Florida Gulf Coast University

1. 1 80 service hours or no diploma

   "Students admitted to FGCU as first-year (FTIC) students or lower level transfers must complete 80 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement." Start early, a few hours a term.

   FGCU Catalog — academic policies and practices
2. 2 Record any lecture. No need to ask

   "Consistent with Legislation effective as of July 1, 2021, a student may, without prior notice, record (video or audio) a faculty lecture for the limited purpose of 1) personal educational use". Do not record classmates, and a recording "may not be made public to a third party (i.e. publish) without the faculty member's prior, written consent."

   FGCU Office of the Provost — core syllabus policy statements
3. 3 A 90 is not always an A

   "Numerical ranges corresponding to letter grades are established for each course according to the professional judgment of the instructor." Read each syllabus for its scale.

   FGCU Catalog — grade point average calculation
4. 4 Switch majors? It must fit 4 years

   "Undergraduate students wishing to change their major may do so, in consultation with University Advising Services, if all of the requirements can be completed without extending the anticipated graduation date."

   FGCU Policy 4.016 — timely graduation
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