Overview of UoS Rules & Regulations

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 Outline
• Advising
• Registration instructions
• Registration bylaws
• Student study plans

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 Advising

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 Advising Process
• Each student is assigned an academic advisor
from day one of attendance at UoS
• The academic advisor is a faculty member in
the student’s academic department

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Role of academic • Assist student to prepare
advisor course schedule during
registration
• Support and guide student
during university studies
• Monitor student’s
academic progress
• Offer counseling on any
academic difficulties or
problems student may
experience
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Academic advisor
If you still do not know
your academic advisor,
check with the chair of
your academic department
Location of CHS departments
M23 M31

Nursing Medical Laboratory

Sciences
Physiotherapy Clinical Nutrition &
Dietetics
Environmental Health Medical Diagnostic
Imaging
Health Services
Administration
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 Example of Study Plan
Health Services Administration Study Plan
Students registered in undergraduate HSA program should complete 134 CH
distributed as follows:

Category Compulsory Elective Credit Hours

University 15 9 24
Requirements
College 24 0 24
Requirements
Department 80 6 86
Requirements
Total 116 18 134

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 Study Plan

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Minimum & Maximum
Duration of Study

To earn a bachelor degree, enrolled student required to

study a minimum period at UoS

In CHS, minimum period of study is 8 regular

semesters (regular semester refers to a fall or spring
semester)

No student may spend more than 15 semesters in CHS

to obtain bachelor's degree
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 Minimum semester load shall be 12 credits unless student needs less than that
to graduate

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IEP (Intensive English Program) students

 Students in IEP levels 3 or 4 may take either

an Arabic Language or Islamic Culture course
in addition to the IEP required courses
“Reading skills, Listening skills, etc”

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 Attendance

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 Schedule change
• Students may change their schedule after registration
by adding and/or dropping courses during the official
drop and add period noted in the academic calendar
• first week of fall/spring semesters or second day of
summer session
• dropped course will be deleted from student’s
schedule
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 Withdrawal after drop & add period
• A student may, upon approval of academic advisor,
withdraw from one or more courses between 2nd - 10th
week of classes of a regular semester or during 3rd - 4th
weeks of summer session, provided that student’s
load (excluding summer) does not fall below 9 credits
• A grade of “W” shall be recorded in student’s
transcript
• College Dean’s approval required if withdrawal results
in load less than 12 credits (excluding summer)

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 Date Description
Week 10 Last day for dropping courses without
Grade “F”

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 Absence from the Final Exam (cont.)

• The student, in coordination with concerned department and

course instructor, must take a make-up exam to replace “I”
within a period that starts from the date the reason(s) is
accepted until the end of the first week of the following regular
semester
• If student fails to take make-up exam, grade “F” will be
automatically assigned to that course.

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 Absence from the Final Exam (cont.)

• If the circumstances for receiving an “I” grade persist within the

period above, the student’s College Council may consider the
student as withdrawn without assigning grade “F” for the
concerned course(s), and the student shall be assigned grade
“W” (Excused Withdrawal).

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 Change of Major
• A student who has completed one semester in a major may
request a Change his Major any time before the 13th week of a
regular semester
• The Dean of the new college, in consultation with the
department chairperson of aspired program, decides on the
student’s request before the start of the following semester
according to following conditions:
1. Student request for change of major meets college rules and
requirements
2. Seat in desired major is available
3. Student has not changed major before

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 Change of Major

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 Grading System

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 Grading System
• Letter grades are used to represent student
performance in a course
• Letter grades are calculated according to the
scheme on next page
• Minimum passing letter grade is D

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 How to calculate semester and
cumulative GPA?

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 Semester Grade Point Average
The semester GPA is computed as follows:
• Determine course quality points by multiplying
number of course credit hours by value of letter
grade
• Add the total quality points and the total number of
corresponding credit hours
• Divide the total quality points by the total number of
credit hours
(3 X 2.5) + (3 x 3.5)+ (4 x 2.0) + (3 x 3.5) + (3 x 3.0) = 2.84
3+3+4+3+3
For Example:
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 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

• Determine quality points of all courses taken

• Add the total quality points and the total
number of corresponding credit hours
• Divide the total quality points by the total
number credit hours
For Example:
(2.5 X 2) + (3.5 X 2) + (2.0 X 4) + (3.5 X 3) + (3.0 X 3)+ (3.5 X 3) + (2.0 X 4) + (3.5 X 3) + ............
3 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 2 +………

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Academic Probation

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Academic Probation
 The load may be increased to:

 15 credit hours upon the recommendation of the student's academic

department and in coordination with the Registrar's Office if this can lead to

the graduation of the student in the same semester.

 The student must register through the academic advisor.

 Students on probation are not given access for on-line registration.

 A student receives a second probation if he fails to remove the first

probation by the end of the following semester

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 Academic Probation
 Students with 2 consecutive probations may choose one of the following
options:
 Continue in same major with approval of College Dean and risk
academic dismissal if the probation is not removed by the end of the
following semester; receives 3 consecutive probations
 Change their major: if accepted, the transferred courses and CGPA
will be determined according to the requirements of the new major.
If the CGPA of the transferred courses is 2.00 or higher, the probation
status is removed

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 Academic Dismissal

A student after having completed more than 90 credits with CGPA of 1.95
or higher and receives academic dismissal due to attaining a 5th
probation, shall be allowed to study one more semester to clear
probation
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 Forced Change of Major
• A student whose CGPA falls below 1.0 at the
end of any semester “after completing two
regular academic” must transfer to another
program and shall not be allowed to return
to the old program in the future

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• The Registrar’s Office may, upon the request of a student who has
been a regular student for at least one semester, suspend his/her
registration and keep his/her grades obtained before the suspension
if there is a compelling reason for doing so.

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 Graduating Students

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 Sample transcript

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Calculate Semester GPA (Spring and Fall)
Calculate CGPA

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Calculate Semester GPA (Spring and Fall)
Calculate CGPA

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 Conclusion
• Be an informed student
• Ignorance of the UoS Rules & Regulations is
No Excuse
• Have a real partnership with your academic
advisor

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 Form more information visit the below link

• https://myuos.sharjah.ac.ae/en/Services/doclib/Documents/bylaws_en.p
df

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