TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY MONTERREY CAMPUS Academic Regulations for Students in Undergraduate Programs

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1 TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY MONTERREY CAMPUS Academic Regulations for Students in Undergraduate Programs Código:4-DAAA-RA-03 1 INTRODUCTION These academic regulations apply only to students at the undergraduate level, the level of utmost priority at Tecnológico de Monterrey. This document is based on the conventions and rules included in the Policies and General Academic Norms of Tecnológico de Monterrey. These regulations summarize the rules that the Monterrey Campus considers necessary for students in order to achieve the objectives of their undergraduate academic formation. Although most of the articles cover rules that the students must abide by, some of them establish administrative procedures necessary to fulfill purely academic norms. The creation of these regulations is the responsibility of the Academic Senate of the Monterrey Campus; therefore, any modification of this document must be made by this governing body. For the effects of these rules, the following definitions apply: Acreditation. This is the act that registers the courses taken by a student, whether passed or failed, in these venues: a. At the same campus but under a different study plan, when subjects are equivalent in content. b. At another campus belonging to Tecnológico de Monterrey. c. At a foreign university under a collaborative agreement with Tecnológico de Monterrey. Advanced Placement Program. A program developed by the College Board, which offers high school students standardized courses, which are generally recognized as equivalent to university pre-degree and undergraduate courses. The participating universities award credits to those students who obtained scores high enough to accredit subjects in the university study plan. International Baccalaureate. A program developed by the International Baccalaureate, which offers standardized courses to high school students, generally recognized as equivalent to the pre-degree and undergraduate courses at a university. The participating universities offer standardized courses to high school students, generally recognized as equivalent to university pre-degree and undergraduate courses. The participating universities award credits to those students who obtained scores high enough to accredit subjects in the university study plan. Official study plan. The list of subjects that conforms the academic program registered with the Mexican Secretary of Education. Undergraduate program. The combined academic and undergraduate strategies whose fundamental objective is for students to obtain knowledge, aptitudes, abilities, and work habits, as well as developing attitudes and values necessary for functioning professionally in their careers. Force majeure. Circumstances not subject to the will of the student, produced as a result of overwhelming force, which therefore free the student from the responsibility of not fulfilling an obligation. The circumstances must be demonstrated. Clinics. Subjects related to the clinical area of the Division of Health Sciences, in which students are dedicated to hospital practice or consultation related to the practice of medicine. It may also refer to subjects practiced in other disciplines. College Board. The organization responsible for designing and administering the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (PAA) which are applied at Tecnológico de Monterrey for admission to high school and undergraduate study programs, as well as for the design of the Advanced Placement Program. Collaborative agreement. An agreement for joint academic work established between universities that establishes the commitment to mutual collaboration.

2 2 Honors Course. This is a course of superior intellectual challenge, in which students of high academic achievement are invited to enroll. The learning activities are focused primarily on developing students critical thinking ability, as well as personal and professional competencies. Remedial courses (or remedial subjects). Subjects whose objective is to provide students coming from different high schools with the knowledge required for taking undergraduate courses at Tecnológico de Monterrey Double Degrees. The act of receiving one degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey and another from an associated university Equivalency. The Act by which the Mexican Secretary of Education confers validation to subjects taken and passed by students at a national educational institution CENEVAL Exam. A general exam for undergraduates offered by the National Center for Educational Evaluation (Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación, A.C.) for the purpose of assessing the academic knowledge and abilities acquired by the student during his or her undergraduate studies. Regularization Examen. This exam may be offered once for one subject in the last or penultimate subject in a student s study plan, or taken in the last or penultimate semester of a student at Tecnológico de Monterrey, when it is the only pending academic requisite for a student to receive the degree corresponding to his undergraduate study plan. Comprehensive Exam. Evaluation designed by faculty in the academic disciplines at Tecnológico de Monterrey to comprehensively measure the knowledge and abilities acquired in a undergraduate; it also refers to external evaluations, designed by college bodies to apply in some majors. Study Plan. List of subjects included in an academic program. Revalidation. Act by which the Secretary of Education confers validity to subjects studied and passed by a specific student in a foreign educational institution. Undergraduate degree. The diploma awarded to students who have completed a study plan and fulfilled all graduation requirements. Undergraduate degree for academic purposes. Diploma with the same curricular value as