Academic Policies and Procedures
Writing Classes for Freshmen
All freshmen at Rutgers-New Brunswick are required to take Expository Writing 101 in the fall of the freshman year, unless they have submitted an Advanced Placement test score of 4 or 5 in English Composition or English Literature, which would exempt a student from said course. Some students may place into a writing course slightly below Expository Writing. All students are required to continue taking writing courses every semester until Expository Writing has been completed with a passing grade (C or better). After Expository Writing, there will still be 2 more writing courses to complete prior to graduation, as part of the SAS Core Curriculum: a revision-based writing course and a discipline-based writing course. Rutgers Business School students graduating in 2015 or later are required to follow the SAS Core Curriculum, for their liberal arts requirements. REVISION-BASED WRITING, DISCIPLINE-BASED WRITING, AND 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES CREDITS CAN ONLY BE EARNED HERE AT RUTGERS-NEW BRUNSWICK. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Registering for Courses in Other Institutions
Matriculated students must receive prior approval for courses they intend to take for credit at another college or university. Students are not permitted to be enrolled simultaneously at Rutgers-New Brunswick and another institution during the fall or spring semester. If you are repeating a course in which you received a grade of D or F, that course must be repeated at Rutgers-New Brunswick, no exceptions.
Withdrawal from Courses
Students may withdraw from courses during the withdrawal period before the eighth week of the semester. Nonattendance in a course does not constitute formal withdrawal from the course. Students should seek academic advising when contemplating withdrawal from a course. See the University Policies and Procedures section for details of the drop/add policy.
Part-time Status
Rutgers is a full-time institution; therefore, part-time status is generally reserved only for independent students or seniors in their last semester who need less than 12 credits to complete their degree. Seniors who require less than 12 credits to graduate entering their final semester are eligible to do so, automatically making them part-time. No paperwork is necessary to do this.
Students not going into their final semester who would like to be part-time must fill out the Part-time Status Request form (obtained through their student counselor), provide a brief written statement explaining their reason for this request, and attach the appropriate documentation.
1) Financial Aid statement indicating independent status or
2) Copy of a lease with their name on it and a current 1040 tax statement indicating they claim themselves.
Without this documented proof, a student cannot qualify for part-time status.
Requests for part-time attendance must be made before the beginning of the semester. Any request made after the semester has commenced will be considered for the following semester.
Freshmen are not permitted to go part-time.
Part-time status is granted on an individual basis and will be decided based on each situation and the validity of the request.
Credit Load
Students may register for a maximum of 19 credits per semester and must register for a minimum of 12 credits to be considered full-time students under university regulations and federal law. Students generally average 15 credits a semester for a total of 120 degree credits upon graduation with the bachelor of science degree.
Pass/No Credit Courses
Students who have completed 90 or more credits may take up to two non-business courses on a Pass/No Credit basis. Grades of A, B, and C correspond to Pass; grades of D and F to No Credit. Business courses or liberal arts distribution requirements may not be taken on a Pass/No Credit basis. Forms to request the Pass/No Credit option are available in the Office of the Dean, Room 112, Janice Levin Building, and must be submitted by the end of the fourth week of the semester. Students who wish to exercise the Pass/No Credit option for a six-week summer course must complete the application within 10 calendar days of the beginning of the course. Once the Pass/No Credit option is in place, it may not be reversed.
The above restrictions do not apply to courses that are only offered on a pass/no credit basis.
Repeating Courses
When students receive a grade of F in a non-business course and the failed course is repeated, the F may come out of the cumulative grade point average for up to two courses. The original grade of F will remain on the transcript with an E prefix attached and the repeated grade will have an R prefix attached. Students must request that the original course be E credited in writing. When Students receive a grade of F in a business course, both the F and the new grade are included in the cumulative grade-point average. Students may repeat a course in which an F is earned only once. Business courses in which a grade of D is earned must also be repeated, but only once, with both the original and new grades included in the cumulative grade-point average. Credit is subtracted from the degree credit total for the repeated course and is denoted by a K prefix. Courses in which a grade of C or higher is earned may not be repeated for inclusion in the cumulative grade-point average. If such courses are repeated, the second grade is E credited and students will not receive degree credit. Students may not receive degree credit for repeated courses bearing the same or equivalent course numbers. All business courses in which grades of D or F are earned and which are required to complete the business major must be repeated at Rutgers-New Brunswick and a minimum grade of C earned. In addition, any course needed to fulfill graduation requirements in which an F is earned must be repeated at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Change of Grades
Students are responsible for obtaining prompt information about their grades each semester, the requirements for a change of grade, and the requirements for the removal of a temporary grade. Under normal circumstances, the original grade cannot be changed after the end of the next full semester. In special situations, such as continued illness, this requirement may be waived with the consent of the faculty member.
