UCC Academic Policy on Progression from one level to another: L100 to L400

UCC Academic Policy on Progression from one level to another

Progression from Level 100 to Level 200

The Directorate of Academic Affairs at the University of Cape Coast reinterate the University’s Academic Policy on Progression from one level to another.

The student must:

1. Pass all courses taken (Obtain Grade A – D)

2. Attain a minimum C.G.P.A. of 1.0

Students with GPA below 1.0 at the end of the first semester shall be cautioned by the Director (Academic Affairs) and counselled by the Departmental Academic Advisor and/or University Counseling Centre.

Dismissal

A Level 100 student who loses a total of twelve (12) credits registered for an academic year (either in the first, second or in both semesters) will be dismissed for poor academic performance. Such a student may, however, re-apply for admission into a different program the following academic year.

Supplementary End-of-Semester Examinations for Level 100 Students

A Level 100 student who loses between 1 and 11 credits in either the first, second or both semesters shall be given an opportunity to write a supplementary end-of-semester examination for Level 100 students shall be marked over 60 and shall be added to the continuous assessment score which the student would have obtained during the course of the semester.

The student will be withdrawn for poor academic performance if he/she is unable to pass all the failed courses in the supplementary end-of-semester examination.

A level 100 student who fails the supplementary end-of-semester examination and is withdrawn may re-apply for admission the following academic year into the same or different programme.

Progression from Level 200 Upwards

To progress from Level 200 to 300 or from Level 300 to 400, the student must:

• A. Attain a minimum C.G.P.A. of 1.0

• B. Accumulate at least 30 credits for the current year

• C. Not lose more than a total of 9 credits in the courses registered at the end of the academic year.

A student who fails to satisfy conditions A, B or C or all the above shall be placed on probation or asked to be an external candidate depending on the gravity of failure as detailed below:

Probation

If a student fails up to 9 credits, he/she will progress to the next level but will be required to repeat those failed courses.

Such a student will have to drop some of the current level courses and substitute them with the failed courses.

1. A student on probation is not allowed to do more than 18 credits in a semester

2. A student who is repeating a course will be required to take quizzes, assignments and end-of-semester examination for the repeated course(s)

3. A student on probation has two (2) chances to pass the failed course(s)

4. In consultation with his/her academic advisor and with the approval by the Department, a student on probation may be allowed to take another course in place of the failed one if the failed course is not a core course or an essential pre-requisite course

5. A student on probation must avail himself/herself of and benefit from Academic Advisory and Counselling Services provided by the University.

_Source:  https://ucc.edu.gh/main/applicants-and-students/progression-one-level-another_