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Academic Regulations and Policies
Graduation Requirements
It is expected that a substantial part of the coursework done by students who intend to graduate from IU South Bend, especially in their major field, be completed on the IU South Bend campus. Candidates ordinarily are not recommended to receive the bachelor’s degree from IU South Bend unless they earn 30 hours of credit at this campus. Specific academic program requirements for graduation should also be noted in the respective sections of this publication.
Degrees are conferred in December, May, and August. Commencement is conducted in May. Students who intend to complete their degree work within a given year must apply for graduation by the deadline. May, June, and August degree candidates must apply for graduation by October 1, while December degree candidates must apply for graduation by March 1.
Graduation with Distinction for Undergraduate Students
Graduates whose minimum GPAs are 3.9 and who complete at least 60 credit hours at IU South Bend are graduated with highest distinction; those whose minimum GPAs are 3.8 and who complete at least 60 credit hours at IU South Bend are graduated with high distinction; and those whose minimum GPAs are 3.65 and who complete at least 60 credit hours at IU South Bend are graduated with distinction. These honors are noted on diplomas and in Commencement programs. Students who earn them are eligible to wear the cream and crimson fourragére at Commencement.
Some programs limit the number of students awarded distinction to the top 10 percent of the graduating class. Others may use different criteria for awarding distinction.
Incomplete Grades
A grade of I (Incomplete) may be given when a substantial amount of the coursework (75 percent) is satisfactorily completed by the end of the semester. The grade of I is given only when the completed portion of the student’s work is of passing quality. The grade of I is awarded only under circ*mstances of hardship, when it is unjust to hold a student to the time limits ordinarily fixed for completion of coursework.
A student must remove the I within a calendar year from the date of its recording or, if required by the instructor, in a shorter time period. The academic program head may authorize adjustments of this period in exceptional circ*mstances. If the student fails to remove the I within the time allowed, the grade is changed to F. Students may not register for credit in a course in which they have a grade of I.
These regulations do not apply to courses in which completion of the coursework is not usually required at the end of the semester. Incomplete work in those courses is denoted by R (deferred grade).
Non-Credit Courses at Indiana University
Indiana University is offering non-credit, continuing education credit and certificate-based courses through Instructure’s Canvas Catalog platform. IU is branding this platform as IU Expand. Courses may be free or have enrollment fees, may be self-paced or self-study courses, online or in-person.
Official Academic Transcript
Official transcripts are available from the Office of the Registrar. Requests can be submitted online or in person. The Office of the Registrar cannot accept e-mail or phone requests, as a signature is required. Transcript requests for enrollment prior to fall 1965 must be submitted to the IU Bloomington Office of the Registrar. Students with transcript holds may not be able to receive or send their transcript until the hold has been removed.
Students can request transcripts online at https://southbend.iu.edu/students/registrar/transcript-requests.html. Students can also request an enrollment verification at this site.
In Person
Print, complete, and sign the Transcript Request Form (available at registrar.iusb.edu/transcript).
Online
Current students, alumni, and previous students who still have active computing accounts are able to request their transcript online by following the steps below:
- Log into one.IU.edu; if you are a current student, log in using your username and passphrase.
- In the Search box, type eTranscript. Select eTranscript Request (Recent Students) for current students, or eTranscript Request (Former Students) for former students.
- Click on the etranscript icon.and follow the prompts. Indicate a preferred delivery method of pick-up, expedited delivery through the PDF option, or U.S. Postal.
- If indicating that “pick up” the transcript is selected, it will be available the same business day in the Office of the Registrar, Administration Building. Regretfully, the Office of the Registrar cannot be held responsible for printing delays due to system technical difficulties.
Students can also request their transcript by going to https://transcript.iu.edu/index.html.
By Mail
Print, complete, and sign the Transcript Request Form. All transcripts are sent regular first class mail.
Office of the Registrar/Transcript Request
Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
PO Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
By Fax
Official transcripts cannot be sent via fax.
Pass/Fail Option
During the undergraduate program, a student in good standing (not on probation) may enroll in up to a maximum of eight elective courses to be taken with a grade of P (Pass) or F (Fail). The Pass/Fail option may not be taken when otherwise restricted by academic program regulations.
The Pass/Fail option is open for a maximum of two courses per year, including summer sessions; for this option, the year is defined as August 15 to August 14. A course selected for Pass/Fail must be an elective; it may not be used to satisfy academic program requirements. Part-time students may select two Pass/Fail courses per 30 credit hours.
A student must file a Pass/Fail option request by the end of the third week of class. This is done by consulting the student’s academic program and completing an option form. Once the option request has been processed, it is final and cannot be reversed. At the end of the course, the letter grade given by the instructor is converted by the records office into a final grade of either P (A, B, C, or D) or F. A grade of P cannot be changed subsequently to a grade of A, B, C, or D. A grade of P is not counted in computing GPAs; the grade of F is included.
Exception | During a state of emergency, the closing of a campus, or other extraordinary circ*mstances for a prolonged period that affects an entire campus, a student may elect to change a regular letter grade (of D- or higher) to P (Pass) with the approval of the student’s dean under the procedures established by the student’s school or division. (Faculty Council, March 24, 2020)