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On
Petition Classes |
Classes
not offered for a semester may be petitioned for on
condition that the number of students reaches ten
(10) per class.
It is encouraged, however, that the number of
students be maximized to twenty-five (25).
Students petitioning such a class is given the
opportunity to suggest a professor. A form for this
purpose may be secured from the Graduate School
Office.
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On
Special Classes |
A
petition class whose number of students remains less than
five (5) may be requested to be opened as a "Special
Class." A formal request for this purpose must be
submitted to the Graduate School Office
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On
Failing Grades |
1.The
passing grade for each course enrolled in an MA/MS
program is 2.00; and 1.75 for each course
enrolled in a PhD program.
2.Failure
in two subjects (6 units) means automatic debarment
of a student's candidacy for a degree (both for MA/MS or
PhD programs). Two WF (Withdraw without
Permission) grades may be considered a
disqualification at the discretion of the Dean.
3.A
student who fails to meet the conditions for a
probationary status is automatically debarred from
earning any degree (MA/MS/PhD) program.
A
student who has incurred a failing grade in a course may
still re-enroll. However, such a student need not
re-enroll the same failed subject except the
Pre-requisite/Core Subjects. The failed course will
still be reflected in his TR.
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On
completing Incomplete Grades
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An
"Incomplete" ("Inc.") grade must be
completed within a period of one (1) year counted
from the semester wherein the "Inc." grade was
incurred. After a year, the student is required to
repeat the same course (not necessarily under the same
Professor) or get a failing grade of 5.00, or it remains
"Inc." and will earn no graduate credit
whatsoever.
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On
Probationary Status |
A
student on a probationary status can change to a regular
status after initially completing eighteen (18) units (6
courses) of graduate studies the general average of
which should not be lower than 1.75 in the
master’s level. The student should not have incurred,
in any of these six (6) initial subjects, a grade lower
than 2.00 for the MA/MS program. For the PhD
degree, there should be an average of 1.50 for
the eighteen (18) units and a grade for each of the six
(6) subjects not lower than
1.75.
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On
Debarment |
Debarment
of a student shall be subject to the rules on debarment as
provided for by the UST Student Handbook. Such crimes as forging
official documents e.g. transcript of records, plagiarism
and cheating during examinations are considered
grounds for debarment from the UST
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On
Dismissal |
A
student dismissal order (in extreme cases) shall be issued
by the University Registrar
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On
Crediting Subjects taken in other School by a transferee |
For
purposes of crediting subjects taken from another
university by a student who wishes to transfer to the
USTGS, only six (6) units for the master’s
program, and twelve (12) units for the doctoral
program shall be credited. Provided however that the
subjects to be credited were taken in not more than
three (3) years at the time of accreditation.
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On
Cross Enrolment |
The
Graduate School may accept cross-enrollees subject to
the prior approval of the Registrar's Office. As to a
USTGS student, who may wish to cross-enroll in other
quality university as approved by the Dean, the
following requirements must be met:
- •Subjects
to be cross-enrolled is not offered in the Graduate
School at the current semester the request was made;
- •The
maximum units for cross-enrolment is six (6)
units (2 subjects) only; and,
- •Pre-requisite
subjects, Core subjects and Philosophy
subjects must not be cross-enrolled
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On
class absences |
A
student who has incurred twelve (12) absences (hours) is
automatically dropped from the course.
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academic load and overloading |
1.The
maximum academic load for students during a regular
semester is
twelve (12) units & nine (9) units during Summer.
The exceptions are as follows:
- 1.Those
under scholarship (full time) –
18 units
- 2.Those
about to graduate – 15 units
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