Interpretation of Policy on Incompletes for Students Called to Active Military Duty

When appropriate, instructors may prefer to make arrangements for the student to take an incomplete. Senate policy requires that an incomplete be made up within one calendar year of the end of the term in which the incomplete is given. When students are called to active military duty, and reach agreement with their instructor(s) to take an incomplete, they will have up to one calendar year following their discharge from active duty to complete their incomplete(s).

COMMENT:

The intent of the language is that for students called to active duty and in cases where instructors are willing to give the student an incomplete, the time to complete the incomplete would be one year following their discharge from active duty, not one year from the end of the term.

The Registrar has indicated to the Committee on Educational Policy that her office is receiving many requests on this point. The Committee believes that this is an appropriate adjustment to the grading policy.

In accord with Senate policy, once this Interpretation is presented to the Senate for information, if there is no objection raised by the Senate the Interpretation becomes part of the policy.