Repository: UIHistories Project: Student Regulations - Undergraduates - 1960 [PAGE 25]

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iii computing averages either for probation or graduation. (See also Rules 13 and 42.) 41 Minimum Scholarship Requirements for the Degree In order to qualify for the bachelor's degree, a student entering the University of Illinois after July 30, 1956, must have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.0, including grades in courses transferred from other institutions. He must also have attained an average of not less than 3.0 in work done at the University of Illinois. All grades in those courses which count toward graduation in the college in which the student is registered are used in computing the graduation average. Where a course has been repeated, both the original and subsequent grades are included in the average if the course is to be counted toward graduation, but the credit is counted only once. (See also Rules 13 and 41.) Certain colleges have established higher scholastic standards. Each college office, on request, informs the student regarding the scholarship regulations of that college. 43. English Requirement for Graduation (a) A satisfactory proficiency in the use of written English is a requirement for all undergraduate degrees awarded by the Urbana divisions of the University. In order to assure such proficiency, all undergraduates who pass the Rhetoric 102 course or its equivalent with a grade of " C " or " D " are required to take an English qualifying examination before graduating. This qualifying examination may not be taken until one semester has elapsed after the student has taken Rhetoric 102.

(b) A student who is required to take the qualifying examination in English and who has not done so may not register for his senior year in any undergraduate college except by authorization of the Provost. (c) A student transferring to the University with eighty or more credit hours, including 4.6 or more semester hours M M in freshman rhetoric, with a grade of " C " or D in the last course taken, must take the qualifying examination scheduled specifically for him on the first day of his first semester at the University. (d) A student who fails on the qualifying examination