Academic Policies

Table of Contents: A-Z

                    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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About Academic Policies

Historically, the Campus Administrative Manual (CAM) contained policies that were administrative or academic. When CAM was revised to Campus Administrative Policy (CAP), a decision was made to separate the administrative from the academic. CAP would ideally contain policies that were truly administrative. Academic policies deriving from Title 5, CSU executive orders or coded memos, and Academic Senate resolutions would reside here on the Academic Programs and Planning website.

• "Cal Poly Campus Administrative Policies (CAP)"
• "Copy of the Original Campus Administrative Manual (CAM)"

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A

• Academic Graduate Certificate Programs
• Academic Program Review
• Accreditation
• Advanced Placement (AP) Examination Credit

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 B

• Baccalaureate Programs, Undergraduate Curriculum Policy
• Blended Degree Programs
   

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 C

• Change of Major
• Cheating and Plagiarism
• Class Attendance
• Concentrations (Undergraduate)
• Cooperative Education
• Course Inactivating / Reactivating
• Course Learning Objectives
• Course Syllabi
• Credit Hour
• Credit/No Credit Grading
• Cross-Disciplinary Studies Minor

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 D

• Department Name Change
• Discontinuance of an Academic Program

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 F

• Field Trip Policy
• Final Assessments (Exams)
• Four-Unit Course Standard
   

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 G

• Grade Forgiveness and Repetition of Courses
• Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)

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 I

• Incomplete (I) Grades and Agreements
• Internships

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 M

• Master's Degree Programs (General Requirements)
• Minors

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 P

• Posthumous Degrees
• Prerequisite of C- Grade for Advancement
• Prerequisites
• Program Learning Objectives

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 R

• Reorganization and Suspension of Academic Programs/Academic Units
• Retention of Exams, Graded Coursework, and Gradebook
• Review of Courses with Condensed Time Schedules

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 S

• Senior Project

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 T

• Time Frame to Obtain a Baccalaureate Degree
• Timely Accessibility of Instructional Materials

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 U

• United States Cultural Pluralism (USCP) Educational Objectives

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W

• Withdrawal Policy (Course and Term)

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Please note that this page has recently been reorganized. An Other Academic Topics page includes other items relevant to Cal Poly academic life as adopted by the Academic Senate.  

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Last update: 7/2/2025

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