for honors by the major Department.
Transfer of Credits
Students can transfer courses from accredited institutions that are judged by the Registrar and the appropriate Department (in the case of courses for a major/minor) to be high quality, involve active delivery methods (ongoing exchange of ideas with an instructor) and are consistent with the mission and program goals of Elizabethtown College. No online courses of independent study or correspondence courses can be transferred (i.e. LSU courses are correspondence courses).Starting in 2011- 2012, in order for incoming students to be awarded credit for a course taken during high school, the course must have been completed at the credit granting institution.
A current student who wishes to transfer credits to Elizabethtown College must obtain permission in advance from the Office of Registration and Records (by completing an Off-campus Approval Form). The College transfers credits – but not grades or quality points – for course work taken at another regionally accredited institution for which a grade of C- or better is obtained. The College does not accept courses taken Pass/No Pass (or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) at other institutions. The College is not obligated to accept course work for which written permission was not obtained prior to enrollment in the course.
Elizabethtown College will accept a 3 credit transfer course to satisfy a 4 credit on-campus requirement, however, students must earn 125 (or 127 if MA 011 is completed) overall credits in order to earn a bachelors degree.
Students who have achieved junior status (60 credits) either through work at Elizabethtown College or a combination of work at the College and another institution are not permitted to transfer additional credits from two-year institutions to Elizabethtown College. Such students may transfer credits from four-year institutions, but only with the prior approval of the Registrar. Students must request that the registrar’s office of the transferring institution send an official transcript to the Office of Registration and Records at Elizabethtown College. Facsimiled and student-delivered transcripts will not be accepted.
The records of transfer students from non-accredited and National/American Association Institutions are evaluated on an individual basis.
2009-2010
The following Academic Policies were approved by Academic Council and Faculty Assembly to be incorporated into the Fall 2009-2010 catalog. The policy changes affect all students actively enrolled at Elizabethtown College.
For a detailed explanation of each policy, please see below, or read more about the Core Program Changes.
Dean’s List
A full-time undergraduate student who earns a semester grade point average of 3.60 or better in 14 or more credit hours, of which at least 12 credits are letter-graded course work, is regarded by the College as having performed with distinction. The student is placed on the Dean’s List of Honor Students for the semester.
Graduation with Honors
At the time of graduation, an undergraduate student who has achieved a cumulative grade point average of:
- 3.50 is graduated cum laude
- 3.75, magna cum laude
- 3.90, summa cum laude
Starting in 2010-2011, the award of cum laude honors will require a cumulative grade point average of 3.60
A transfer student is eligible for and receives these same honors if the student earns a minimum of 60 credits at Elizabethtown College and is recommended for honors by the major Department.
Internships
Through internships, Elizabethtown College offers students the opportunity to apply and augment their classroom learning with real-world experience. Internships can assist students with deepening and sharpening their personal learning and career goals. They provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge in work and practice settings, gaining confidence and skill as they integrate the abstract/theoretical with the practical and applied.
Internship Guidelines
- Internships will be registered in the department of the supervising faculty member.
- Internships will normally be graded Pass/No Pass. Departmental exceptions must be approved by Academic Council and be noted in the Catalog as letter-graded experiences.
- Students enrolling in internships must have minimum cumulative and major grade point averages of 2.00. If a department sets a higher grade point average standard, and if the internship is required for graduation, the higher standard must be approved by Academic Council.
- Internships must be registered during the semester in which the work is completed. In the case where internship hours clearly overlap two terms (e.g., begins in April and ends in June), the registration of the internship can be split (e.g., two credits registered in the spring term and two credits registered in the summer term for an internship experience that is four total credits). Summer internships cannot be registered during spring or fall semesters.
- An internship can be taken for up to 12 credits. To be awarded academic credit, students must work a minimum of 40 hours over the course of the term in which the internship is registered for each credit awarded. This is a minimum expectation; some departments or internship sites may have higher work expectations. At least two-thirds of these hours should be spent at the internship site, with the remaining one-third spent on related activities.
- Each department will establish its own criteria for related activities and expectations for awarding academic credit to internships, including whether students can engage in multiple internships over the course of their college career and the maximum number of credits that students in their programs can accrue through internships.
- To prevent potential conflicts of interest, students must disclose any familial relationships with employees or owners of the organization at which they want to intern. Students may not intern at a company owned or managed, fully or in part, by a family member, nor may the on-site supervisor be a member of the student’s family or anyone working under supervision of a family member. In addition, continuation of a part-time or summer job may not serve as an internship. Any exceptions to these prohibitions would be unusual and require the approval by the Associate Academic Dean.
- All internships must have a faculty supervisor and an on-site supervisor. The intern must have regular contact with the on-site supervisor during the term of the internship. At the end of the internship, the on-site supervisor will be asked to submit a written evaluation to the faculty supervisor, describing the work and responsibilities of the intern, and providing an evaluation of the intern’s level of performance and progress during the internship.
- Internships must be registered no later than the third Friday of the regular fall or spring term. This additional registration time is provided to enable students to collect their on-site supervisor’s signature on the Internship Contract form.
- For summer internships, registration must be by the end of the first week of the internship.
- The Internship Contract or syllabus must specify the goals and objectives of the internship, the activities necessary to reach those goals, and the methods by which the student will be evaluated. An Internship Contract must be signed by the student, the on-site supervisor and the faculty supervisor. Consult the appropriate academic department for more detail on its internship policy.
Transfer of Credits
Students can transfer courses from accredited institutions that are judged by the Registrar and the appropriate Department (in the case of courses for a major/minor) to be high quality, involve active delivery methods (ongoing exchange of ideas with an instructor) and are consistent with the mission and program goals of Elizabethtown College. No online courses of independent study or correspondence courses can be transferred (i.e. LSU courses are correspondence courses).
A current student who wishes to transfer credits to Elizabethtown College must obtain permission in advance from the Office of Registration and Records (by completing an Off-campus Approval Form). The College transfers credits – but not grades or quality points – for course work taken at another regionally accredited institution for which a grade of C- or better is obtained. The College does not accept courses taken Pass/No Pass (or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) at other institutions. The College is not obligated to accept course work for which written permission was not obtained prior to enrollment in the course.
Elizabethtown College will accept a 3 credit transfer course to satisfy a 4 credit on-campus requirement, however, students must earn 125 (or 127 if MA 011 is completed) overall credits in order to earn a bachelors degree.
Students who have achieved junior status (60 credits) either through work at Elizabethtown College or a combination of work at the College and another institution are not permitted to transfer additional credits from two-year institutions to Elizabethtown College. Such students may transfer credits from four-year institutions, but only with the prior approval of the Registrar. Students must request that the registrar’s office of the transferring institution send an official transcript to the Office of Registration and Records at Elizabethtown College. Facsimiled and student-delivered transcripts will not be accepted.
The records of transfer students from non-accredited and National/American Association Institutions are evaluated on an individual basis.
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