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Changes to Senate Rules, July 2019 - June 2020

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Changed “College of Law” to “University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law” or “Rosenberg College of Law”
All college and program-specific language in Section 4 and Section 5 moved to new appendices 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5. As a result, many references in Sections 4 and 5 are now slightly different.

Section 1: The University Senate

Interpretation to 1.4.1 (“Structure of University Senate Committees”) – clarified that emeritus faculty can serve as voting members of Senate committees
Change to 1.4.3.2.1 (“Senate UK Core Education Committee,” “Composition”) – changed reappointment language
Change to 1.4.3.4 (“Senate Retroactive Withdrawal Appeals Committee (SRWAC)”) – changed composition
Change to 1.4.3.5 (“Senate Academic Advising Committee (SacAC)”) – changed composition

Section 3: Programs, Courses, and Curriculum Procedures

Change regarding Undergraduate Certificates in 3.1.1.2 [was 4.2.8 but now split into 3.1.1.2 and 4.2.3] – added description and updated language about approvals
Change regarding Graduate Certificates [was 4.2.9 but now split into 3.1.1.4 and 4.2.5] – added description and updated language about approvals

Section 4: Rules Relating to Admission to the University

Change to 4.2.3.2 [now 10.3.2.2] (“College of Pharmacy”) – updated requirements
Change to 4.2.2.2.1 [now 10.3.1.2.1] (“College of Health Sciences Program,” “Freshman Admission”) – updated requirements
Change to 4.2.2.2.5 [now 10.3.1.2.5] (“College of Health Sciences Program,” “Medical Laboratory Science Admissions Policy”) – updated requirements
Change to 4.2.2.9.2.5 [now 10.3.1.9.2.5] (“Admissions Requirements for Particular Programs,” “Gatton College of Business and Economics,” “Appeals Process”) – change to clarify appeals process
Change to 4.2.2.10.1 [now 10.3.1.10.1] (“Admissions Requirements for Particular Programs,” “Biomedical Engineering”) – added the new program’s requirements for engineering standing
Change to 4.2.2.12 [now 10.3.1.12.1] ("Admission Requirements," "Undergraduate Programs," "Admission to the College of Communication and Information Degree Programs") – changes to admission requirements for undergraduate programs and removal of detailed graduate-level admissions information
Change to 4.2.5.2 [now 4.2.2.2] (“Postbaccalaureate Student”) – change to how many postbaccalaureate credit hours can be applied to a graduate degree
Change to 4.2.8 [now split into 3.1.1.2 and 4.2.4] (Undergraduate Certificates) – updated admissions requirements
Change to 4.2.9 [now split into 3.1.1.3 and 4.2.5] (Graduate Certificates) – updated admissions requirements

Section 5: Rules Relating to Attending the University

Change to 5.1.8.2 [now 5.1.7.2.1] (“Unilateral Withdrawals,” “Time Period”) – simplified description of withdrawal period and removed outdated interpretations
Change to 5.1.8.5 [now 5.1.7.5.1] (“Retroactive Withdrawal,” “Requirements”) – clarified when a retroactive withdrawal is permitted in cases of academic offenses
Interpretation to 5.2.4.2.1 [now 5.2.5.2.1] (“Excused Absences,” “Acceptable Excuses”) programs with licensure or accrediting components can establish policies and consequences regarding students with multiple job-interview-related excused absences
Interpretation of 5.2.4.2.2 [now 5.2.5.2.2] (“Making Up Graded Work”) – reorganized language regarding “prior notification” and clarified make-up opportunities for students who add after the first day of classes
Interpretation of 5.2.4.6 [now 5.2.5.6] (“Dead Week”) – clarified that distance learning courses are also subject to Dead Week rules
New 5.2.5.2.3.2 (“Excused Absences for Military Duties”) – added new regarding short-term military absences
Change to 5.3.1.1 [now 5.3.2.1] (“Repeat Option”) - clarified that students can repeat a pass/fail course for a letter grade
Interpretation of 5.3.1.1 [now 5.3.2.1] (“Repeat Option”) – added interpretation regarding a student enrolled in two undergraduate degree programs
New 5.3.2.2 (“Repeat Option,” “Graduate Students”) – codifies 1981 Senate action
Change to 5.3.3.6.2 [now 10.5.1.6.2] (“Gatton College of Business and Economics,” “Other Programs”) – clarifies meaning of “semester”
Change to 5.3.4.1.1 [now 10.5.2.1] (“University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law,” Probation, suspension, and required repetition of courses”) – updated requirements
Change to 5.3.4.2.1 [now 10.5.2.2.1] (“College of Pharmacy,” “Academic Performance, Progress and Guidelines”) – updated requirements
Change to 5.3.4.2.2 [now 10.5.2.2.2] (“Academic Policy for Professional Students in the College of Pharmacy”) – updated requirements
Change to 5.3.4.2.3 [now 10.5.2.2.3] (“College of Pharmacy,” “Probation”) – updated requirements
Change to 5.3.4.2.4 [now 10.5.2.2.4] (“College of Pharmacy,” “Suspension”) – updated requirements
Change to 5.3.4.2.5 [now 10.5.2.2.5] (“College of Pharmacy,” “Special Considerations”) – updated requirements
Interpretation to 5.5.2.2 (“Conditions of Merit and Circumstance for Degree Honors”) – clarifies how graduation honors are computed for JD and PharmD students
Change to 5.4.1.2.1 [now 5.5.1.1.1] (“Application for Degrees,” “Undergraduate Degrees”) – revised language regarding deadline to apply for an undergraduate degree
Change to 5.4.1.2.2 [now 5.5.1.1.2] (“Application for Degrees,” “Graduate Degrees”) – revised language regarding deadline to apply for a graduate degree
Change to 5.5.1.1.3 (“Application for Degrees,” “Professional Degrees”) – clarified to whom professional degree programs send their application deadlines

Section 6: Student Academic Affairs

Change to 6.4.4.2.4 (“Disposition of Cases of Academic Offenses,” “Right to Drop or Withdraw from a Course”) – clarified when a retroactive withdrawal is permitted in cases of academic offenses

Section 10: Appendices

New 10.3 (“Admissions Requirements for Particular Programs”) – moved all program-related admissions requirements to new appendix
New 10.4 (“Exceptions to the Grading System”) – moved all program-related exceptions to University grading system to new appendix
New 10.5 (“Academic Probation, Suspension, and Dismissal Policies for Particular Programs”) – moved all program-related probation, suspension, and dismissal policies to new appendix