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• Parking Decals/Permits/Areas
• Parking Tickets
• Pell Grants
• Plagiarism
• Post Secondary Options
• PRAXIS I and II (Praxis series)
• Prerequisite Override
• Prerequisite
• Privacy Act
• Probation (Academic)
• Probation (Disciplinary)
• Programs
• Public Safety, Department of

Parking Decals/Permits/Areas

See Motor Vehicle Registration and Regulations .

Parking Tickets

See Motor Vehicle Registration and Regulations .

Pell Grants

A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, is restricted to undergraduate students who have not earned a bachelor's or professional degree. It does not have to be repaid and may be received at the same time the student is receiving other financial aid. To determine eligibility, the U.S. Department of Education uses a formula, established by Congress, to evaluate the information students report on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ). Students must complete the FAFSA application each award year. The application must be completed after January 1 of the award year in which the student plans to attend a post-secondary institution. To be eligible for the Federal Pell Grant award, students must make satisfactory academic progress as determined by the institution. See Financial Aid .

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of falsely presenting someone else’s words or ideas as one’s own, in whole or in part, either explicitly or implicitly, either word-for-word or by paraphrasing. When students wish to include in their own work a passage from any source (print, electronic, or other), they may ethically do so by 1. quoting verbatim, or 2. paraphrasing the source, then acknowledging the source with footnotes, endnotes, parenthetical notes or in the manner prescribed by their instructor. Plagiarism can also include submitting someone else's work as your own, such as another students. Penalties for plagiarism vary from instructor to instructor. There is no institutional policy mandating a particular penalty for plagiarism or for other forms of academic irregularity. In the case of a plagiarized paper (whole or in part), some instructors require rewriting of the paper, some assign a failing grade to the paper, some fail the student in the course. For more information, see Academic Dishonesty .

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Post Secondary Options

See High School Joint Enrollment/Post Secondary Options Program .

PRAXIS I and II (Praxis series)

The College of Education requires candidates to pass the PRAXIS I (Academic Skills Assessment Test) as part of the entrance requirements into the Teacher Education Program. Students are exempt from taking the PRAXIS I if their admission test scores equal or exceed these levels:

• SAT
  • 480 verbal
  • 520 math
  • 1000 total
• ACT
  • 21 verbal
  • 22 math
  • 22 composite
• GRE
  • 490 verbal
  • 540 math
  • 1030 total

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Prerequisite Override

A prerequisite override must be approved by the chairperson of the department which offers the course having the prerequisites.

Prerequisite

A prerequisite is a course that must be taken or its equivalent requirement that must be met prior to enrolling in the course listing that prerequisite. In the CSU Catalog, course prerequisites are shown in italics immediately following the credit statement. Students should refer to the course descriptions in the academic catalog to determine prerequisite requirements.

Privacy Act

See "XIV Student Records Policies and Procedures" in the Student Handbook .

Probation (Academic)

See Academic Exclusion and Academic Probation .

Probation (Disciplinary)

See "XVI Sanctions/Remedies" in the Student Handbook .

Programs

See Department, Programs, and Centers .

Public Safety, Department of

Health and Safety Center
706-568-2022 or 706-568-2097

See University Police .

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