Although it is the instructor's responsibility to submit the Change of Grade form to the Registrar's Office, the student should follow up on the status of the grade at some point during the subsequent semester. Once grades have been submitted to the office of the Registrar, they will not be changed unless there has been an evident injustice, and only after the student's dean has received the faculty member's request giving the reason for the change. The change will become effective only after the Change of Grade form has been approved by the dean and filed with the office of the Registrar. A student who does not earn a passing grade in a required course must either repeat the course or otherwise satisfy the requirement as prescribed by the student's advisor or program director. Both grades will appear on the student's transcript.
Full tuition is charged for the repeated course.
Any use of another's ideas or their expression in any medium without attribution is a serious violation of academic standards. The dissertation and thesis research projects must not be a duplication of student work previously submitted for fulfillment of either course requirements or previous research at CIIS or elsewhere. Such activity, if confirmed, subjects a student to disciplinary action including, in the most serious cases, expulsion from the Institute or revocation of any degree or academic honor fraudulently obtained. All sanctions are subject to appeal as outlined in the student grievance procedure. Students on probation will be reviewed by the program committee on a semester basis and may be required to reduce their course load or take supplementary courses.