academic requirements & guidelines
General Education Requirements
Field Work
Graduation
Course Load
Repeating Courses for Credit
Transfer Students
Prior Approval for Off-Campus Study
Readmission
Program Modification/Exception Guidelines
General Education Requirements:
All students(*) pursuing a bachelor's degree in the College of Human Science and Services are required to develop a 39-credit program in General Education within the framework listed below.
| English Communication | minimum three credits in written
communication minimum three credits in oral communication |
| Fine Arts and Literature | six credits |
| Foreign Language and Culture | six credits |
| Letters | six credits |
| Mathematics | three credits |
| Natural Sciences | six credits |
| Social Sciences | University Requirement of a total of six
credits with a minimum of three credits from
anthropology, psychology, or sociology courses approved for General Education. |
*Students in the BOA programs in elementary education and secondary education must follow the General Education requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Field Work:
Many of the academic programs in the College of Human Science and Services require a supervised field work experience as part of the degree requirements. This experience is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in a career-related setting. Placements are made in a wide variety of agencies such as public schools, health care facilities, day care centers, and other human service settings.
Satisfactory completion of a required field experience depends on achievement of basic competencies established by the academic department in cooperation with the agency. The University supervisor is responsible for determining whether or not the student has attained the required competencies and, in some cases, may extend the time required for the experience until the student's performance is satisfactory.
Graduation:
It is the responsibility of the student to file an Intent to Graduate form and a curriculum work sheet
approved by the advisor in the Dean's Office. The deadline is September 15 for May
graduation, April 5 for August graduation, and May 5 for
December graduation.
The final responsibility for meeting all course and
credit degree requirements rests with the individual
student. The Undergraduate Bulletin contains
everything a student needs to check his or her degree
requirements. All questions should be directed to the
Office of the Dean.
Course Load:
Approval of the advisor and the Dean is needed for a schedule of more than 19 credits per semester.
Repeating Courses for Credit:
Unless otherwise stated in the course description, a course cannot be repeated for credit. Credit can be counted only once toward the total credits required for graduation. Repeating courses in which a grade of C or better was earned requires approval of the student's academic dean; students may need to take such courses on a pass-fail basis.
Transfer Students:
Transfer students should be advised that admission to some programs in the College of Human Science and Services requires meeting certain prerequisites or separate admission criteria. Teacher education programs in the Department of Education, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, and the Department of Physical Education and Health have specific admission criteria and generally require that a matriculated student complete at least one semester of work at the University of Rhode Island before applying for admission. Transfer students may be admitted to the University, but are not admitted directly into these programs.
Students interested in any of the above programs should refer to the specific program descriptions.
Prior Approval for Off-campus Study:
Student Procedure
- Obtain current catalog from the institution where the course work will be taken (this is not required if the course work will be taken from Rhode Island
College or the Community College of Rhode Island).
- Take the catalog to the chairperson of the University department that offers the equivalent course and request his/her signature.
(CCE students need not complete this step).
- Return the signed form to the dean of your college for final approval.
- Upon completion of the course(s), request that a transcript be sent to the dean of the college in which you are enrolled.
PLEASE NOTE:
PRIOR APPROVAL ASSURES CREDIT FOR WORK TAKEN AT ANOTHER POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION PROVIDED A SATISFACTORY GRADE IS EARNED (C or better at all institutions except Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island from which a C- or D is accepted but only as a free elective.)
The credits for courses taken at another institution will transfer but not the actual letter grade earned; therefore, the grades earned in theses courses will not affect a student's grade point average.
Readmission:
A readmitting student is one who has had
a break of at least one regular (Fall or Spring)
semester-two semesters if readmitting to the College of
Continuing Education-during pursuit of an undergraduate
degree. Such a break in continuous attendance
automatically terminates a student's active status,
necessitating readmission in order to continue toward a
degree.
Additionally, students who graduate from
the University and wish to pursue a second undergraduate
degree must apply for readmission, even if there has
been no break in continuity of attendance.
A readmitting student may seek
readmission into a college and/or program different from
that formerly attended. In such a case, the student
should direct the application to the dean of the college
in which admittance is sought. Students formerly in
University College who have earned at least 25 credits
toward graduation may submit their application for
readmission directly to the degree-granting college.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR READMISSION
IF APPLYING FOR READMISSION TO THE KINGSTON CAMPUS:
You may apply either by mail or in person. If applying
by mail, please complete the application and return to:
Office of the Registrar
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
If applying in person do the following:
- Request an application from Enrollment Services..
- Take the application to the dean of the college to
which you are applying. You should have submitted to
that dean official transcripts of coursework taken
at another institution since your last enrollment at
the University.
- After an evaluation and decision has been made on your application you will be notified directly by the college to which you have applied.
After notification of an acceptance from your dean, the
Office of the Registrar will send you a re-enrollment
card which must be returned with a $50 nonrefundable
deposit to confirm your enrollment. The deposit will be
applied against your term billing.
Completion of questions related to sex, marital status,
date of birth, citizenship and ethnic origin is
optional. The information requested is gathered in order
to report aggregate totals to the United States
Department of Education in compliance with Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act Of1964 and subsequent laws and
regulations. Summaries are also provided to the Rhode
Island Department of Education and to various academic
and administrative offices of the University. These
summaries are used to assess progress toward
affirmative action goals to which the University is
committed.
IF APPLYING FOR READMISSION TO THE COLLEGE OF
CONTINUING EDUCATION
All applications for readmission to the College of
Continuing Education must be directed to:
Office of Finance and Records
College of Continuing Education
University of Rhode Island
Promenade and Gaspee Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
A decision will be sent to you directly
from the College of Continuing Education.
Important
You must submit official transcripts of all
academic work taken at other institutions since your
last attendance at the University before a decision will
be made on your application for readmission. These
transcripts should be sent to the dean's office of the
college into which you are seeking readmission. A
decision on your application will not be made until
these transcripts are received and evaluated.
