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M5.000 Academic Affairs

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M5.100 General Academic Policies

M5.101 Academic Rights and Freedoms of Students

M5.102 Academic Integrity

M5.103 Registration and Enrollment

M5.104 Student Records

M5.105 Class Attendance

M5.106 Academic Probation, Suspension, and Dismissal

M5.107 Leave of Absence

M5.108 Excused Student Absences for Official University-Sponsored Events (PDF)

M5.109 Credits and Grades

M5.110 Transfer Credit

M5.111 Commencement Printed Program

M5.112 Commencement Attire

M5.113 Posthumous Degrees (PDF)

M5.114 Management of Course Listings (PDF)

M5.115 Departmental Assessment of Undergraduate Learning (PDF)

M5.116 Completion of English Language Institute (ELI) Courses

M5.117 Hawaiian/Second Language Back Credits (PDF)

M5.118 Articulation of Leeward Community College Japanese Courses (PDF)

M5.119 Classroom Use Policy and Procedures (PDF)


M5.200 Undergraduate Education

M5.201 Admission of Classified Students

M5.202 Admission of Unclassified Students

M5.203 Application Procedures

M5.204 Academic Programs

M5.205 Concurrent Undergraduate Degrees

M5.206 Second Baccalaureate Degree (PDF)

M5.207 Examinations

M5.208 Dean's List (PDF)

M5.209 Course Repeat: C- Courses May Be Repeated (PDF)

M5.210 Graduation Requirements and Policies


M5.300 General Education

M5.301 Faculty Governance of General Education (PDF)

M5.302 Transfer Student Articulation to General Education (PDF)

M5.303 Articulation to General Education Foundations Requirements (PDF)

M5.304 "Foundations" versus "Diversification" Designations of UH Courses (PDF)

M5.305 Diversification and Focus E and O Requirements (PDF)

M5.306 Course Equivalence and the Diversification Designation (PDF)

M5.307 Articulation and Review of Core Courses with "Sunset" Dates (PDF)

M5.308 Diversification "Sunrise" Dates (PDF)

M5.309 Proposing Courses for "Fast Track" Articulation (PDF)

M5.310 Dual Designation Approval of Foundations Courses (PDF)

M5.311 Renewal of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues (H) Focus Courses (PDF)


M5.400 Graduate Education

M5.401 Registration

M5.402 Withdrawal

M5.403 Enrollment and Course Loads

M5.404 Course Applicability

M5.405 Transfer/UHM PBU Credits

M5.406 Credits by Exam

M5.407 Undergraduate Excess Credits

M5.408 Academic Progress

M5.409 Seven-Year Rule

M5.410 Leave of Absence

M5.411 Academic Regulations and Standards

M5.412 Conduct Code

M5.413 Grading Policies

M5.414 Disciplinary Actions

M5.415 Conflict Resolution

M5.416 Grievance Procedure

M5.417 Concurrent or Sequential Degrees

M5.418 Double-Counting Credits

M5.419 Change in Degree Objective/Plan or Enrollment Status

M5.420 Graduation

M5.421 Degree Check

M5.422 Commencement



Related Policies, Procedures and Guidelines:

Report on UH Centers

Board of Regents Policies (PDF)

  • Instructional Programs
  • Awards for Excellence in Teaching
  • Distinguished Academic Chairs
  • Affiliations and Cooperating Agencies with non University Entities
  • Academic Calendar
  • Establishment and Review of Centers and Institutes
  • Graduate Programs
  • Conferring of Academic Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates
  • Honorary Degrees and Regents' Medals, and University Distinguished Professor
  • Distance Education and Offsite Instruction
  • Admissions
  • Early Admission Policies
  • General Education
  • Student and Credit Transfer within the University
  • University Centers
  • Library
  • University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Implementation of Policy

UH Systemwide Executive Policies

  • Authority to Award Degrees and Certificates for Programs Authorized by the Board of Regents
  • Authority to Implement BOR Policy Governing University of Hawaiʻi Program Certifications (degrees, diplomas, and certificates) Conferred by the BOR
  • Approval of New Academic Programs and Review of Provisional Academic Programs
  • Review of Established Programs
  • University of Hawaiʻi Program Credentials
  • University of Hawaiʻi Distance Learning Plans, Policies, and Procedures
  • Academic Minors and Certificate Credentials
  • Awarding of Honorary Degrees and Regents Medals
  • Small Undergraduate Classes
  • University of Hawaiʻi System Student Transfer and Inter-Campus Articulation
  • Educational Assessment
  • Ethical Standards in Research and Scholarly Activities
  • Foreign Interinstitutional Affiliates
  • Establishment and Review of Organized Research Units
  • Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
  • Establishment and Review of Centers
  • Research and Training Revolving Fund
  • Reinstatement of Deployed Active-Duty Military, Hawaiʻi National Guard, and Reservists
  • Compliance with Export Control Laws and Regulations
  • Department Chairs, Special Program Directors and Chairs of Academic Subdivisions, and Cooperating Teacher/Counselors and Observation/Participation Teachers
  • Faculty Exchange
  • Classification of Faculty
  • High Demand
  • Graduate Assistant
  • Faculty Housing
  • Faculty Sick Leave
  • University Housing Assistance Program
  • Post Doctoral Fellows
  • Credit Hour
  • Administration of the Patent and Copyright Policy

UH Systemwide Administrative Procedures

  • Procedures for Invention Identification, Disclosure and Reports under State Funding
  • Procedure for Copyrights of Work Produced for Hire
  • Procedures for Invention Identification, Disclosure and Reports under Extramural Contract Patent Clauses
  • Protection of Human Subjects: Committee on Human Studies
  • Procedures for Disclosing and Addressing Conficts of Interest and Commitment