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5.33.1.5. A removal examination may be taken at another time, subject to the approval of the instructor
and department head and upon payment of the corresponding special examination fee per
subject.
5.33.1.6. In case the instructor concerned is on the study leave, resigned, transferred, or in any instance
will not be available for a period of the one semester or more, the College dean or department
chairman concerned shall designate another instructor to give the validating/ removal
examination or accept the completion requirement and therefore empower him to give the
appropriate grade thereof.
5.33.2. The removal of “Inc.” due to inability to submit requirements on time shall be subject to the
following:
5.33.2.1. When the required project, experiment, write-ups, term papers, terminal or summary reports,
examinations and other relevant requirements shall be completed by the student within the one
year grace period, the INC shall still appear in the transcript of records and the completion
grade shall be placed beside it (e.g. INC/75) or to be placed under the column for re-exam (e.g.
Grade – INC; Re-Exam = 75).
5.33.2.2. Non-compliance of the requirements within the reglamentary period of one year shall turn the
“inc.” to a grade of “5” or its equivalent.

5.34. Zero Academic Deficiency
All candidates for graduation in all the Colleges of the University must have Zero Academic
Deficiency in order that they may be allowed to participate and join the graduation exercises.

5.35. Requirements for Graduation
5.35.1. As early as the end of the student’s junior year, the College Dean and the University Registrar
shall make evaluation of the student’s deficiencies.
5.35.2. Graduation of students shall be covered by the following:
5.35.2.1. A student shall be recommended for graduation only after he shall have satisfied all academic
and other requirements for graduation prescribed in his curriculum.
5.35.2.2. A candidate for graduation shall file his application for graduation at the University Registrar
using the form prescribed in his curriculum.
5.35.2.3. The University Registrar, in consultation with the respective College Dean, shall check the
academic record of each candidate with the view to ascertain whether any candidate has any
deficiency to make up for and whether he has fulfilled all the requirements which would
qualify him to be a candidate for graduation.
5.35.2.4. All candidates for graduation shall fulfill all requirements for graduation not later than one
week before the Academic Council meets to act on the candidates for graduation.
5.35.2.5. At least two days before the Academic Council Meeting herein mentioned, the University
Registrar shall publish and issue each member of the Academic Council a complete list of duly
qualified candidates for graduation for the particular term.
5.35.2.6. No student shall graduate from the University unless he shall have completed at least two
years or at least 50% of the total academic credit hours required in the curriculum for
residence work which may, however, be extended to a longer period by the proper faculty
member after evaluation of his pertinent records. The two years residence work herein
referred to be immediately prior to graduation.

5.36. Graduation with Honors
5.36.1. Students who complete their courses with the following averages computed based on the
prescribed number of years with options of taking summer and carry a load of not less than 21
units or the regular load of the particular course per semester shall graduate with honors:
5.36.1.1. Cum laude – 1 year residence in IFSU prior to graduation with general average of 89% –
92% with no grade lower than 80% in any of the subjects earned from first year to fourth
year.

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