ACADEMIC BULLETIN 2020-2021 WITHOUT RISK THERE IS NO GAIN. 2 GENERAL INFORMATION 3 + 1 Accelerated Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree Programs ....29 Table of Contents Readmission Procedures ................................................................30 Time Limit for Completion of Degree .......................................30 GENERAL INFORMATION International Undergraduate Students .....................................31 Accreditation ........................................................................................ 6 Tuition, Fees & Expenses: Academic Year 2020-2021 ...........32 Notice of Privacy Rights (FERPA) ................................................. 6 Tiffin Campus ................................................................................32 Equal Opportunity, Harassment, & Nondiscrimination ...... 6 Online & Extended Learning................................................... 33 Campus Safety and Security ........................................................ 11 Message from the President ..........................................................12 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC POLICIES History of Tiffin University ............................................................12 Student Responsibilities ................................................................ 33 Guiding Principles .............................................................................13 Attendance Policies Campus & Program Locations ......................................................14 Tiffin Campus ............................................................................... 34 Financial Aid Policies .......................................................................14 Extended Learning Locations, including Cancellation Veteran & Military Services ...........................................................14 Policy ........................................................................................... 34 Academic Support Services Online ............................................................................................... 34 Faculty Advising ...........................................................................15 Academic Integrity Policy (Undergraduate, Graduate, & First-Year Advising .......................................................................15 Doctoral programs) ...................................................................... 35 Academic Coaches .......................................................................15 Grading System ..................................................................................37 Murphy Academic Support Center ........................................16 Changing Majors ................................................................................37 Career Development ....................................................................16 Incomplete Course Work ................................................................37 Internships ......................................................................................16 Repeating a Course ........................................................................... 38 Disability Services ........................................................................16 Academic Standing .......................................................................... 38 Wellness and Counseling Services ..............................................16 Academic Warning .......................................................................... 38 University Health Services .............................................................17 Academic Probation ........................................................................ 39 OF CONTENTS TABLE Information Technology Services ...............................................17 Academic Dismissal ........................................................................ 39 Pfeiffer Library ....................................................................................17 Appeal Procedures ............................................................................ 39 Transcript Requests ..........................................................................17 Minimum Academic Progress Policy ........................................40 Refund Policies ...................................................................................17 Student Classifications ...................................................................40 Auditing Courses................................................................................17 Course Levels ......................................................................................40 Graduation Application ...................................................................18 Class Load ............................................................................................40 Commencement Eligibility ............................................................18 Adding Classes-Tiffin Campus Students .................................40 Posthumous Degree Policy ............................................................18 Student Athletes Withdrawal Policies, including Active Military Call-Up ....18 Academic Eligibility Requirements .......................................41 Discontinued Programs ...................................................................21 NCAA Progress toward Degree Requirements ..................41 Grade Appeals .....................................................................................21 UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM INFORMATION Institutional Standards for Core Competencies of a Tiffin Admissions & Transfer Policies University Graduate......................................................................... 43 Admission Requirements for First-Year Students ...........23 Tiffin Core (DEC) ................................................................................ 44 Admission Requirements for Online & Extended Professional Major Field ................................................................. 44 Learning Students .................................................................. 24 Open Electives or Optional Minor .............................................. 44 Cohort Attrition ............................................................................ 24 Writing Intensive Courses............................................................. 44 Conditional & Probationary Admittance............................ 24 Bachelor Degree Requirements ................................................... 45 Home School Students ...............................................................25 Graduation Requirements Charter School Students ............................................................25 Bachelor Degrees ......................................................................... 45 Non-degree Seeking Students ................................................ 26 Associate Degrees ........................................................................46 Adult First-Year Students ......................................................... 26 Alternate Methods of Completing Course Requirements Transient Students ...................................................................... 26 Individual Guided Study ..........................................................46 College Credit Plus .......................................................................27 Advanced Placement .................................................................46 First-Year, Transfer & New Student Opportunities Credit for Prior Learning ..........................................................46 FIRE .................................................................................................. 28 CLEP .................................................................................................46 New Student Orientation ......................................................... 28 International Bachelor Programme ......................................46 Special Academic Opportunities CLEE ..................................................................................................47 ROTC ................................................................................................. 28 PELC...................................................................................................47 Washington Center Internships ............................................ 28 FBINA ................................................................................................47 Washington Semester Program ............................................. 28 Disney Internship ...................................................................... 28 OPOTA ..............................................................................................47 Study Abroad ................................................................................ 29 Scholastic & Graduation Honors.................................................48 2 3 GENERAL INFORMATION UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAM BACHELOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (BCJ) DEGREE Corrections Major .........................................................................71 Undergraduate Degrees, Majors and Majors with Criminal Behavior .......................................................................72 Concentrations ............................................................................. 49 Criminalistics Major ....................................................................72 Digital Forensics Major ...............................................................73