Out-of-Residence credit includes Advanced Placement, credit by examination, correspondence courses, transfer credit from other institutions, and off-campus independent study.

Registration
Policies and procedures related to course registration

Obtaining Approval for Programs
Approval of elections is not required for continuing students unless they fall below 8 credits or wish to elect more than 18 credits. Honors students and first-term students need advisor approval.

Disenrollment
Students who have early registered for a term or half-term but who subsequently decide not to return to the University should notify the Office of the Registrar, 1210 LSA Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1520, fax (734) 763-9053. To avoid a disenrollment fee, notification of intention to disenroll must be received before the first day of classes.

Term Withdrawal
Prior to the first day of the term you may disenroll from the term without penalty. Students who wish to withdraw once classes begin must contact the Academic Advising Center and fill out the Term Withdrawal form. Students are responsible for the registration and disenrollment fees regardless of their class attendance. The date of term withdrawal determines other fees and whether you receive "W"s. A late withdrawal will require that you to obtain permission to continue in the college.

Withdrawal from a course (Drop)
If a student withdraws officially from a course after the first three weeks of a full term (first two weeks of a half-term), the course is recorded on the transcript with a W notation

Drop/Add
The College expects students to finalize their academic schedules in the first three weeks of a term (first two weeks of a half-term). Later changes may be made according to these policies ...

Re-entry: Readmission, Reinstatement
The College allows readmission of a student previously enrolled if the student left in good academic standing. Students suspended from the College for reasons of unsatisfactory academic performance must obtain permission to register from the Academic Standards Board.

Financial Resources

LSA Internships
An internship may be a great learning opportunity and provide valuable career preparation, Think about the kind of work you will be doing and consider the LSA department that seems most appropriate. You should know that some departments have policies that allow only concentrators in that discipline to receive credit for outside work experience.

Transfer Credit
Transfer credit is defined as out-of-residence. LSA students are required to complete 60 credits in residence (on the Ann Arbor campus or through UM-Ann Arbor sponsored study abroad). At least 30 of a student’s final 60 credits towards graduation must be completed in residence. The criterion for establishing which courses are transferable is that course content is basically parallel to a UM class and is completed with a "C" or better. Your past school's transcript is evaluated by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and is reflected on the Academic Report.

Credit By Exam
Recognizing that students may have background in particular academic areas, the faculty has left it to each department to decide if it is possible for students to earn credit by examination. While the opportunities are quite limited, the amount and type of credit in any area is determined by the academic department(s) in which a student feels qualified to seek credit by examination. Credit earned by examination is out-of-residence credit.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit
To receive credit for International Baccalaureate (I.B.) examinations, an official Transcript of Examination Grades must be sent by the I.B. Office (New York, Geneva, or London) directly to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions generally awards credit for I.B. higher level examinations passed with scores of 5 (or in some subjects, 4) or above. The University does not give credit for subsidiary level examinations

Advanced Placement (AP) credit
Students may receive credit for Advanced Placement exams they complete in High School. Policies governing AP credits vary from department to department. Your AP credit cannot count toward any LSA requirement other than the language requirement. If at the time you took an AP exam, you did not specify the University of Michigan as the recepient of your score, please refer to the College Board web site for information regarding additional score reports.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Examinations
College Level Examination Program offers general and subject examinations that can be used to gain college credit. The assumption is that the exams measure learning or knowledge gained through experiences outside of the traditional classroom. The faculty at U of M will not accept any of the GENERAL EXAMS.

Please note that the U-M is NOT a testing center for any CLEP exams.

Ordinary level (O-level) credit
The University of Michigan does not award college credit for O-Level exams.

Advanced Level (A-level) credit
Students who are pursuing or who have completed A-level exams will generally be awarded advanced standing ranging between 6 and 10 credit hours for certain advanced or principal level examinations completed with a grade of D or better. Three to five credits may be awarded for certain A/S exams with an acceptable grade.

Retro-active Credits
LSA students may earn up to a maximum of 8 retroactive credits for prior academic work completed in French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Modern Greek, and Spanish, according to the following guidelines...

Residency Policy for Tuition Purposes
The Registrar’s Office administers the University’s determination regarding each student’s residency status (will you be billed as an in-state or an out-of-state student).

