In addition to general College guidelines for academic standing, majors in the Roy H. Park School of Communications must meet the following requirements:
1. Majors in B.S. and B.A. programs must complete at least 60 credits outside of Park School communications courses to satisfy their degree requirements (120 credits). B.F.A. majors must complete at least 48 credits outside of Park School communications courses to satisfy their degree requirements (120 credits). The regulations of the New York State Education Department require 60 credits in courses designated as liberal arts (LA) for the B.S.; 90 credits for the B.A.; and 30 credits for the B.F.A.
2. Majors must take all communications courses, whether required or elective, and all outside courses required for the major, for a letter grade. The only exceptions are specially designated communications courses, which may be offered on a pass/fail basis, and internships, which are offered only pass/fail. Courses a student has taken pass/fail and passed before becoming a major will be accepted.
3. Majors are required to take a minimum of 12 credits each semester. Part-time status requires the approval of the dean and is usually granted only to seniors who lack fewer than 12 credits to meet graduation requirements and to certain adult students enrolled in approved majors.
4. Majors are required to make up incomplete grades in communications courses by the end of the following semester, as required by the course instructor. Incompletes will not be given in production courses.
5. Students may enroll in only one major within the Roy H. Park School of Communications.
6. Total credit for workshop courses in the Park School may not exceed 6 credits, except for B.F.A. majors.
7. Auditing of laboratory or production courses is permitted only with the written authorization of the department chair.
8. In programs requiring concentrations, students should elect the concentration before preregistration for the first semester of their sophomore year. Some courses are available only to students with declared concentrations that require the course. A student may have only one concentration; the last one declared is the one in force.
9. All proposed waiver-substitution forms must be submitted to the appropriate department chair before the last day of class of the semester before the student's final semester. Requests submitted after that deadline may not be honored, which may delay the student's graduation.
10. You must respond to and report conditions and actions that may jeopardize your safety or the safety of other people or equipment to the responsible College employee. During class sessions that person would be your instructor or lab assistant. Outside class, the person might be your instructor, lab supervisor, cocurricular manager, equipment and facilities manager, or one of the engineering support staff. You must be aware that misuse of equipment or use of damaged equipment can create risk of serious injury, infectious contamination, and expensive damage. You may be liable for damage or injury resulting from such use. Unsupervised use of facilities puts you at risk. Failure to be alert to safety problems, or failure to report them, may have serious consequences for you or others.
11. Special accommodations are available for students with appropriately documented disabilities. These services are confidential. To access them you must (a) register with the coordinator of academic support services for students with disabilities and (b) request a formal accommodation plan at the beginning of each semester.
12. Plagiarism - the use of work other than your own without proper citation or credit - is a serious offense. Penalties for plagiarism include: failure on the assignment, and/or failure in the course, and/or College academic discipline which could mean suspension or dismissal from the College. Plagiarism can involve not only written work but also computer programs, photographs, artwork, films, videos, and sound. If you are at all unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, or how to give credit, see your instructor and consult the Ithaca College student handbook (see "Plagiarism" in index).
Individual departments and programs in the Park School have additional requirements, especially regarding internal and cumulative grade point averages. Students should refer to the individual department and program requirements for complete information.
Failure to meet any of the academic regulations of the College, school, or individual department or program will result in placement on academic warning, or suspension from the program for one semester. Continued failure to meet College, school, department, or program academic regulations may result in suspension or dismissal from the Park School or Ithaca College.
