3,003: Student Records
Revised: September 2014
- The University is subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The complete policy is located in the . All inquiries regarding student data should be directed to the Office of Admissions & Records.
- Access to records and files is guaranteed to every student, subject only to reasonable regulation as to time, place, and supervision. Exceptions to this right of access are:
- Financial records of parents.
- Confidential letters and statements of recommendation.
- Records that the student has waived the right to inspect.
- Records of instructional, supervisory, and administrative personnel which are in the sole possession of the maker and which are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a regular replacement for that record holder. An example would be a professor's grade book.
- Records of law enforcement agencies which are kept separate from educational records, maintained only for law enforcement purposes, and available only to law enforcement officials of the same jurisdiction.
- Privileged records of physicians, psychiatrists, and other professionals concerned with the treatment of a student and available only to other professionals providing treatment. (Students may designate a physician or other appropriate professional to view the records.)
- No record may be made in relation to any of the following matters except upon the expressed written request of the student: (a) race; (b) religion; (c) sexual orientation; (d) gender identity; (e) political affiliation or social view; and (f) membership in any organization other than honorary and professional organizations directly related to the educational process.
- Provision shall also be made for periodic destruction of non-current disciplinary files, except those cases resulting in expulsion.
Searching the General Catalog
The University maintains all of its official academic information in the . When visiting the General Course Catalog, users are recommended to use the search box in the upper-right area of the website. It is also helpful to narrow your search using the following options from the drop-down menu:
- Entire Catalog: This option will perform a keyword search over all information in the catalog.
- Courses: This option will perform a keyword search over the names and descriptions of individual courses offered by the University.
- Programs: This option will perform a keyword search over the names and descriptions of degree programs offered by the University.
- Hierarchy Items: This option will perform a keyword search over the names of University units, including colleges, departments and centers.