an undergraduate degree, but which may not be used to obtain professional registry in Mexico. TOEFL. Test of English as a Foreign Language developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS), for the purpose of measuring students proficiency in English as a foreign language. GENERAL DISPOSITIONS Article 1 The nature of these Academic Regulations for Students of Undergraduate Programs makes it mandatory for all students enrolled at the Monterrey Campus to know and obey them. Ignorance of these regulations cannot be a valid argument for failing to comply by them. Article 2 The academic divisions may establish operational rules for the academic programs they administer, provided they do not violate these regulations, and as long as they have been approved by the Academic Senate. Article 3 In the case of clear force majeure, the President of the Academic Senate of the Monterrey Campus may take temporary measures different from those established in these regulations. CHAPTER I. ACADEMIC PERIODS

3 3 Article 4 The classes in undergraduate majors are offered during regular and intensive periods. The regular periods are by semester and trimester; semesters are from January to May and August to December; trimesters are from January to March, March to June, July to September, and September to December. Intensive courses are offered during the months of June and July; in this period the Campus offers some of the courses offered in the current study plans. The offering of courses is determined by the Campus Registrar. CHAPTER II. STUDENT ADMISSION Article 5 For admission purposes students are classified as follows: a) First admission. Students enrolling for the first time in undergraduate courses at Tecnológico de Monterrey. b) Readmission. Students who were enrolled in courses at the Monterrey Campus during the preceding semester or trimester. These students may register for the following period without requesting permission for readmission, as long as their academic status is not that of permanent dismissal or they are not prevented by a disciplinary sanction. c) Readmission with recess. Students who took courses at the Monterrey Campus, but who were not enrolled in or did not conclude the previous academic period. To be admitted to the Monterrey Campus, they must request readmission, as long as they were not permanently dismissed or subject to a disciplinary sanction that would impede this. d) Internal transfer Students who, prior to registering at Monterrey Campus, took undergraduate courses at another campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey. To be admitted, they must fulfill the Policies for Transfer Students at Campus Monterrey and be subject to these regulations like all students at this campus. e) External transfer. Students enrolled in foreign universities with which Tecnológico de Monterrey has an agreement for academic collaboration, who took courses at the Monterrey Campus with the intention of obtaining an undergraduate degree for academic purposes from Tecnológico de Monterrey, as well as the university of origin. For this type of students the admissions processes at any of these foreign universities are considered equivalent to those of Monterrey Campus; therefore to be admitted by these universities is the same as being admitted by the Monterrey Campus. f) Exchange. Students with regular enrollment in foreign universities with which Tecnológico de Monterrey has a collaborative academic agreement, who are taking courses at the Monterrey Campus for a determined period, with no intention of receiving an undergraduate degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey. The admissions criteria for these students are the same as those for students of International Programs. Those who are registered as exchange students will receive a certificate for the courses taken; however, the document will not be officially valid for studies in México. Those who have completed studies as exchange students may request admission as regular students who will take undergraduate courses in this Campus if they fulfill the admissions criteria and standards; moreover, the subjects they took as exchange students (passed and failed) will be officially validated. g) Visitors. Those students who wish to enroll at the Monterrey Campus for the purpose of increasing their knowledge in a particular area of study. They may be admitted as long as they provide evidence to the Registrar that they have the knowledge and the academic formation necessary to study the subjects of their interest, in agreement with the criteria and conditions established by the Academic Regulations of Tecnológico de Monterrey. Those who have obtained a lower score than that required on the admissions exam will not be allowed as visiting students. Those registered as visiting students will receive a certificate for the courses studied here; however the document will not have official validation for study in Mexico. Anyone desiring to continue enrollment as a visiting student for more than one academic period must request permission from the Registrar every semester, and this permission will be based on academic conduct and meeting the conditions established by these regulations. Those who have studied as visiting students may request admission as regular students in an undergraduate program at this Campus if they meet the criteria and standards for their admittance; furthermore, the subjects they have taken (passed and failed) as visiting students will be officially validated. Article 6 To be admitted to undergraduate studies at the Monterrey Campus, the applicant should submit documentation accrediting complete studies, from high school, vocational school or its equivalent, and must fulfill all requirements established by the

