Clemson University

To renew the S.C. LIFE Scholarship you need "a minimum cumulative LIFE GPA of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale by the end of the academic year" and must "earn an average of 30 credit hours per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer)" — 30 hours for rising second-year students, 60 for rising third-year and 90 for rising fourth-year. Summer counts toward the hours. Students are reviewed at the end of spring and again at the end of summer, so a summer class can rescue a short year. Students in co-op or internship programs who use summer LIFE funds need 27 hours instead of 30. Academic Forgiveness can be requested before the first day of fall classes.

Undergraduate Learning: CU 1000 is a course "All new Clemson students are required to complete during their first semester of enrollment." It is a "zero-credit, pass/no pass course" and "a hybrid course – some modules are completed online while others require in-person attendance." It covers Clemson's core values, academic success resources and advising, community standards, bystander intervention, and the founding documents. Zero credits does not mean optional.

Clemson's undergraduate class regulations: "At their own discretion, instructors may excuse from the final examination all students having the grade A on the coursework prior to the final examination. For all other students, examinations are required in all subjects at the end of each semester" except where a final is not deemed appropriate. It is the instructor's decision, not a right — but it is a real policy, and it is worth knowing in week one rather than finals week.

The same regulations: "A student with an excessive number of absences may be withdrawn at the discretion of the course instructor." Attendance policy lives in the Academic Regulations section of the Undergraduate Catalog, and instructors must honor the listed exceptions (court attendance, a death in the family, and others). Know each class's attendance policy in week one, and tell your instructor early when you will be out.

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