Dean's List Fall 2011
At the conclusion of each semester, Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate – New Brunswick recognizes outstanding students by inclusion on the Dean’s List.
All full-time students are eligible and qualification for the Dean's List is determined by a semester grade-point average of 3.500* or better based on no fewer than 12.0 credits with no letter grades of D or F and Pass/No Credit E credits are excluded.
Filing of a change of grade after the end of the next full semester does not qualify a student for retroactive nomination to the Dean's List. Repeating a course option does not qualify a student for retroactive nomination to the Dean's List.
All courses for which a student is enrolled must be completed and grades must be recorded at the time the Dean’s List is prepared. Students on the Dean’s List receive an email from the Dean and a special designation on their university transcript.
*Prior to Fall of 2011, the semester GPA requirement for Dean’s List status was 3.60.
For additional information on academic probation and academic dismissal, please refer to the academic standing policy page.
Summer and Winter Session Courses
Students in good academic standing may register for the Rutgers University Summer Session via WebReg. Students may register for Winter Session courses online at the Winter Session Registration website. Students may earn no more than 3 credits during the Winter Session. The maximum number of credits allowed during the Summer Session is 12 credits, with no more than 6 credits for each 4-6 week summer session. Freshmen may not take Winter Session courses.
Students who wish to take non-business Summer or Winter Session courses at other institutions must obtain prior approval from departments offering similar courses at Rutgers and from the dean's office. Transfer approval forms are available from the Office of the Dean. All coursework must be completed with grades of "C" or better to transfer; credits transfer but the grade does not. For example, students cannot improve their GPA at Rutgers by taking a course offered at a community county college over the summer and earning an A in it. Summer sessions taken at Rutgers-New Brunswick do count toward your GPA.
Students who wish to take a course at a community college must have it pre-approved by their RBS advisor or the course may not be accepted for transfer. In order to obtain course numbers you can look them up on www.njtransfer.org and to make certain that the course transfers to Rutgers. Courses must be a minimum of 4 weeks in duration (5 weeks for math) or they will not transfer to Rutgers.
Business Courses: Students may not take business courses outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick. All business courses must be taken on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus, with the exception of Intro to Financial Accounting and Intro to Managerial Accounting, which may be taken at another school (including Rutgers-Newark and Rutgers-Camden) ONLY with pre-approval from our office, and ONLY if the course is not being repeated. We will not grant permission fot these two courses to be taken outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick during the winter session. The Business School will not grant credit for any online business courses outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Liberal Arts: Students who wish to take a liberal arts course outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick during the summer or winter session must receive pre-approval from their RBS Advisor, otherwise there are no guarantees that the credit will transfer. Liberal arts courses offered online must be pre-approved since a number of Rutgers departments will not grant credit for online courses taken outside of Rutgers. Students are not permitted to take writing courses outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick once they are students at Rutgers.
Students must have their official transcript sent to Rutgers at the end of the summer and must follow up with their advisor in late September to make sure their transcript arrived. Once this has been received, the credits will be transferred to you. Please do not forget this step, it is very important. Students must follow up to ensure the credit transfer has been processed since this will not happen automatically and credits will not be added to a student’s RU record without an official transcript.
Attendance and Cancellation of Classes
In accordance with Rutgers University regulations, attendance is expected at all regularly scheduled meetings of a course and individual courses may set policies for maximum absences.
Students should obtain a note from the Office of the Dean of Students to authenticate an absence that is supported by appropriate documentation. Faculty notified of authenticated absences should make reasonable accommodations to allow students to make up work that counts toward their semester grade.
Absences due to religious observance, participation in university-sponsored events or activities such as intercollegiate athletics, or documented chronic illness are treated as authenticated absences. Authenticated absences do not waive the overall policy for attendance. Students who must miss more than an occasional class should consult with their instructors and an academic adviser.
It is the policy of Rutgers University not to cancel classes on religious holidays. For information on the cancellation of classes due to inclement weather, see the University Policies and Procedures section.
Foreign Language Courses
Students with two or more years of a foreign language in high school or whose native language is other than English may not receive degree credit for elementary courses (typically numbered 101-102) or courses numbered below their placement in that language. Degree credit in that language begins with an intermediate or review course even if the Rutgers placement test indicates elementary-level placement or if there has been an interruption in language study.
