Repository: UIHistories Project: Student Regulations - Undergraduates - 1944 [PAGE 16]

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tiit third temeiter mutt witlu&rwwjnm the umven [til he does pass it ('For students entering the University in September 1944 and thereafter) a V satisfactory proficiency in the UM of written lish shall be made a requirement for all underate degrees awarded by the Urban* divisions of „ie University, and, in order to assure such proficiency, all undergraduates who pass the Rhetoric 2 course or its equivalent with a grade of "C" or "D" shall be required to take an English qualifying examination before graduating. b. Students who fail on the qualifying examination shall be required to pass an extra one-semester coa in rhetoric, specifically Rhetoric 5; Rhetoric 5 shall be offered every semester and Bummer- letskm, and the individual colleges and schools shall decide at what point in his University career the student who fails the qualifying examination shall take the course. In general, Rhetoric 5 should be required as soon possible after th qualifying examination, but each college and school should adopt a general policy relative to the placement of this course.

41. Readmission of S t u d e n t s D r o p p e d Petitions for readmission of students dropped from the University for poor scholarship shall be acted on by the d e a n or director, u n d e r regulations made by the faculty of the college or school concerned. ' TRANSFERRED CREDIT 42. T r a n s f e r r i n g Credit of D Grade I n t r a n s f e r r i n g credit from other institutions, those subjects which have been passed with a grade corresponding to the D grade at the University of Illinois, shall be indicated on the student's record here as being of that grade and shall be included in computing his status for the degree u n d e r the rule providing that not more than one-fourth of the workpresented for the degree may be of 1) grade. 43. Revision of Transferred Credit A student from a college of Class B or Class C who makes an average grade of B or higher in his first vear's work here, without failure in any subject, shall be entitled to have his credits revised to full value. A student from any institution rated lower than Class A, shall receive full credit for such elementary courses as are continued at the University of Illinois in advance and in sequence with grades of C or higher. 44. Maximum Credit from Junior Colleges Credit transferred from a junior college shall be limited to the total a student may earn in his first two years in the University without carrying an excess schedule. Credit for work completed in a junior col lege by a student after he bas acquired j u n i o r stand-

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