Including a course's credit while excluding from GPA
- Perez, Jules G
- Kidd, Denise
Background
A student may petition the associate dean for permission to take up to six credit hours of graduate coursework in other divisions of Tulane University. The petition must be approved prior to registration if the course is to be included as a part of the degree requirements for the MBA.
The petition should be submitted to the associate dean through the director of graduate education. The petition should include a statement describing the course’s contribution to the student’s professional career goals. If there are special circumstances relating to the request, they should be summarized in the petition. Appended to the petition should be a course description and a current course syllabus, if available. If the syllabus is not available, a syllabus from the most recent offering should be included.
Such courses must be at the graduate level and carry the equivalent of a 7000-level designation. Undergraduate courses, courses that include substantial undergraduate enrollment, or School of Professional Advancement courses are not accepted.
The hours earned for these courses will be counted toward the hours required for the MBA degree. Grades earned in these courses will not be included in the grade point average, since they were assigned using a policy different from that of the Freeman School, nor will they be used for determining graduation, continuation, awards, honors, and fellowships. Minimum passing grades are determined by the school offering the course. Students must receive a passing grade in the course to have it count for degree purposes. Since these grades will not be counted in grade point averages, students must meet all grade point average requirements for their degrees using only Freeman School courses.
Changing the grade mode
Use case: The Business School wants to count the credit for SRED 6550 but count it toward the school GPA.
Go to SHATCKN for Student and Term. Press Go.
In the Course Detail block, click on the course to select. Click the Next Block button.
Enter the following: Z (Grade), Grade Mode (Z), Credits, Attempted Hours, Change Reason (RC). Click Next Block.
Save.
