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Part Five – Student Manual

5.14. Dropping of Subjects
5.14.1. A student may, with the consent of his Instructor or Adviser and the College Dean, drop
a subject before midterm by filling up a dropping subject form;
5.14.2. No dropping of subjects shall be permitted after the specified period except for justifiable
reasons and upon recommendation of the Instructor or Adviser concerned. The
corresponding fee thereof shall be paid at the Cash section;
5.14.3. Dropping a subject shall be allowed before the midterm examination. The student is given
a dropped “D” as a remark. After the midterms, the student who drops is given a
failing grade of 70%; and
5.14.4. Refund of tuition and laboratory fees for the subject to be dropped shall be allowed
subject to the following: (Refer to refund of fees):
5.14.4.1. If dropping the subject is done due to cancellation/merging of the subject by
the University; and
5.14.4.2. If dropping of the subject/s was due to sickness, duly supported by a medical certificate
issued/verified by the School Physician or any government physician.

5.15. Substitution of Subjects
5.15.1. Every substitution of a subject shall be based on at least one of the following:
5.15.1.1. When a student is pursuing a curriculum that has been superseded by a new one and
the substitution tends to bring the old curriculum in line with the new;
5.15.1.2. Conflict of time between two (2) required subject;
5.15.1.3. When a required subject is not offered during the semester/summer but is needed by
the student; and
5.15.1.4. In case a student fails a major or elective subject, he can enroll an alternative as long
as he meets the required number of units without repeating the failed subjects.

5.15.2. All petitions for substitution shall be covered by the following rules:
5.15.2.1. Petition shall be submitted to the office of the Vice President for Academic
Affairs/Campus Director through the Dean concerned within one (1) week from the
date of the regular classes.
Any petition submitted thereafter shall be considered only for the following semester or term;
5.15.2.2. Petitions shall only involve subjects within the same department, if possible. If not,
the two subjects concerned must be allied;
5.15.2.3. Petition shall only be allowed when the substitutes carry a number of units equal to or
more than the units of the required subject;
5.15.2.4. No substitution shall be allowed for any subject prescribed in the curriculum in which
the students are enrolled, except if the proposed substitute covers substantially the
same subject matter as the required subject;
5.15.2.5. All applications for substitution shall be acted upon by the College Dean concerned
immediately upon receipt thereof. In case the action of the College Dean is adverse
to the recommendation of the adviser and the department chairman concerned, the
student may file an appeal thereon with the Vice President for Academic Affairs
whose decision shall be final; and
5.15.2.6. A student who failed in a subject not required in his curriculum has the option not to
repeat the failed subjects.

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