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NOTE TO STUDENTS
The Student’s Responsibility
All departments, schools and colleges within the university
establish certain requirements that must be met before a degree
program is completed. These requirements concern such things as
curricula and courses, majors and minors, and residence at the
university. Advisers, department chairpersons, academic staff
members and deans are available to help you understand and meet
these requirements, but you are responsible for fulfilling
them. At the end of your selected course of study, the
faculty decides whether you will receive a degree. If
requirements of graduation have not been satisfied, the degree
will not be granted. For this reason, it is important for you to
become acquainted with university requirements and regulations,
to continue to keep information about them throughout your
college career, and to be responsible for the completion of all
requirements.
Also, it is necessary, in the general administration of the
university, to establish broad policies and to provide certain
regulations and procedures by which they may be carried out. It
is important that you understand the policies and know the
regulations and procedures that you are expected to follow. This
catalog will serve as your curriculum guide throughout your
education at UW-L, provided you maintain uninterrupted
attendance and complete your degree within six calendar years.
In compiling our catalog, we have used the most current and
accurate information available to us at this time. However, we
reserve the right to add, revise, or delete any of the
information at any time and without giving prior notice. Often
when changes are made, you may follow either your original
catalog or the catalog containing the changed curriculum
requirements, whichever you prefer; however, you must choose one
catalog or the other, not a mixture of the two. At times,
changes are applicable to all students, regardless of what
catalog you are following. This decision, which is in the best
interest of your education, may be based on accreditation or
certification requirements, campus or UW System policies, or
program quality. Curriculum changes are reflected in your
advisement report, which makes it the most up-to-date source of
information. Changes, such as prerequisites and credits, which
affect individual courses, are applicable to all students.
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION
The faculty and administration of the University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse believe that it is the task of the
university to make people safe for ideas, not to make ideas safe
for people. Beyond formal lectures and laboratory experiences,
the University provides opportunities for the presentation of
diverse views to stimulate thought and discussion in the
University community. It is the responsibility of the University
to strive, over a period of time, to attain a diversified
presentation of ideas by people who are engaged in research and
social dialogue. Thus, the University seeks to increase student
exposure to the ever-expanding world of ideas. In a democratic
society we can do no less. The appearance of any particular
speaker on campus implies neither approval nor disapproval by
the administration or the faculty of what that speaker says.
CIVIL RIGHTS
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is totally committed to
providing equal education and employment opportunity regardless
of gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy,
marital, parental status, gender orientation, or veteran status.
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits
discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program
or activity receiving federal financial assistance by way of
grant, contract or loan. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 is similar in its prohibition of discrimination on the
basis of race, color or national origin. Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American Disabilities Act of
1990 prohibit discrimination on the basis of physical or mental
handicap. Equal educational opportunity includes: admission,
recruitment, extracurricular programs and activities, housing
facilities, access to course offerings, counseling and testing,
financial assistance, employment, health and insurance services,
and athletics. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination
that is unlawful and contrary to the fundamental standards of a
university community. All grievances, questions or requests for
information should be referred to the Affirmative Action
Officer, 132 Graff Main Hall.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Ongoing efforts are being made to ensure that facilities and programs are accessible to all students with disabilities. All students must identify and present documentation (no older than three years) of their disabilities to the Disability Resources Services office in order to receive ongoing accommodations.
Direct student services to those with physical, sensory or learning disabilities/ADHD include, but are not limited to: classroom note takers, tutors, class preregistration, taped textbooks, academic advising, individual/group counseling and equipment loan. Specific requests for assistance or information should be directed to the coordinator of the Disability Resource Services office, 165 Murphy Library.
This catalog is a record of undergraduate programs,
courses, policies, staff and facilities as of June 1, 2011
Edited by Justine Grant, Sue Knudson and
Corinne Means, Records and Registration
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