4 4 major of his or her choice. Applicants who have studied high school abroad must fulfill the legal requirements necessary for the validation of these studies in Mexico. Article 7 All applicants who have been admitted must prove that they have the knowledge required by this Campus in order to take their chosen major. These exams can be taken more than once as long as the interval between the two attempts is at least one week and prior to the first registration of the student. If these exams are not passed, students must enroll in the remedial courses offered by the Campus. From that moment on, those subjects will form part of the students study plan for all effects of these regulations. Article 8 A student may not be admitted simultaneously to two majors. If a student desires another undergraduate degree after finishing a major at Tecnológico de Monterrey, he or she may register in a second major under the following norms: 1. At least 25% of the subjects in the second study plan must be different from the first major. Obligatory subjects in one study plan cannot be considered electives of the other. 2. The applicant must fulfill the admission requirements of the study plan. 3. The dean of the second major must approve the admission of the applicant, based on his or her academic performance in the first major. Article 9 The units of a course are defined as the number of hours per week that students are expected to dedicate to coursework for the subject, both inside and outside of the classroom, in order to meet the objectives. Article 10 The academic load is the total number of units a student may register for during a particular school term. Article 11 To switch majors, students should turn in the corresponding application to the Registrar. The deadline for handing in the application form is the last day of classes of the ordinary school term immediately before the term in which the student wishes to enroll in the new major. A change of majors will only be authorized for students who fulfill the admission requirements of the new major. Article 12 Students who have been permanently dropped from the institution because of poor academic achievement at any campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey may not be admitted to Campus Monterrey. Article 13 Cases not covered in the Articles of this chapter will be studied and resolved by a committee composed of the Director of Admissions, the Registrar and a representative of the corresponding academic division. CHAPTER III. REVALIDATIONS, ACCREDITATIONS AND EQUIVALENCIES Article 14 According to the legal norms in effect and the dispositions of this chapter, when requested, the Registrar will apply to the Secretary of Education for: a. The revalidation of undergraduate studies carried out at a foreign university, or b. The equivalency of undergraduate studies carried out at a Mexican institution other than Tecnológico de Monterrey. The agreements for revalidation and equivalency are proposed by Tecnológico de Monterrey and subject to evaluation by the Secretary of Education, who will, in that case, authorize it. The agreement for revalidation or equivalency may not be modified after the first term of the student in the Institute. Article 15 Courses of any level which are registered as passed for the purposes of revalidation or equivalency in the study plan of a student must be similar in content and duration to the courses offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey. In order to obtain an agreement of revalidation or equivalency, the following requisites must be met: 1. Only courses taken at institutions recognized by the Secretary of Education may be revalidated or subject to equivalency.

5 5 2. Courses taken at other institutions must have a grade of 80 or its equivalent in another grade scale. 3. The course taken at another institution and the subject for which the revalidation or equivalency is requested must be similar in at least 80% of their contents. 4. If a subject has remedial courses as a prerequisite, the student may be required to take the corresponding placement test. 5. No subject can be revalidated or considered equivalent if the prerequisite courses have not been accredited. 6. A course which has been taken previously and failed at Tecnológico de Monterrey may not be revalidated or considered equivalent. 7. No more than 50% of the subjects in the study plan of a major may result from a revalidation or equivalency process. Tecnológico de Monterrey may order proficiency exams in the subjects whose revalidation or equivalency is requested. Article 16 In applications for transfer, any courses taken previously and failed at another campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey will be registered by the Registrar for the purposes of applying Chapter VII of these regulations. Article 17 Upon admission to the Institute, students who have taken the Advanced Placement Program administered by the College Board may accredit those subjects by taking a proficiency exam; students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Program may accredit equivalent subjects in their study plan without taking a proficiency exam, as long as they meet the academic requirements established for this purpose. Article 18 In the dual-degree undergraduate programs established with foreign universities, up to 75% of the courses in the study plan may be accredited, provided they were taken at the same university participating in the program. Article 19 If a student desires to take a second major at Tecnológico de Monterrey, he or she may not accredit toward the second major more than 75% of the courses from the first major. Article 20 Courses in the last semester of the study plan may not be registered as accredited by revalidation or equivalency. A student who takes these courses at a foreign university through an exchange program may not graduate at the end of that term, but will have to wait until the following semester to receive the diploma, provided he or she meets the other requisites for graduation. Article 21 Courses taken while registered at another educational institution while the student is simultaneously enrolled at Tecnológico de Monterrey may not be registered as revalidated or considered