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The Committee on Academic Standing (CAS) meets bi-weekly during the academic year to consider General Petitions submitted by students for exceptions to certain deadlines (i.e. add/drop and Credit/No Credit) and certain academic policies and regulations

The Committee is currently comprised of 3 non-voting members and 3 voting members.  The non-voting members are:   The Chair (Associate Dean of Students for Academics), the Vice President and Dean of Students, and the Associate Dean of Students for Student Support Services. The voting members of the Committee are 3 faculty members who each serve a 3-year term. 

A student who wishes to submit a petition to the Committee on Academic Standing for review must complete a General Petition Form and provide a formal statement indicating the regulation they would like an exception to and the reason(s) for the request. The completed petition should be submitted via email to adosacademics@hamilton.edu.  At the next scheduled CAS meeting, the Chair will present the petitions received to the Committee for review and discussion. Once the 3 voting members have reached a decision, the decision will be noted in the minutes. The student will later be notified of the decision via email from the Associate Dean of Students for Academics.

For any questions, please contact the Office of the Associate Dean of Students for Academics at adosacademics@hamilton.edu or (315) 859-4600.

CAS Actions

Below are the actions taken by or on behalf of the Committee on Academic Standing.

Spring 2024 CAS Petitions / Actions (483 total actions):

Late Add:  6 approved

Late Credit/No Credit:  5  approved; 6 denied

Rescind Credit/No Credit:  1 approved; 2 denied

Late Drop:  12 approved (8 of those with “W” notation on transcript)

Take more than 5 full credit classes:  3 approved; 1 denied 

Proposals for Independent Study:  26 approved

Proposal for Independent Coverage:  11 approved

Take 2 Independent Studies in one semester:  1 approved

Take 2 writing intensive courses in one semester and count towards WI requirement:  1 approved

Interdisciplinary Concentration:   3 approved, 1 pending (requested additional info from student)

Minor with two concentrations:  1 denied

Three minors:  1 denied

Take course for 2nd time for a grade (had not failed course):  1 denied

More than 2 transfer credits for summer study:  1 approved

Transfer credit for grade received below C-:  1 denied

Directed Research course for transfer credit while studying abroad:  3 approved

Waiver of 15-credit rule:  1 approved

Waiver of 7-year rule:  1 approved

Return from academic suspension:  2 approved

Return from academic suspension without having met all requirements: 1 denied

Walk at Commencement without having met all graduation requirements:  11 approved; 1 denied

Complete degree requirements off campus:   2 approved

Study off campus with program not listed on Preferred Program list:  23 approved

Study Abroad without having completed language requirement:  24 total approved (9 Italian, 2 French, 2 German, 10 Spanish, 1 Japanese)

Study off campus with domestic program without required off campus study GPA:  1 approved

Study off campus without having completed other requirements (WI/PE/QSR):  3 approved (in conjunction with non-preferred program list requests)

Petitions for Transfer Credit:  226 petitions processed

Grade Changes:  50 grade changes approved; 4 grade changes denied

Incompletes:  46 Incompletes were requested by 26 different students.   Of the 46 requests for Incompletes, 27 were approved and 19 were denied.

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