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Student Classification • Second Year/Sophomores 36 - 72 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 69 -107 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 30 - 59 credit hours
• Third Year/Juniors 73 -111 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 108+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 60 - 89 credit hours
Students are classified in terms of their progression
towards their Bachelor Degree according to the number of • Final Year/Seniors 112+ credit hours B.Sc. in Software Engineering • Final Year/Seniors 90+ credit hours
credit hours passed: All transfer students will be classified on the same basis
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours
College of Arts (CAS) according to the number of credit hours they have earned.
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 66 credit hours
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 29 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 65 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 67 - 104 credit hours Credit Hours
• Second Year/Sophomores 30 - 59 credit hours
• Third Year/Juniors 66 -103 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours Courses are calculated in credit hours. Each course carries
• Third Year/Juniors 60 - 89 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 104+ credit hours a certain number of credit hours that are awarded after the
• Final Year/Seniors 90+ credit hours College of Health Sciences (CoHS) successful completion of that course.
B.Sc. in Cybersecurity Engineering
College of Business (COB) B.Sc. in Public Health Students admitted to a Bachelors Degree must complete
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 34 credit hours the required number of credit hours of courses taught
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 30 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 35 - 66 credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours according to a program approved by the College Council.
• Second Year/Sophomores 31 - 60 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 67 - 102 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 62 credit hours Students must successfully pass any remedial or other
• Third Year/Juniors 61 - 90 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 63 - 93 credit hours courses during the first academic year. These pre-degree
courses, including the ELI Levels, are not counted towards
• Final Year/Seniors 91+ credit hours B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering • Final Year/Seniors 94+ credit hours the GPA, although they appear on student’s transcripts.
College of Engineering (COE) • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours B.Sc. in Environmental Health and Safety One semester credit hour of lecture/tutorial is defined
B of Architecture • Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 65 credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours as 70 minutes per week for 13 weeks. One credit hour
of laboratory is defined as 140 minutes per week for
• First Year 00 - 34 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 66 -104 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 65 credit hours 13 weeks. Customarily, weekly quizzes and mid-term
• Second Year 35 - 69 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 66 - 98 credit hours examinations are included in the 13 week semester, with
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• Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours final examinations occurring in a special 14 week set
• Third Year 70 - 102 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 99+ credit hours aside just for these exams.
• Fourth Year 103 -132 credit hours B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering Some courses may be offered in a time-shortened period,
• Fifth Year 133+ credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 35 credit hours B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences - Laboratory Medicine often called a term, such as a summer term or Winter term,
B.Sc. in Aviation • Second Year/Sophomores 36 - 70 credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours which nonetheless offers class contact time and out-of-
class assignments equivalent to a semester course.
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 34 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 69 -104 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 71 credit hours
• Second Year/Sophomores 35 - 67 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 72 - 110 credit hours Student Record Confidentiality
• Third Year/Juniors 68 - 98 credit hours B.Sc. in Information Technology • Final Year/Seniors 111+ credit hours
• Final Year/Seniors 99+ credit hours The Student record is defined as any paper-base or online
documentation that contains information directly related
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 30 credit hours B.Sc. in Molecular and Medical Genetics
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours to the student, such as academic evaluations, transcripts,
• Second Year/Sophomores 31 - 60 credit hours test scores and other academic records, counseling and
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 35 credit hours advising records, disciplinary records, and financial aid
• Third Year/Juniors 61 - 93 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 68 credit hours records. Academic and non-academic student information
• Second Year/Sophomores 36 - 69 credit hours is confidential and is protected against release to anyone
• Final Year/Seniors 96+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 69 - 100 credit hours
• Third Year/Juniors 70 -104 credit hours except the student, the guardian, the sponsor and/or
B.Sc. in Interior Design • Final Year/Seniors 101+ credit hours otherwise specified by the Student Release of Information
• Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours Form.
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 34 credit hours B.Sc. in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
• Second Year/Sophomores 35 - 69 credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours Student Assessment and Late
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 33 credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 70 -102 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 66 credit hours
• Second Year/Sophomores 34 - 68 credit hours Coursework Guidelines
• Third Year/Juniors 69 - 106 credit hours • Final Year/Seniors 103+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 67 - 100 credit hours ADU believes that quality assessment should both
• Final Year/Seniors 107+ credit hours B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering • Final Year/Seniors 101+ credit hours document student success (assessment of learning) and
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 34 credit hours College of Law (COL) help students improve and learn better through provision
of timely feedback on their performance (assessment for
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 35 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 35 - 68 credit hours • First Year/Freshmen 00 - 29 credit hours learning) and how to improve it. Moreover, faculty should
develop assessment methods and tasks that serve both

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