General Academic Information

Interdepartmental Transfers

A student wishing to transfer to another department may request to do so only in
their first year under the following conditions and procedures:

1. Students may qualify to transfer to another department by fulfilling the department's
   requirements, which they did not have when they first enrolled at the University.
2. The student must check with the chairperson of the new department who will advise
   the student whether he or she is qualified to transfer to the new department or not by
   ensuring that the prerequisites of the department he or she wishes to transfer to have been met.
3. If condition is met, the student should obtain inter-departmental transfer form(s) from the
   Registrar's Office and complete it (them) accordingly.
4. When the student has completed the form(s), he or she obtains the signatures of the following:
   a. The chairperson of the department to which he or she intends to transfer.
   b. The Chairperson of the Department from which he or she is transferring, and
   c. The Dean of the Faculty or School to which he or she is transferring.
5. He or she returns the form(s) to the Registrar's office for processing.
6. After the Senate has approved the transfer, the Registrar, will write a letter stating the action
   taken by the Senate to the student.
7. Transfer is effected only after the approval of the Senate.
   

Repeating Courses

A course in which a student has earned a Grade of C or better may be repeated only by
permission of the Senate. The application form is obtained from the office of the Registrar.
A student who has earned a grade of D in any course is eligible for a supplementary Examination.
A student who fails supplementary Examination will be required to repeat a course. A student
who has earned a grade of E or F in any course is to repeat the course. The grade earned in
the first attempt remains on the student's permanent record, but in computing the cumulative
GPA, the credits and honor points earned on the second attemp will be used. A student will not
be allowed to repeat a course two times. In a sequence-type course, a student who earns a
grade less than C for one semester must clear that course through supplementary examination
or repeat a course before being permitted to continue with other courses in the series.

Course Loads

The normal load is 18 - 21 credit hours for an 18-week semester and 12 credit hours for the
11-weeks short Sessions/short Semester. Exceptions require the permission of the Dean of
Faculty or School or Department.

Criteria for Overload

Up to 23 credits during normal semester and 13 credits during Winter Sessions/Winter Semester
if Cumulative GPA is at least 3.50.

Up to 24 credits during normal semester and 14 credits during Winter Sessions/Winter Semester
if Cumulative GPA is at least 4.0.

A student who has completed a minimum of 80 credit hours and has a minimum cumulative GPA
of 2.67 may be allowed to register up to 20 credit hours in any one semester.

Credit hours for fieldwork courses that are taken before or after each semester can be applied to
the subsequent semester without invoking student's overload requirement.

Attendance Regulations

Absences are counted from the first day of classes, and are classified as excused or unexcused.
Excused absences involve reasons of illness, authorized trips or circumstances beyond the
student's control. Absences for health reasons should be cleared through the University doctor
on the proper form obtained. Absences for any reason other than those mentioned above are
considered unexcused. Class work such as quizzes and tests missed during an excused absence
may be made up through arrangements with the lecturer(s) involved. Class work missed during
an unexcused absence may not be made up. If a student's total number of absences-excused and
or unexcused- exceeds 15% of the total class meetings in a course, a grade of F may be recorded.
If warranted by special circumstances, the senate may grant permission to make up the missed
class work.

Tardiness

Three tardiness are counted as an absence, and entering after 15 minutes have passed, or missing
15 minutes or more from a class is considered an absence.

Assembly Attendance

The weekly assembly is considered to be an important part of the student's academic experience,
and attendance is therefore required. Seating will be assigned at registration time, and record will
be taken. More than four absences from assembly in a given semester may result in suspension.

Plagiarism

The University of Arusha acknowledges and respects originality of any academic work. In this
regard, any production in full or in part of another person's work is discouraged. However, this
can be done with permission from the author by giving proper credit in form of citation.

Course Outlines

All students should expect to be provided with course outlines by lecturers in the respective
courses registered for in a given semester. If not so, the matter should be reported to the
respective department head immediately and then to the DVC for Student Affairs.