Academic Policies
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About Academic Policies
Historically, the Campus Administrative Manual (CAM) contained administrative and academic policies. CAM's revision to Campus Administrative Policy (CAP) marked a decision to separate the university's administrative policies from its academic policies.
CAP comprises policies that are truly administrative. CAP is managed by the Administration and Finance Division (AFD) and serves as the central repository for all active campus policies that have been officially approved through the steps in the Administrative Policy Process.
Academic policies deriving from Academic Senate resolutions, CSU executive orders or coded memos, and Title 5 (the state Education Code) reside here on the Academic Programs and Planning website.
- Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and Plagiarism
- Academic Graduate Certificate Programs
- Academic Program Review
- Accreditation
- Advanced Placement (AP) Examination Credit
- Change of Grade
- Change of Major
- Class Attendance
- Concentrations (Undergraduate)
- Cooperative Education
- Course Inactivating / Reactivating
- Course Learning Objectives
- Course Syllabi
- Credit Hour
- Credit/No Credit Grading
- Cross-Disciplinary Studies Minor
- Field Trip Policy
- Final Assessments (Exams)
- Master's Degree Programs (General Requirements)
- Minors
- Posthumous Degrees
- Prerequisite of C- Grade for Advancement
- Prerequisites
- Program Learning Objectives
- Reorganization of Academic Units
- Retention of Exams, Graded Coursework, and Gradebook
- Review of Courses with Condensed Time Schedules
Please note that this page has recently been reorganized. An Other Academic Topics page includes other processes, resources, and university commitments relevant to Cal Poly academic life.
Updated: 8/10/2026