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Excerpt of the National Formosa University

 

1.      Course Selection

2.      Terms of study, Credit hour

3.      Grades

4.      Leave of absence, Suspension, Resumption, Withdraw

5.      Transfer

 

1.      Course selection

According to the article 17, 18, 19 of school administration conference resolution in Nov. 27th, 2007, students who would like to have course selection should comply with the following requirements.

(1.)  Students enroll with four study years are required to get more than 128 credit hours before graduation. The credit hours of each semester are confined with the following requirements.

A.     The credit hours requirement stated that all the freshman, sophomore and junior of the N.F.U. cannot obtain less than 16 credit hours or more than 25 credit hours in the year of freshman, sophomore and junior.

B.     The credit hours requirement also stated that seniors of the N.F.U. cannot obtain less than nine credit hours or more than 25 credit hours in either semester of senior year.

(2.)  Students who would like to add or withdraw courses are supposed to finish the relevant official procedure within the due date.

(3.)  Students cannot take two courses that will be lectured at the same time since it will cause time conflict. Once students are found violating the rule, the grade of the course will not be evaluated. Moreover, students cannot re-take the course which they have been taken before.

2.      Terms of study, Credit hour

According to the article 21 of school administration conference resolution in Nov. 27th, 2007, admitted students are required to comply with the following regulations.

(1.)  College: The terms of study limitation in the 2- year technical school programs of each department in the N.F.U. defined that students cannot pursue academic studies less than 2 years. The terms of study limitation in the 4-year college program of each department in the N.F.U. defined that students cannot pursue academic studies less than 4 years. Students are supposed to get competent credit hours which are defined by the regulations of their department. Students who are unable to get enough credit hours within their terms of study can extend their study terms to 2 years at most. Students of 4-year college program are required to get no less than 128 credit hours in their terms of study; while the students of the 2-year technical program are required to get no less than 72 hours in their terms of study. credit

(2.)  Graduate school: The terms of study limitation for students of Master study program in the N.F.U. is from 1- 4 years. In- service students of Master study program in the N.F.U. are able to extend their terms of study to 5 years at most. The terms of study limitation for Doctoral study program in the N.F.U. is from 2 - 7 years. In-service students of Doctoral study program are able to extend their terms of study to 8 years at most. Graduates students in the N.F.U. are required to obtain competent credit hours which defined by their departments. Students of Master study program are required to get 24 credit hours in their terms of study; while the students of Doctoral study program are required to get 18 credit hours at least in their terms of study. (The doctoral dissertation can be evaluated separately.)

3.      Grades:

According to the article 23, 24 of school administration conference resolution in Nov. 27th, 2007, admitted students are required to comply with the following regulations.

(1.)  The grade evaluation of college students is including school work (practical training and experiment), behavior, physical education and military training. 100 points represents a full mark and 60 points represents a pass in the study of students in the N.F.U.

(2.)  The grade evaluation way of the graduate students in the N.F.U. is according to the following regulations:

A. 100 points represents a full mark and 70 points represents a pass of the course. Students who do not get a passing grade of the course cannot have a make-up exam but repeat the course in their terms of study.

B. 100 points represents a full mark and 70 points represents a pass in the Master and Doctoral study program.

    (3.) The grade of Master and Doctoral program is evaluated 50% at the study performance and the other 50% will be evaluated based on the test of the academic degree.

  4.  Leave of absence, Suspension, Resumption, Withdraw:

According to the article 49,50,51,52 of school administration conference resolution in Nov. 27th, 2007, admitted students who would like to transact a leave of absence, suspension, resumption and withdraw in the N.F.U. are required to comply with the following regulations.

(1.) Students who would like to ask for leave are supposed to follow the leave of absence regulation. Students intend to ask for leave in the mid-term or final exam week should ask the permit of the educational administration in the N.F.U. in advance.

(2.) Students who take days off without asking for leave or the leave haven’t been permitted by school will result in absence of the course.

(3.) Students whose absence hours in the N.F.U. attain to 1/3 of the total lecture hours cannot take the test of the course and the grade of the course will be evaluated as “ZERO”.

(4.) Students apply for suspension are required to apply for one semester and one or two academic year to the educational administration of the N.F.U. Students whose terms of suspension in the N.F.U. expire to two years are required to apply for one extended academic year.

(5.) Students of resumption are required to continue their academic studies from the prior unfinished school work of the N.F.U. Students who suspend their study in mid-semester are supposed to resume their school work from the beginning of the academic year.

(6.) Students behave as one of the following actions are rusticated to withdraw from the N.F.U. :

1.      Absent duration of students reaches to 1/3 of the total lecture time of study in one semester.

2.      Students transact the withdrawing in accordance with the conference resolution of the Students Affairs Association in the N.F.U.

(7.) College students behave as the following actions are required to withdraw from the N.F.U.:

1.      Students who enroll in the school behind the time or transact withdrawing and resume the school work behind time.

2.      Students who receive a letter grade “F”.

3.      Students who get under 2/3 of the credit hours in a semester.

4.      International students, aboriginal students, alien students with Chinese citizenship and students whose parents are dispatched to work in Taiwan as well as mainland China get under 2/3 credit hours in two consecutive semesters of the N.F.U.     

5.      Students extend the terms of study and still cannot get competent credit hours.

6.      Students who do not participate in the final exam within the semester of the N.F.U.

7.      Students violate school principles and transact withdraw basing on the resolution of Students Affairs Association.

8.      Students transact withdraw from the N.F.U. voluntarily.

9.      Students of Master study program extend the terms of study and still cannot obtain the Master degree.

(8.) After students withdraw is permitted by the N.F.U. and transact the relevant formality completely, students are required to fill the certificate of study which is issued by the Study Affairs Association of the N.F.U. The certificate of study will not be issued to the students who have either of the following conditions:

1.      Students pursue the academic studies under one semester and withdraw from the N.F.U.

2.      Students who are expelled from the N.F.U.

5.  Transfer:

 According to the article 44, 45 of school administration conference resolution in Nov. 27th, 2007, students who would like to transfer to other departments are required to comply with the following regulations.

1.      College students who would like to transfer to other departments of the N.F.U. are required to have the permit by the dean of the department, the dean of Studies and the principal of the N.F.U. Students are required to take the transfer test if necessary. Students of Master study program are prohibited to transfer to other departments of the N.F.U.

2.       Frequency of transfer in the N.F.U. is confined in one time and students are supposed to get competent credit hours based on the regulations of the department after the transfer complete.  

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