equivalent. However, if there is an exchange program with that institution, and if the director of the program authorizes it after ensuring that the maximum academic load was not exceeded, the courses may be accredited. Article 22 Although the norms for revalidation and equivalency vary among the regional rectories, revalidations and equivalencies obtained by the student upon admittance to any campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey will be accepted by the Monterrey Campus as long as the student has studied at the initial campus for at least two semesters. Article 23 Undergraduate students may study at a foreign university with whom Tecnológico de Monterrey has an exchange program a maximum of two semesters and two summers; that is, the student may accredit a maximum of 128 units of his or her study plan, provided all established requirements are met. Article 24 Cases not covered in this chapter will be studied and resolved by the Revalidations and Accreditations Committee, composed of the Director of Admissions, the Registrar and the director of the major to which admission is requested. CHAPTER IV. REGISTRATION Article 25

6 6 Students may register if they: a. Were enrolled at Campus Monterrey during the previous academic period and they completed it without being suspended for poor academic performance according to these regulations. b. Were admitted by the Admissions Department. It is understood that students who do not complete the registration procedures in the time period established by the Registrar forfeit their right to register. Article 26 Registration in courses begins with the order in which they appear in the study plan, and courses which appear earlier must be registered first. Article 27 Students may register for an academic load of 52 units each semester. They may register for 60 units if they meet one of the following requisites: 1. They have taken at least 40 units in the previous academic period with an average of at least They are in the penultimate semester of their major and they did not fail any subjects in the previous academic period. The academic load in the different majors in the field of health sciences are governed by the rules established by the School of Biotechnology and Health and the Academic Director of the Presidency of the Metropolitan Zone of Monterrey. Article 28 Students who are about to graduate who need to take a greater academic load than what is established in the previous Article may be authorized to take up to 64 units in their last semester. Article 29 Students may drop one or more subjects during the first six weeks of a semester with authorization from the director of their major and provided they do not violate the registration norms contained in these regulations. Students may drop all of the subjects they are registered in any day of the semester before the last day of classes. If the application to drop the subjects is registered after grades have been reported for the first two months of the semester, these grades will be taken into account when considering the readmission of the student to the Campus. Article 30 In intensive courses, the academic load which may be authorized is limited to sixteen units. Students in intensive courses who wish to take a course at another campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey must have authorization from the director of their major. Students in the Academic Advisory Program may not register in intensive courses. Article 31 Students in intensive courses may drop courses before the tenth day of classes at the Registrar s office. Article 32 A student who falls behind in his or her study plan due to poor academic performance, or for not registering for one or more academic periods, will be subject to the modifications which are made in the study plan. CHAPTER V. COURSE POLICIES, ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY Article 33 Students must comply with the norms established by each professor at the beginning of the academic period with respect to attendance, punctuality and participation in the activities of the course. Article 34 Students whose absences have exceeded 18% of the sessions established for a course will forfeit the right to a final numerical grade. In these cases, the Registrar will assign a final grade of SD in the course. For the purposes of calculating the student s average, a grade of SD will count as ten points out of a hundred. For the effects of this rule, a percentage of absences of 6% is equivalent to the number of class hours per week of a semester course. For students enrolled in the course of Hospital Clinical Practice, the failure to attend one guard will be sufficient cause for receiving a grade of SD in the course. In the case of courses which are officially registered in a modality other than faceto-face which does not imply the obligation to attend classes, the condition for assigning a grade of SD will be explained by

7 7 the professor at the beginning of the academic period. When a student with a passing average exceeds the limit of absences for a course and can prove that it was due to forces beyond his or her control, he or she may request that the director of the major change the grade of SD for the average earned. If the director agrees, he or she will ask the Academic Director to form a committee to determine if this should be done. The academic departments will determine which courses will not be subject to this procedure. CHAPTER VI. SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING LEARNING Article 35 The grade scale is from one to one hundred, in whole numbers. This scale must be applied to all student evaluations and to the final grade for the course. In addition, the following non-numerical grades may be applied: 1. IN (Incomplete). The final grade for a course may be left pending, in which case the provisional grade of IN is reported to the Registrar in courses in which: a. Research projects are carried out and the results are incomplete due to the nature of the projects or for causes beyond the control of the student. b. Projects are carried out with physical resources whose availability is limited or which cannot be controlled by the student. c. The learning system requires it. In these cases, the professor responsible for the course must substitute the grade of IN for a numerical grade by the last day of classes of the following semester, at the latest. The Registrar will substitute the grade of IN for SC if the professor does not change the grade by the established date. Likewise, the Registrar will assign a grade of SC when the professor fails to deliver the monthly or final grades on time, due to forces beyond his or her control. 