Policies updated for Spring 2020:


 

Academic Dismissals


No student will be dismissed for reasons related to academic progress from the
University of Florida in the Spring 2020 semester. Any student who would have
normally been dismissed from UF for reasons related to academic progress will be
provided an additional

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Academic Probation


Continuing Students
Continuing students (those with no possibility of graduating in May 2020) will be
provided an additional semester of academic probation during their next enrolled
term.


Graduating Students
Students with a UF GPA below 2.0 (and any other required GPA) in courses required
to graduate are strongly encouraged to keep these classes letter-graded in order to
make every attempt to improve their GPA. If they earn above a 2.0 UF GPA by
including their Spring 2020 required class grades, they will be allowed to graduate. If
they do not earn above a 2.0 UF GPA, they will be allowed one additional semester of
probation.


Students with a UF GPA below 2.0 who select S-U grading for courses required to
graduate will not be allowed to graduate but, rather, will be given an additional
semester of probation.

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Pre-requisite Courses


All pre-requisite courses will be accepted with an S grade, including those courses
requiring a grade of C+ or higher.

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Transfer Admissions


All programs will accept S grades (equating to C or better) for common course prerequisites
for each major, regardless of whether these courses require a specific grade
of C+ or higher. In this regard, they would be treated no differently from native
students. All students must otherwise meet GPA requirements for competitive
admission.

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Dean’s List and President’s Honor Roll


https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/academic-advising/academic-honors/#deanslisttext


https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/academic-advising/academic-honors/#honorrolltext


The Dean’s List and President’s Honor Roll will continue for Spring 2020. Students will
be eligible for consideration for both recognitions if, within a minimum of 12 total
credit hours, they pursue a mix of at least 6 credit hours of letter-graded coursework
and the remaining credit hours of coursework completed with S grades. Any
coursework above 12 credit hours may be completed with S or U grades.

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Transcript Notation


Every student’s transcript will be marked with the same notation for Spring 2020 that
describes the extraordinary circumstances of the semester and the options that the
students were provided. A recommendation for the notation is “COVID-19 Pandemic:
students given option for S-U grading or drop,” which will be placed near the term
name (Spring 2020). This would serve as a date modifier and would also serve as a
reminder to anyone reviewing the transcript in the future of the extraordinary
circumstances the student experienced during this semester.

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Policies/Practices That Are Impacted But Do Not Require Change

Graduating with Honors
https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/academic-advising/academichonors/#graduatingwithhonorstext


Every student who was unable to complete laboratory and similar experiments and
testing for their Honors thesis will be provided the opportunity to complete their work
in alternate ways as agreed upon by the student’s faculty advisor and research
committee.


Syllabus Policy
http://syllabus.ufl.edu/media/syllabusufledu/syllabi_policy_20191204.pdf


In the shift to an online environment most residential courses faced in Spring 2020,
faculty had to adjust their syllabi. Faculty have the right to do so as long as students
are made aware of the changes in advance. All student learning outcomes must
remain the same. Changes to exam dates and assignment deadlines are discouraged,
however.


All required information as outlined on the UF Syllabus Policy is still required on the
revised syllabi. One requirement that is not being met is posting the final syllabus on
a publicly available web site.


Faculty should provide students with the revised syllabus and are encouraged to
review the specific changes that have been made.

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