Graduation Under a Particular Catalog
To receive an undergraduate degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, a student must fulfill all requirements for that degree as set forth in a catalog under which the student is entitled to graduate. The student, however, has several choices:
- graduate under the current catalog;
- graduate under the catalog in force the year the student first registered (degree seeking status) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (within the six-year limitation) provided the student experiences no longer than a one academic year disruption in enrollment;
- graduate under the catalog for any subsequent year in which the student was registered at Mary Hardin-Baylor (within the six-year limitation) provided the student experiences no longer than a one academic year disruption in enrollment; or
- if first registration (degree seeking status) at Mary Hardin-Baylor was during a summer session, graduate under the catalog governing the preceding “long” semester or the catalog for the next “long” semester (within the six-year limitation) provided the student experiences no longer than a one academic year disruption in enrollment.
Students experiencing a disruption in enrollment lasting longer than one academic year must reorganize their respective degree plan to conform to the current catalog.
The University catalog is considered valid for six years from a student’s initial enrollment with degree seeking status. For example, the catalog for school year 2019-2020 is valid for graduation purposes through Summer 2025 for a degree seeking student enrolling in the fall of 2019. A student who fails to complete the required work for a degree in a six-year interval dating from the time the student first registered with degree-seeking status must reorganize his or her degree plan to conform with the current catalog. The same catalog will be in force for the entire degree; in other words, a student must use the same catalog for both the major and minor requirements. Certain certificate or licensure programs may require that you use the most current catalog to meet state, federal, or accreditation requirements.
Although a previous edition of the University’s academic catalog may control the academic criteria for awarding a student a degree or a major or minor in any academic field or certain academic honors and awards, the policies and procedures contained in the most recent edition of the catalog will always control. For example, matters such as academic standards, classroom expectations and ethics, and academic appeals are always controlled by the most recent catalog.