Study Abroad
The Office of International Programs administers University of Michigan academic year, semester, spring, and summer study abroad programs in countries throughout the world. It also provides academic advising regarding official University of Michigan programs, formal matriculation at foreign institutions, and general information regarding study abroad through other colleges and universities. All of the OIP programs award in-residence, not transfer, credit. Students may participate in, and earn transfer credit from, study abroad programs administered by other colleges and universities (both American and foreign). Transfer credit is granted by the Office of Undergraduate Admission

Transfer from another institution
The University of Michigan welcomes transfer applicants from community colleges, two- and four-year colleges, and universities. More than 1200 transfer students enter the University of Michigan each year. With over 3000 transfer applications, admission is competitive.

Transfer (Intra-Unit)
Students who wish to transfer from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts to the Residential College or vice versa should contact the RC Academic Services Office for information about intra-college transfer procedures. Students who wish to transfer from LSA to Honors or vice versa should contact the Honors Program. In these cases, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is not involved.

Transfer (Cross-Campus)
Applications from students enrolled in another school or college of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) are considered cross-campus transfer applications. Students may not make a cross-campus transfer until they have completed two full terms in their original school or college. The application may be submitted during the second term of enrollment.

Branch Campus Transfer
Credit transfered from UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint is posed with honor points and credit is granted for courses passed with a D- or better. Credit transferred from UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn is defined as out-of-residence (transfer) credit. A student may transfer only a total of 60 of the 120 credits needed for a degree. GPA does transfer when to LSA.

Repeating a Course
When a course is repeated, the first election and grade earned remain on the transcript. The grades earned by repetition of courses are not averaged and posted as a single entry; Depending on the grade of the first election, repeated courses appear as separate elections on the transcript as...

Declaring/Changing a Concentration/Academic Minor
Students normally declare a concentration during the second term of the sophomore year. Electing to earn an academic minor is optional, and there is no limit on the number of academic minors a student may elect. Minors can only be declared after a concentration has been declared. To declare a concentration/academic minor, a student should contact the appropriate department and make an appointment with a concentration advisor.

Joint Degrees
Several special degree programs are offered by the joint cooperation of LS&A and other colleges or schools within the University. Students should consult academic advisors associated with the various programs.

Grades
Information about grade notations and types of grading patterns, policies on grading, pass/fail, repeating a course, grade grievances, and how to calculate a gpa and compute an honor point deficit

Incompletes
An "Incomplete" (denoted on the transcript by the symbol I) may be reported only if the amount of unfinished work is small, the work is unfinished for reasons acceptable to the instructor, and the student's standing in the course is at least C-. An I grade not finished by the incomplete deadline or an approved extended deadline lapses to E.

Non-Graded Course Work
Students may count a maximum 30 non-graded credits toward the 120 credits required for a degree. Non-graded credits are earned in courses for which no letter grade (A through E) is recorded on the transcript. Only those non-graded credits actually earned are counted as part of the total number of non-graded credits applicable toward a degree.

Academic Integrity
The College promotes the assumption of personal responsibility and integrity and prohibits all forms of academic dishonesty. Conduct that violates the academic integrity and ethical standards of the College community cannot be tolerated and will result in serious consequences and disciplinary action.

Academic Discipline
At the end of each term and half-term, the Academic Standards Board reviews the academic records of all LS&A students showing evidence of academic difficulty. The College uses four basic types of actions: Action Pending, Probation, Suspension, and Dismissal.

Academic Audit
In addition to applying for graduation, LSA students must also be audited by the LSA Academic Auditors Office in order to graduate.

Preparing for Graduation
You do not automatically graduate once you earn 120 credits. LSA students must apply for graduation. Students who have completed 85 Credits Toward Program (CTP) hours should apply on-line for graduation in Wolverine Access. Degree candidates also should submit a completed Concentration Release Form for each of their concentrations and a Minor Release Form for each of their minors to the Academic Auditors Office. APPLYING FOR GRADUATION IS A TWO-PART PROCESS: Students need to apply for graduation on Wolverine Access. In addition to applying for graduation, LSA students must also be audited by the LSA Academic Auditors Office in order to graduate.

FAQs - Deadlines, Policies and Procedures
Answers to common deadline questions.