Matriculated Student
A student is considered matriculated if he or she is pursuing one of our registered programs.

Credit Hours
USC operates on a semester calendar. Credit hours are measured on a semester credit basis. A semester credit hour represents approximately 15 class sessions of 50 minutes each.

Minimum Graduation Requirements
All prescribed courses for each program must be completed with a final cumulative average of at least 2.0 in order for a student to be eligible for graduation.

Academic Recognition

President's List - a matriculated student who has a semester average of at least 3.75 with a minimum of 12 credit hours carried and no incompletes or withdrawals.

Dean's List - a matriculated student who has a semester average of 3.25 to 3.74 with a minimum of 12 credit hours carried and no incompletes or withdrawals.

Course Deficiency
After the seventh week of each semester, a report showing the subject(s) in which a student has a deficiency will be mailed to the student's home. This deficiency report serves as a warning indicating the need for improved performance.

Grading System
The method of grading is as follows:

A- Excellent, 90-100%
B - Good, 80-89%
C - Fair, 70-79%
D - Warning, 65-69%
F - Failing Grade, 64% and under, course must be repeated
FT - Fail - Administratively Terminated

Inc. - Incomplete in assigned work - With the approval of the Instructor and/or the Dean, a student who has not completed required work in a specified course may receive a grade of incomplete. This grade must be removed within 7 weeks after the start of the next semester or the grade will be rated as a failure. The highest grade a student may receive for an Incomplete is a B without review of the Academic Dean.

P Passing - This grade is not calculated in the cumulative average. However, the course is used in credits (equated) attempted.

PR Passing With Restrictions - This grade is reserved only for individuals with a permanent disability who are unable to fulfill speed requirements in Keyboarding I.

W Indicates withdrawal within the first 3 weeks of each semester.

WF Indicates withdrawal after the third week of each semester when a student is failing, and the course must be repeated.*
WP Indicates withdrawal after the third week of each semester when a student is passing, and the course must be repeated.*

*No course withdrawal will be authorized after the tenth week of a semester or seventh week of the summer semester.

Failure to fulfill all outside classroom assignments may bar a student from examinations. A quality point system is used to determine the quality of work acceptable for graduation. Grades carry quality points each quarter as follows:

A - 4 quality points
B - 3 quality points
C - 2 quality points
D - 1 quality point
F/FT - 0 quality points

An "F" grade will not be calculated into the cumulative average after the subject has been satisfactorily completed. However, the F and/or FT will remain on the transcript. A failed subject must be repeated the next semester it is taught. A student may only repeat a particular course three times. In order to attempt a failed course for the fourth time, permission must be granted from the Academic Dean. Transcripts of grades are issued following the end of each semester. No transcript will be released for any reason unless the student's account is paid in full.

Conditions of Enrollment
As a condition to enrollment at the Utica School of Commerce each enrolled student agrees to the following:

Unless the student states otherwise in writing, the student grants permission to the Utica School of Commerce to release college grades, attendance, and college references to employers, high schools, colleges, and government offices without any notice to the student, except no release of the foregoing will take place if any payment due Utica School of Commerce is outstanding and payable, or the student is in default of a student loan.

The College exerts itself to protect the personal property of students. However, Utica School of Commerce shall not be responsible or liable for any property brought into or left at the Utica School of Commerce (including contents of student lockers).

Lockers are provided to students at the Utica Campus. The lockers are provided with locks that must be used at all times. All contents of lockers will become property of Utica School of Commerce three weeks after the student's last day of attendance. A ten dollar ($10.00) fee will be assesed for lost locks.

Upon enrollment, students give consent to allow pictures and/or video, to be taken by or for the school, and hereby gives Utica School of Commerce release of such pictures and/or video for reproduction, for publicity or promotional purposes and to list in school promotional material names, high schools attended, and names of employers, upon graduation from the Utica School of Commerce.

The Utica School of Commerce Placement Office is authorized to release academic information to perspective employers.
Student also release the Utica School of Commerce and acknowledge that the Utica School of Commerce has a right to any and all materials, data and/or files obtained, sent, stored, received, searched, attained, and/or etc., via the internet or otherwise and further acknowledges any such material, data, and/or files so obtained or created are the property
of the Utica School of Comemrce. Any data created or obtained at Utica School of Commerce belongs to the Utica School of Commerce and not to any particular function, unit or individual. Protection of individual privacy rights and compliance with legal and fiduciary requirements mandate that the data are owned by the institution.