1. Student Registration (Revised: 2005) |
1.1
Student Identification Cards
Upon initial registration, each student is issued a student
identification card. This card, designed to be a career
identification card, is the property of Texas A&M University
and is validated each semester upon payment of fees.
1.1.1 Possession, alteration, use or attempted use of an
ID card for the purpose of identification or to receive
services, by anyone other than the person whose name, ID
number and photo appear on the card is considered
unauthorized use. The offender will be subject to penalties
and confiscation of the ID card by university officials.
1.1.2 A student is required to produce his/her
identification card upon the request of a university
official.
1.1.3 It is the student’s responsibility to report a
lost or stolen identification card immediately by calling
845-4661, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., or 862-4884, 24 hours
a day, seven days a week. Students are responsible for all
financial obligations incurred with this card while it is in
their possession. For financial obligations of lost or stolen
cards, see section 34.2, Aggie Bucks. Students will be
assessed a fee to replace lost or stolen cards.
1.1.4 The name as submitted at the time of application to Texas A&M
University establishes the official record for the student at the
University. This record is considered an official record for the State
of Texas. Any change of name request must be accompanied by legal
federal or state documentation. A social security card or driver's
license cannot be used as documentation to request a change of name; a birth
certificate, passport, court issued name change document, marriage
license, or common-law certificate are acceptable.
1.2 Current Address
To avoid missing important communications from the university, it
is the student’s responsibility to keep the
registrar
informed of current local and permanent addresses. Communications
mailed to either address of record will be deemed to be adequate
notice.
1.3 Every student is required to register when entering the
university and thereafter as announced by the
registrar.
1.4 Registration is not complete until the student has paid
his or her fees by the prescribed deadline.
1.5 Curriculum Violation: Degree-Seeking Graduate and
Undergraduate Students
1.5.1 A student
is expected to register for a schedule of courses that
follows the program of study for a degree in his or her
college. A student who elects not to follow the program of
study must obtain approval from his or her academic advisor,
department head or college dean, and the dean of the college
offering the courses. A student who fails to obtain approval
may be, by his or her dean, blocked from registration,
removed from the inappropriate course(s) and/or required to
register for a prescribed schedule of courses.
1.5.2 A student whose work is unsatisfactory or who is on
scholastic probation may be required by his or her college or
department to register for a prescribed schedule.
1.5.3 A student who is blocked from registration because
of scholastic deficiency in a major and who changes his or
her curriculum into a new college may not register for hours
in his or her previous major during the next semester without
specific approval from the new dean. Violation of this rule
constitutes scholastic dishonesty.
1.6 A student must be enrolled in order to use the facilities
of the university or the time of any member of its staff in
connection with work for which he or she expects to receive
academic credit.
1.7 A full-time
undergraduate student is defined as one who is enrolled for at least 12
semester hours during a fall or spring semester, four hours in a
five-week summer term and eight hours in a 10-week summer
semester. A Q grade or W grade does not count toward the
certification of enrollment status. Only hours for which a student is
currently enrolled at Texas A&M University can be used toward certification
of enrollment.
1.8 A full-time
graduate student is defined as one who is registered for nine
semester hours during a fall or spring semester, three hours in a
five-week summer term and six hours in a 10-week summer semester.
In addition, if a student is registered for at least one hour for
the 10-week session and a total of six hours in any combination
of 5-week sessions and the 10-week session, the student is
considered full-time for the 10-week session. A Q grade or W
grade does not count toward the certification of enrollment
status.
1.9 Undergraduates Registering for Graduate Courses
1.9.1 A senior undergraduate student with a cumulative grade point
ratio of at least 3.0 or approval of his/her academic dean, is eligible to enroll in a graduate
course and reserve it for graduate credit by filing a
petition obtained from the student’s undergraduate
college and approved by the course instructor, the
student’s major department head, the dean of the college
offering the course and the dean of the student’s
undergraduate college.
1.9.2 An academically superior undergraduate student with
a cumulative grade point ratio of at least 3.25 or approval of his/her
academic dean, is eligible to apply
graduate credit hours toward his or her undergraduate degree
program by filing a petition obtained from the student’s
undergraduate college and approved by the course instructor,
the student’s major department head, the dean of the
college offering the course and the dean of the
student’s undergraduate college. Graduate credit hours
used to meet the requirements for a baccalaureate degree may
not be used to meet the requirements for a graduate degree.
1.10 Registration Blocks
1.10.1 A
student may be blocked from registering for future semesters
by the following offices for the following reasons. This list
is not inclusive of all offices that can block students or
all types of blocks.
1.10.2 A student who wishes to resolve the problem that
resulted in the block or wishes to appeal the placing of the
block should go to the department that placed the block on
his or her record.
1.11 Maximum Schedule
1.11.1 An undergraduate student with an overall grade
point ratio of 3.00 or better may register for a course load
in excess of 19 hours in a fall or spring semester or six
hours (seven if part is laboratory) in a summer term with the
approval of his or her advisor.
1.11.2 An undergraduate student with an overall grade
point ratio of less than 3.00 must obtain approval of his or
her dean before registering for a course load in excess of 19
hours in a fall or spring semester or six hours (seven if
part is laboratory) in a summer term.
1.12 Graduate students may enroll for a maximum of 15 hours
during a regular semester, six hours for a five-week summer term
and 10 hours for a 10-week summer semester.
1.13 Prerequisites
It is the responsibility of the student to be sure that course
prerequisites are met. All prerequisites must be listed in the
appropriate catalog or schedule of classes. A student may
register for a course for which he or she has not met the
prerequisites only with the consent of the head of the department
in which the course is offered. Failure to meet course
prerequisites could result in a student’s being dropped from
the class.
1.14 Class Schedules
All classes will meet according to schedules prepared by the
registrar. Modification in these schedules, including common
night exams, may be made only when authorized by the registrar
and approved by the dean of the college in which the course is
offered.
1.15. Scheduling of Courses
In case a section is dropped because of insufficient enrollment,
a student may substitute other courses approved by his or her
advisor.
1.16 Change in Schedule
1.16.1 A student may enroll in a class during the first
five class days of the fall or spring semesters or during the
first four class days of the summer terms or a 10-week summer
semester. A student requesting to add a course after these
deadlines must have the approval of the student’s dean
and department.
1.16.2 A student may drop a course with no
record during the first five class days of a fall or spring semester
and during the first four
class days of a summer term or a 10-week summer semester.
Following this period, if approved by the dean of the
student’s college, a student may drop a course without
academic penalty through the 50th class day of a fall or spring
semester, the 15th class day of summer term or the 35th class
day of a 10-week summer semester. The symbol Q shall be given
to indicate a drop without academic penalty. Undergraduate students
will normally be permitted three Q-drops during their
undergraduate studies; however:
1.16.3
Courses
Q-dropped must have approval of the student’s dean or department as
determined by the respective College.
1.16.4 Undergraduate students will normally be permitted three Q-drops during
their undergraduate studies; however: Q-drops
in one-hour courses will not count in the limit of three, unless offered by
the College of Geosciences or the College of Science.
If a lecture and companion lab are dropped at the same time, this
will count as one Q-drop rather than two.
1.17 Any course taught on a shortened format or between
regularly scheduled terms will have add/drop, Q-grade and
withdrawal dates proportionally the same as if the course were
offered in a regular term. These dates will be determined by the
registrar’s office.
1.18 A “W” may be approved by the dean of the student’s college if a
student is allowed to drop a course anytime during the semester due to unusual
or extenuating circumstances.
Students who no longer participate in the University’s ROTC program may
drop military, naval or air science courses with a designation of "W".
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