Students who do not comply will not be allowed to graduate. As alumni, graduates are encouraged to participate in assessment by completing questionnaires sent to them by the university. Academic Residence Graduation Course Schedules Fall semester schedule: preceding March. The Schedule is also on the UM-St. Louis Web site:
Assessment
The University of Missouri has been directed by the Board of Curators to implement a variety of studies designed to assess the outcomes of university education. To this end two types of assessment are required of all students:
Students must be in residence for at least 24 of the last 30 hours of graded credit (exclusive of courses graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis), except under unusual circumstances, to be decided by the dean.
Students should file a degree application form with their respective dean's office at least one year before the expected graduation date. (Students in the College of Arts and Sciences or Fine Arts and Communication should file their degree applications in the University Advising Center.) The dean's office makes a final check to determine that all graduation requirements have been met. Students should check with the dean's office or an adviser to be sure their program fulfills the requirements of the department and college or school, as well as the university general requirements. To assure graduating at the end of a specific semester, all work for that semester and any delayed grades from previous semesters must be completed with the grades sent to the Office of Admissions no later than the official date for submission of final semester grades.
Three times during the year, a Schedule of Courses is published, listing the specific courses offered that semester and their meeting times and locations. This Schedule is available as follows:
Winter semester schedule: preceding October.
Summer session schedule: preceding March.