Policies and Regulations

Please see the Undergraduate Academic Policies section of this Bulletin. Students are responsible for complying with all University-wide academic policies as well as those of the School of Communications and Theater that appear below.

Academic Standing

Students must maintain a 2.00 cumulative GPA in their major or track and make satisfactory progress toward their SCT degrees to remain in good academic standing. Students who are not in good academic standing at the end of a semester will be warned for the following semester. Students who are not in good academic standing at the completion of that following semester may be dropped from the SCT programs.

Credits Not Applied Toward the Degree

Credits earned in the following courses are not applied toward a degree in the School of Communications and Theater: all courses in Military Science, Topical Studies, RCC, ELECT, and Mathematics 0015. 

Dean's List

Each semester, undergraduate students who achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above for the semester with 12 or more credits toward the degree and with no grades of I or NR are selected for the Dean's List. Letters of congratulation are sent to each of these students.

English 0040 Requirement

Students required to take English 0040 must complete that requirement before enrolling in Journalism 0150 and before enrolling in Strategic and Organizational Communication courses numbered 0050 or above.

Readmission

Students returning to the School of Communications and Theater after an absence of three or more years must use the Undergraduate Bulletin in effect at the time of readmission or any subsequent Undergraduate Bulletin. Credits more than ten years old may not be applied toward a degree in the School.

Transfer Students

Refer to the Undergraduate Admissions section of this Bulletin for general information on transferring courses to Temple. In addition to these criteria, each department in the School of Communications and Theater will evaluate any credit to be transferred into a major. This evaluation generally is done at the first meeting with a faculty advisor during the first semester. The maximum number of credit hours allowed to transfer in the major are: 12 hours in Advertising; 20 hours in Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media; 21 hours in the Communications interdepartmental degree; 21 hours in Film and Media Arts; 12 hours in Journalism; 12 hours in Strategic and Organizational Communication; and 20 hours in Theater.