2. SC (No Grade).This grade will be used by the Registrar when, due to proven forces beyond the control of the professor, he or she fails to deliver the monthly or final grades. The professor must substitute a numerical grade for the SC by the due date for the next monthly grade, at the latest. In the case of a final grade, the head of the department and the professor of the course must assign a numerical grade at the latest 48 hours after the due date for delivering final grades. The grade of SC is not counted in the student s average. 3. SD (Grade Denied).A final grade of SD (Grade Denied) is assigned when a student has exceeded the limit of absences in a course or for some administrative situation according to the terms of these regulations, and it is equivalent to a numerical grade of 10 out of one hundred when calculating the student s average. The grade of SD is assigned by the Registrar. 4. DA (Academic Dishonesty). When a student commits an act of academic dishonesty, according to the terms of these regulations, the professor may assign a grade of DA (Academic Dishonesty) as a monthly or final grade for the course, respectively. A grade of DA will be equivalent to a numerical grade of 10 out of one hundred for the purpose of calculating the student s average. 5. NA (Not Accredited). This grade is assigned when an undergraduate student fails to achieve the score required to demonstrate mastery of the English language after completing the course of Foreign Language or its equivalent. A grade of NA may be modified under the following conditions: a. When the student takes the course again and obtains a passing numerical grade. b. When the student achieves the minimum score required by these regulations for graduation. A grade of NA is not considered as a failing grade, and is not counted in calculating the average or in determining the academic status of the student. 6. A (Accredited). This grade is assigned in subjects which are revalidated or considered equivalent, in the case of studies carried out at another university, and in those which have been accredited as established in Article 45. It is also used to substitute for the grade of NA obtained in the Foreign Language course or its equivalent, once the student has obtained the required 550 points on the institutional English exam. The grade of A does not count in calculating the student s average. Article 36 The monthly and final grades for each course in which the student is enrolled, as well as grades obtained on institutional exams, makeup exams, extraordinary exams and external evaluations determined by Tecnológico de Monterrey have been established for the purpose of evaluating the level of achievement of the students. Article 37 The final grade obtained at the end of the academic period is based on documentation of at least one instrument of evaluation, such as a written exam, the presentation of the results of final projects, and in general, the activities which the professor designs in order to evaluate the overall performance of the student in the course. In the case of a written exam, it

8 8 must be applied on the date and at the hour indicated by the Registrar; it should be designed to last two hours and its application should not exceed three hours. When a student is a candidate for graduation at another campus at the end of the current semester, he or she must have the final evaluation at an earlier date, and must apply to the Registrar during the first four weeks of the semester for this change; if it is granted, the student, the professor and the head of the department which offers the subject will be notified of the change of date. Article 38 The monthly grade represents the learning progress and academic performance of the student during that period, on a scale of from one to one hundred. The grade is obtained by means of documented evaluations applied during the period. Article 39 The grade for complementary learning activities is accumulated throughout the semester, and it may include such activities as homework, case studies, projects, presentations, etc. Any evaluating activity that is not part of the final grade must be concluded by the date established by the professor, which may not be after the last day of classes. Article 40 The final grade for the course represents the learning progress and academic performance achieved by the student by the end of the course. It is obtained from the monthly grades, the grades on complementary evaluating activities and the grade on the final evaluation, in accordance with the system of evaluation made known by the professor at the beginning of the course, according to Article 41. Article 41 The system of evaluation used by the professor should incorporate the following: 1. The way in which grades achieved during the course are integrated into the final grade. 2. The relative weight of monthly grades, grades on complementary activities and the final evaluation. 3. The instruments of evaluation. 4. The manner of providing feedback to the students. 5. The dates of evaluating activities. 