College Preparatory Curriculum Policy

TO: All Franklin College Undergraduate Coordinators and Academic Advisors
FROM: Ann R. Crowther, Associate Dean
SUBJECT: College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) Policy
DATE: March 10, 1994 

As you know, students who do not complete specified courses in high school (the College Preparatory Curriculum, or CPC) may be eligible for admission to The University but are considered "deficient" in those areas. According to Board of Regents policy, in order to remove a CPC deficiency, a student must take one college-level course in any/all subjects of the CPC in which there is a deficiency. A course taken to remove a CPC deficiency is non-credit, but the grade does count in the student's grade point average and a "C" or better must be earned in order to remove the deficiency. 

Since the CPC policy was handed down to the University (in 1988, I believe), the Dean's Office of the Franklin College has interpreted the policy to require students to take one additional course in the academic area(s) of the deficiency. Thus, a student who enters with a deficiency in foreign language and enrolls in a Bachelor of Arts degree program, has been required to complete 25 hours of foreign language, 5 hours to satisfy the CPC requirement, and 20 additional hours to satisfy the AB curriculum. 

This is written to notify you that the Dean's Office interpretation of the CPC policy has been reviewed and changed. The Board of Regents policy does not require that the additional 5 hours be taken in the academic area, only that one course in that area must be taken and no credit toward graduation may be allowed for the course. Thus,according to the Regents policy, the AB student who enters with a foreign language deficiency may take the 101-level language to remove the deficiency, use the 101 as the appropriate prerequisite, go on to complete (at least) through the fourth quarter of the language, and select 5 additional hours in any area to make up for the non-credit hours from the 101. In this way, the student will satisfy the CPC policy and the foreign language requirement of the Franklin College. 

Similarly, Bachelor of Science students who enter with foreign-language deficiencies may use the 101 level to make up the deficiency, go on to complete 102 and 103, and then take any 5 additional hours to make up for the lack of credit given for the 101. 

The policy is the same for students who are deficient in science. An AB student may take BIO 103 (for example) to satisfy the science deficiency and use the (non-credit) BIO 103 as the proper prerequisite for 104. Upon completion of BIO 104, the student will have completed the required 10-hour biological science sequence, albeit with 5 hours of credit toward graduation, and the additional 5 hours may be made up in electives. 

Effective immediately, the Dean's Office will allow students with CPC deficiencies to make up the hours in electives. This change in interpretation has been reviewed by the Franklin College Academic Standards Committee and applies to all students enrolled in the Franklin College. 

If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact me via email (ann@franklin.uga.edu), phone (542-5745) or in person (212 New College). 

cc: Wyatt W. Anderson
John Morrow
Graduation Certification staff