Program Completion
Substitution of Courses
Courses may be substituted on the following grounds:
- When a student is following a curriculum that has been superseded by a new one and the substitution tends to bring the old curriculum in line with the new;
- When there is a conflict of hours between two required subjects; or
- When the required subject is not offered during the semester when the student needs it.
A substitution shall be valid when:
- The courses involved are within the same program, or the two courses are allied to each other.
- The course being used as a substitute has credit units equal to or greater than the credit units of the required course.
All applications for substitution must be submitted to the Office of the Dean concerned before 12 percent of the regular class meetings have been held. Any petition submitted thereafter shall be considered for the following semester.
No substitution shall be allowed for any course prescribed in the curriculum where the student has failed or received a grade of 5 except when in the opinion of the Program offering the prescribed course, the proposed substitute covers substantially the same subject matter as the required subject.
All applications for substitution shall be acted upon by the Dean concerned. In case the action of the Dean is adverse to the recommendation of the Adviser and the Program Chair concerned, the student may appeal to the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, whose decision shall be final.
Scholastic Standing
Students seeking conferment of a graduate and postgraduate degree-MA, MS, MPS, or PhD-must have a general weighted average of 2.0 or better.
No GWA is required of certificate/diploma courses, unless the program prescribes such a requirement.
Time Limit for Completion of a Degree
The time limit for completion of a degree is inclusive of leaves.
For certificate or diploma programs, the time limit for completion is double the number of years required to finish the program (i.e., two years for a one-year program or four years for a two-year program)
For a master's program, the time limit for completion is 7 years.
For a PhD program, the time limit for completion is 10 years.