6. The criteria for evaluation. In the case of proven forces beyond the control of the student, the professor should establish a mechanism whereby the student may carry out the monthly evaluation or complementary evaluating activities that he or she were not able to carry out on the established date. The value of these activities should be the same as if they were carried out on the date established on the course calendar. The reposition of these evaluations should take place prior to the next evaluation. If the student does not carry out one of the activities of the final evaluation, Article 46 will be applied. Article 42 The professor will report to the Registrar three monthly grades and a final grade for the course during the periods indicated by the Registrar. Article 43 All students have the right to take all of the evaluations according to the course policies established by the professor, as indicated in Article 41, and to receive a final numerical grade, as established in Articles 37 and 40. This numerical grade may not be reported to the Registrar when a student has exceeded the limit of absences for the course, according to the terms of these regulations and due to an administrative situation established by the Academic Director. Article 44 The student has the right to receive periodic feedback about his or her academic performance from the professor, and to be informed of monthly grades, the grade on the final evaluation, the grades on complementary evaluation activities and the final grade for the course. Article 45 In order to accredit a course, it is necessary to take the course, take all of the required evaluations and obtain a passing grade, which must be at least seventy. It is also possible to accredit a course in the following ways: a. Through revalidation or equivalency for studies carried out at another university. b. Through the process of accreditation. c. If the study plan allows accreditation by means of achievement exams. d. Through a regularization exam.

9 Consequently, a final grade of 69 or less is in a course is considered to be a failing grade. Código:4-DAAA-RA-03 9 Article 46 When a student does not carry out one of the activities which are part of the final evaluation in a course, he or she will receive a grade of one in that activity. When the student can prove that the failure to carry out the activity was due to forces beyond his or her control, he or she may request an extemporaneous evaluation. The request must be presented to the director of the major within three school days of the date established on the school calendar for the final exam. The director of the major and the head of the department responsible for offering the course will review the application, and if it proceeds, the student s final grade in the course, which will include the grade on the extemporaneous evaluation, must be registered prior to the first day of classes of the following semester. Article 47 A student may request a review of the final grade in any course in which he or she was enrolled in a given academic period. This request is made directly to the director of the major, who will study the petition and if it proceeds, will turn it over to the head of the corresponding academic department, who will form an evaluating committee to decide upon the case. The right to request a review of the final grade expires twenty school days after the last day for reporting final grades to the Registrar. The evaluating committee must announce its decision, which is not subject to repeal, within ten school days after the request was accepted. Article 48 When calculating a student s grade point average, neither revalidated or equivalent courses nor courses accredited through achievement exams are counted. The calculation is based on the courses in the study plan which were passed or failed at Tecnológico de Monterrey or during an exchange program at a foreign university. CHAPTER VII. SANCTIONS Article 49 For students who demonstrate poor academic performance at the undergraduate level, there are two possible types of consequences: those which tend to help them improve academically, and those which suppose a definitive separation of the student from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Article 50 Students are placed on probation if they have the following number of failed subjects: a. Three or more subjects in the last semester in which they studied. b. Two subjects in the last semester taken and two or more subjects in the penultimate semester taken. c. Six or more subjects by the time they have taken 50% of the total number of courses in the study plan of their major. For the effects of the previous three subsections, the lab courses which are part of theoretical subjects in the study plan will not be considered as failed subjects. With regard to subsections a and b of this article, all courses taken by the student, including remedial courses and subjects from the Academic Support Program, will be taken into consideration even if there has been a change of major; however, the results of intensive courses will not be considered. For the effects of subsection c of this article, the results of the intensive courses will be taken into consideration. If the student has changed undergraduate programs, the subjects that were failed in the first major will be considered if both study plans have these courses in common, in addition to the failed courses of the second major. Article 51 A student on probation, according to the description in the previous article, must register for and complete the Academic Support Program. Article 52 A student is considered a candidate for expulsion when he or she fails the following number of subjects: a. Three or more subjects in each of the two last semesters taken. b. Two or more subjects in each of the three last semesters taken. c. Ten or more subjects by the time he or she has taken 50% of the courses in the study plan of the major. The remedial courses and subjects from the Academic Support Program will not be considered either for the sum of units or for the sum of failed courses. For the effects of the three previous subsections, lab courses which are part of theoretical subjects in the study plans will not be considered as failed subjects.

