Academic rules - Topics

Who investigates when the person accused of misconduct is the dean? Grade appeal deadlines are often ten working days and almost nobody knows it How many credits can you take in one semester before the overload fee starts? A minor usually requires more credits than the programme description admits Academic probation is triggered by semester GPA at most schools and not by cumulative GPA What happens if you fail a prerequisite and register for the next course anyway? Is paraphrasing someone else's argument into your own words still plagiarism? Appealing a misconduct finding rarely works unless the procedure itself was flawed Incomplete grades silently turn into Fs when nobody files the paperwork Where is the line between group work collaboration and unauthorized collusion? How long can a university reopen a misconduct case after you graduate? Double majors rarely finish in four years without summer courses Credit by examination lets you skip the course but not the tuition Second authorship behind a supervisor who did almost nothing What happens step by step after a professor reports a student for suspected plagiarism? Withdrawing after the deadline leaves a W that graduate schools count as a failure Retaking a course replaces the grade at some schools and leaves both grades on the transcript at others Transfer credits from a community college are accepted far less often than the brochure suggests Does an accusation stay on your record if you are cleared? Passing around completed assignment answers in a class group chat Pass or fail grading looks safe until you need that course as a prerequisite