2001 - 2002
Undergraduate Catalog
College of Fine Arts
General College Requirements
Student Responsibility
Computer Requirement
Normal Course Load
Normal Academic Progress
College Probation and Dismissal
Adding/Dropping/Withdrawing
Petitions
International Opportunities
Graduate Level Courses
Student Responsibility
While the college maintains an academic advisory service and carefully works to keep accurate records of individual students in the college, the student is responsible for meeting all degree requirements. Students should read their online tracking audits each term and visit an adviser once each semester to review progress toward the degree.
Students are responsible for staying on track, for registering for the proper courses and for fulfilling all requirements for their degrees. Academic advisers and faculty will assist and counsel; ignorance does not constitute a basis for a waiver.
Students may be required to take additional courses to remove skill deficiencies when deemed necessary by proficiency exams.
Computer Requirement
Computer requirements for students enrolled in the college vary according to each degree program. Students should consult their academic adviser for specific hardware and software recommendations before acquiring a computer.
Refer to the CIRCA web page at www.circa.ufl.edu/computers for general information and a link to the college's home page for specific requirements for each program.
Normal Course Load
The normal load in this college is 15 credit hours per semester. All students are expected to carry a normal load. A student who wishes to carry more than 17 hours must get approval at the time of registration from the academic adviser or the associate dean.
Normal Academic Progress
Students maintain normal academic progress by earning a minimum grade point average of 2.0 (C) for all work attempted while classified in the college (2.5, C+ average in art education, drama education and music education). The term average, as used here, refers to the GPA on work attempted after the student is classified FA and not the cumulative grade point average established by the university.
Students must take courses as outlined in the tracking plan for each major. Failure to comply will result in college probation or suspension. Students are required to take courses in sequence. Students may be excluded from a program of study in the college if they fail or refuse to maintain normal academic progress.
College Probation and Dismissal
A junior or senior whose college grade point average falls below 2.0 (2.5 for art, drama and music education) will be placed on college probation, and the student will be notified in writing. The college GPA is not the cumulative UF GPA but rather the GPA on all courses taken after the student is classified "FA." As long as a student has a deficit record, he/she will remain on probation, and must continue to remove deficits each term. Failure to remove the deficits in a timely way could result in a college suspension for one term.
While on suspension, a student cannot enroll at another institution unless he/she has successfully petitioned the college. If a student is permitted to enroll in approved courses at another institution, grades earned will not reduce the deficit points at UF nor will they count toward UF credit. Students cannot graduate from this college with deficit points on their records.
Adding/Dropping/Withdrawing
Courses may be added or dropped during drop/add without penalty. After the drop/add period, courses may be dropped up to the university deadline, subject to the following restrictions:
- Approval to drop a course must be obtained by a fine arts adviser and the Dean's Office.
- No more than two (2) drops will be permitted for students classified 1FA or 2FA. Only one drop in any one semester is allowed and only two drops are allowed within the two-year period.
- Because dropping courses in professional programs may delay graduation, students classified as 3FA, 4FA, 6FA and 0FA are permitted one drop, with adviser permission. After one drop, students must petition their adviser to drop a course. The advisor makes a recommendation to the college petitions committee. Petitions for second drops will normally not be approved except for documented hardship or medical reasons. An overload, employment, change of major or a course not needed to graduate does not constitute hardship.
- Any student who withdraws for a second time will automatically be placed on college probation. Any student on college probation who withdraws for a third time may be ineligible for further registration in the college.
Petitions
Any student who feels that college regulations created a particular hardship or injustice may petition for a waiver of the regulation. Information on procedures is available in the dean's office, 101 FAA. Anyone who believes that she/he has been discriminated against should contact the associate dean for student and academic affairs.
If a student feels that his or her performance in a course has not been evaluated accurately, the situation should be discussed with the instructor. If the disagreement is not resolved, the student may pursue the matter with the instructor's department chair.
International Opportunities
The college supports study abroad for its majors. The college encourages study abroad for a semester or a full academic year and has established exchange agreements with numerous foreign colleges and universities. These programs allow UF students to experience other cultures and to count the credits earned toward their degrees.
Students may take at least six credits of study abroad to fulfill the general education requirements with an international or diversity focus. Participants in approved college programs can receive financial aid, can count summer courses taken abroad as part of their summer study obligation, can study abroad during the last 30 hours of their program, and with careful planning and prior approval, can count course work taken abroad as part of their major or core requirements. Interested students should consult their adviser and the associate dean for student and academic affairs in 101 Fine Arts Building A.
Graduate Level Courses
Junior and senior level undergraduates are encouraged to enroll in 5000-level courses with instructor permission. Normally, a student must have a 3.00 grade point average.
To enroll in 6000-level courses, a student must have senior standing, permission of the instructor and a 3.00 junior-senior level GPA.
After a student has been accepted to the Graduate School, up to six hours of graduate courses earned with grades of B or above may be applied toward a graduate degree in this college, provided credit has not been used toward an undergraduate degree.