10 10 With regard to subsections a and b of this article, all courses taken by the student are considered, including remedial courses, even if the student has changed majors; however, results of intensive courses will not be considered. For the effects of subsection c of this article, results of intensive courses will be considered. If the student has changed majors, subjects that were failed in the first major will be considered if both study plans have these courses in common, in addition to the failed courses of the second major. Article 53 The student who is a candidate for expulsion must enroll in the Academic Support Program. Students who, at the end of an academic period, have six or fewer subjects left to graduate, will be excepted from this sanction. Article 54 A student may not enter the Academic Support Program during intensive school periods. Article 55 Students in any of the following circumstances will be expelled for poor academic performance: a. Having failed two or more subjects in the first semester of the Academic Support Program. b. Having failed two or more subjects in each of the three consecutive semesters, or three or more subjects in each of the two consecutive semesters, after having taken the Academic Support Program. c. Having failed a total of four or more of the next eighteen courses in which the student enrolls after entering the Academic Support Program. Article 56 Students who are expelled may be readmitted if they would graduate that semester if they didn t fail any subjects. This case will be judged by a committee assigned and coordinated by the director of the major. This committee may decide: a. The student s immediate readmission to the Institute. b. The student s delayed readmission to the Institute. c. The student s definitive expulsion from the Institute. Article 57 All individual or collective acts committed inside or outside the classroom, in which someone else s information is presented by a student as his/her own, will be considered academically dishonest. Both whoever commits the act and whoever allows the act to be committed will be considered responsible. Article 58 Whenever a student commits a dishonest academic act, such as the one defined in Article 57, his/her professor may apply any of the following sanctions, depending on the seriousness of the act: 1. Assign a failing grade to the corresponding activity in which the academic dishonesty was committed. 2. Assign a failing grade in the monthly or final evaluation and send a written notification to the Registrar, as well as to the director of the major in which the student is enrolled. 3. Assign a grade of DA (Academic Dishonesty) in the monthly evaluation. 4. Assign a grade of DA (Academic Dishonesty) in the final evaluation of the course. Article 59 A student will be expelled if three written notifications of academic dishonesty are sent in his/her name. Article 60 Those students who receive a grade of DA or written notification for having committed an act of academic dishonesty will lose their right to obtain honorable mention or honorable mention for excellence. Article 61 A student may appeal a grade of DA by sending an application to the director of his or her major, who will turn it over to the director of the division to which the department that administers the course belongs. The director of the division will assign a committee to analyze the application and report the final decision to the corresponding professor and the director of the major, who will notify the student. Students may appeal a final grade or a monthly or final DA up to thirty days after the grade has been assigned. CHAPTER VIII GRADUATION

11 11 Article 62 The requirements for obtaining an undergraduate degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey are as follows: 1. To have completed high school before successful completion of the first subject of the undergraduate study plan. 2. To have met the academic requirements for the corresponding study plan, through placement tests or the corresponding remedial courses, according to the norms in effect. 3. To have completed all of the subjects of the study plan in question, according to one of the following options: a. Having passed all of the subjects at Tecnológico de Monterrey, b. Having obtained revalidation or equivalency of some of the subjects studied in other institutions, and having passed the remaining subjects at Tecnológico de Monterrey. The subjects studied at foreign universities under a collaborative agreement with Tecnológico de Monterrey will be considered, for the effects of this article, as having studied at Tecnológico de Monterrey, provided they don t exceed the equivalent of 128 units of the study plan. 4. To have studied at Tecnológico de Monterrey at least 192 units of the corresponding study plan in the case of students who hold a revalidation or equivalency of studies at this level. This norm may be flexible in programs established with other universities under a collaborative agreement. 5. To have completed the social service, according to the legal precepts in effect and the norms approved by the President of Tecnológico de Monterrey. 6. To have taken the CENEVAL Exam, a general exam for undergraduates offered by the National Center for Educational Evaluation, to evaluate the knowledge and abilities acquired during their undergraduate studies. The majors that do not offer this exam, must offer integrative exams designed for this purpose. This requirement is applicable for students in majors that offer these exams. 