Policies
The academic rules and regulations of the University of Missouri are published in the Rules and Regulations of the University of Missouri and the MU Faculty Council Academic Regulations. The following are selected policies and procedures. Many are summarized as a guide for students. Students needing additional information on academic regulations in specific colleges and schools may obtain this information from their deans’ offices.
- Absences
- Academic dishonesty
- Academic renewal (pursuing a degree after an extended absence)
- Academic standing
- Advanced Standing, see Credits by Examination
- Application for degree
- Auditing a course
- Class cancellation guidelines
- Completion of a course
- Distance Education
- Course repeat policy
- Credits by examination
- Degrees, diplomas and certificates
- Dismissal
- Drug and alcohol policy
- Dual enrollment
- Examinations
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Fees
- Full/part-time enrollment
- General education requirements
- Grades
- GPA of record
- Grading options (S/U vs. A through F)
- Grading system and credits (Faculty Handbook)
- Grade appeals
- Grades for students who officially withdraw
- Incomplete grades (grade of I)
- How dropping/withdrawing from a class affects the GPA
- Plus-minus grading system
- Report of grades
- Satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading system
- Unassigned or erroneous grades
- Hearer, see Auditing a course
- Holds
- Honors courses
- Late registration
- Military active duty
- Refund/adjustment of student charges for tuition and fees
- Revision of records
- Transfer credit and degree applicability
- Withdrawing from a course
- Withdrawal from the University