IMPORTANT ARTICLES OF UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS
Registrar’s Office
Phone : 0 (312) 210 34 71
Fax : 0 (312) 210 79 60
e-posta :oidb@metu.edu.tr
http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/wwwoidb/turkce/yonetmelikler/
COURSE LOAD
Information on course load is available in the address below:
http://oibs.metu.edu.tr 58th program of View Program Details
Maximum two courses can be dropped from the regular course load if there is an important excuse or if the student’s CGPA is below 2.00. Approval of Department Chairmanship is required for these students.
Maximum one course can be added to the regular course load of the students whose CGPA is between 2.00-2.49. For this, their advisor’s approval is necessary. Maximum two courses can be added to the regular course load of the students whose CGPA is above 2.50, with their advisor’s approval.
Students whose standing is “Suspension” or “Suspension-Warning” can take as few or as many courses as they want (but they must take the courses, which they have taken and failed 3 semesters ago), providing that they do not exceed the regular course load for that semester.
COURSES THAT SHOULD BE REPEATED
Courses with grades of FF, FD, U, W, NA must be repeated or replaced in the first semester they are offered.
Students who want to retake a course in an undergraduate program, which they passed, must retake that course within three semesters after it was taken.
Students whose standing is “Suspension” or “Suspension-Warning” can repeat the courses,
• with a grade of FF, FD, U, NA
• they have passed but taken no earlier than three semesters
• they had passed before but have retaken in order to increase CGPA and have withdrawn
In addition, these students can register for “non-credit” courses, even if they have not taken them before and they can replace the elective courses they have taken with other elective courses that they have not taken.
Students whose standing is “Suspension or Suspension-Warning” are not allowed to register to new credit courses and W status courses.
This rule will not be applied for the students (only in their first semester) who transferred within METU’s (B) quota and whose last standing is “Suspension.”
COURSE REPLACEMENT
According to the regulations, students are required to replace the courses for which they have received FF, FD, NA, U, and W. They can also repeat a course that they have taken before in order to increase the grade. They have to make “replacement” for the courses they want to repeat. Students should replace one course with another by using the registration program during interactive registration. The Faculty Administrative Board takes decisions about replacements for retroactive reasons.
Rules For Course Replacement Procedure
-A course taken later can be replaced with a previously taken course.
-Replaced course must be the equivalent of the previous one.
-A course cannot be replaced with another course, which was taken in the same semester.
-The course with a grade of DD or above and will be replaced with another course, must have been taken within three semesters before the new course.
- Students are required to replace a course for which they received a grade of “W”.
-It is not possible to make replacement for must courses.
THE GRADE OF ‘NI’ (NOT INCLUDED)
In undergraduate programs, the grade of ‘NI’ (Not Included) specifies the courses that will not be added to the grade point average of the student. However, it is shown in the academic record sheet of the student. In addition, the courses of ‘NI’ status are counted in the regular course load of the student, which is specified in the 5th article of the university regulation. These courses cannot be replaced, repeated or withdrawn. Must courses cannot be taken in the ‘NI’ status.
Students, who are planning to register to double major/minor programs or graduate programs, should take the courses, which cannot be included in their major programs, in ‘NI’ status. Otherwise, it will not be possible to exclude these courses from their grade point average, after they have registered to double major/minor or graduate programs.
In the graduate programs, the grade of ‘NI’ specifies the courses that will not be added to the grade point average of the student. This grade is shown in the academic record sheet and the courses of ‘NI’ status cannot be used in the replacement procedure.