7. Students enrolled in majors offered in the traditional version must have obtained, at enrollment or during their undergraduate studies, 550 or more points on the institutional English exam (or its equivalent in the different versions of this exam). This requirement will be applied to all students who have enrolled in a major at Tecnológico de Monterrey since January Students enrolled in majors offered in the international version must additionally: a. Have completed twenty subjects of the study plan in a language other than Spanish, with the possibility of substituting ten of them for subjects taken through Honors courses at the Monterrey Campus. b. Have completed the equivalent of two full-time semesters overseas, at universities or institutions under collaboration agreements with Tecnológico de Monterrey. c. Prove to have obtained at enrollment or during their undergraduate studies- 600 or more points on the institutional English exam (or its equivalent in the different versions of this exam), or, a minimum of 580 points and the subjects completed overseas having been studied in a third language other than Spanish and English. d. Have obtained an average grade of 85 or more in the subjects that make up the study plan in the international version of the major. Article 63 Internal transfer students must complete at least twelve of the subjects listed in the last three semesters of the study plan at the Monterrey Campus. However, the Monterrey Campus may issue the degree to students who, if it suits their interest and with the campus authorization, study the last subjects of their study plans in a different campus, as long as the academic load does not exceed the number of courses corresponding to the last semester of their study plan. Article 64 In the academic programs offering double degrees with collaborating foreign universities, external transfer students may obtain an undergraduate degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey and another from the participating foreign institutions, as long as the participating institutions fulfill the legal and academic requirements established for the double degree. All degrees issued by Tecnológico de Monterrey have the same curricular value; however, a degree issued to external transfer students may not be registered in Mexico. Article 65 A regularization exam may be offered only once for one subject in the last or penultimate semester in a student s study plan, or taken in the last or penultimate semester of a student at Tecnológico de Monterrey, when it is the only academic requisite pending for a student to receive the degree in his or her major. The regularization exam is only offered if the subject has been studied at Tecnológico de Monterrey and the student who solicits it has not failed with an SD grade. The regularization exam must be administered by a minimum of two professors, assigned by the director of the corresponding academic department, and will cover all of the objectives of the subject in question.

12 12 The academic departments may establish that some subjects, such as labs, workshops, clinics, projects, or seminars, may not offer regularization exams; this information must be communicated to the students in written form at the beginning of the course. Article 66 The regularization exam must be authorized by the Registrar during the period assigned by this office and according to the procedure established for this purpose. Article 67 provisional (applies to students who enrolled at Tecnológico de Monterrey prior to August 2006) Graduating students who have a grade point average of at least 90 but less than 95, are candidates to receive Honorable Mention. This distinction is independent of any subjects the student may have failed; however, failed subjects will be taken into consideration for the grade point average referred to in this article. Article 67 permanent (applies to students who enrolled at Tecnológico de Monterrey as of August 2006) Graduating students who fulfill the following requirements will be candidates to receive Honorable Mention: a. They belong to the top ten percent of graduates in their major according to the cumulative average of their study plan, and b. They obtain a grade point average of ninety or more. This distinction is independent of any subjects the student may have failed; however, failed subjects will be taken into consideration for the grade point average referred to in this article. Article 68 provisional (applies to students who enrolled at Tecnológico de Monterrey prior to August 2006) Graduating students at this Campus who have a grade point average of 95 or more are candidates to receive Honorable Mention for Excellence. This distinction is independent of any subjects the student may have failed; however, failed subjects will be taken into consideration for the grade point average referred to in this article. Article 68 permanent (applies to students who enrolled at Tecnológico de Monterrey as of August 2006) Students who fulfill the following requirements will be candidates to receive Honorable Mention for Excellence: 1. They belong to the top five percent of graduates in their major according to their grade point average; 2. They obtain a grade point average of ninety five or more, and 3. They have not failed any subjects in their study plan. Because an Honorable Mention for Excellence is a higher distinction than an Honorable Mention, the granting of the former precludes the granting of the latter. Article 69 A student may not be awarded Honorable Mention or Honorable Mention for Excellence if he or she has received any disciplinary sanctions at Tecnológico de Monterrey.