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8. ACADEMIC STATUS

Students are classified according to academic status depending on their scholastic performance as follows:

8.a. Good standing – regular students who do not have any failing and/or incomplete grade.
8.b. Warning – students who failed in 25% of the total number of units enrolled during the semester. *
8.c. Probation - students who failed in 50% of the total number of units enrolled during the semester. *
8.d. Dismissed –students who failed in 75% but less than 100% of the total number of academic units
enrolled during the semester will be dismissed from the program but may apply to enroll in another
program*
8.e. Permanent Disqualification – students who failed in 100% of the academic units enrolled during the
semester will no longer be allowed to enroll in any program offered in all campuses of the university.

*Students under any status will be advised to undergo mentoring and may enroll in optional course audit/
remedial classes in order for them to have better chances to pass the subject.

9. ACADEMIC LOAD

9.a. The maximum semestral academic load in the various programs shall be required for all regular
students in all year levels.
9.b. A maximum of 27 units shall be allowed for graduating students except those under Education
programs who are undergoing practice teaching, wherein they are only allowed to enroll a maximum of 12
units.

Note: Policies on the qualifications of students to undergo OJT/ Internship/ Field Practice in the Philippines
may be referred to the Section 16 of CMO No. 104, s. 2017, and CMO No. 22, s. 2013 for Policies,
Standards and Guidelines (PSGs) on Student Internship Abroad Program (SIAP).

10. ACADEMIC CREDIT SYSTEM

10.a. Generally, every lecture subject with a class meeting of three (3) hours a week is equivalent to three
(3) credit units. A laboratory subject with a class meeting of three (3) hours a week is equivalent
to one (1) credit unit, except for Nursing which is governed by CMO No. 14, s. 2009.
10.b. The sequence of subjects enrolled shall be in accordance with the approved curriculum. Subjects
taken and completed without passing the pre-requisite subject shall not be credited.

11. SCHOOL TERMS

The academic year is composed of three (3) terms: two (2) semesters with eighteen (18) weeks each, and
one (1) mid-year term of six (6) weeks.

12. SUSPENSION OF CLASSES

Classes may be suspended by proper authorities due to fortuitous events/ force majeure (natural
calamities) or any other circumstances that might affect the safety of students.

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