Degree plan Registration and Transcripts
Degree plan
The student must fill out the form of the
Degree plan and send it to the Cultural Mission after it is authenticated and
signed by his University Advisor. The postgraduate students must send it during
the first semester and the undergraduate students must send it during the first
academic year.
Registration
The student should select the required
credit hours of the semester according to the Degree plan and registering them
during the period of registration. The student must send the registration
documents to his academic advisor at the Cultural Mission bearing in mind that
any delay will result in his inability to register in the current semester, a
fact which will make him accountable to the immigration authorities, withholding of his monthly payment and ultimately may cause the termination of his
scholarship.
Commitment to the minimum credit hours
The student is obligated to take the minimum
credit hours required to complete his/ her degree according to the academic
system of the university except during the period of writing the master or
doctoral dissertation. Not registering the minimum credit hours will render the
residency of the student in the USA illegal which will expose him to penalties
such as detention or deportation. The following table shows the minimum credit
hours which the student must register according to the system of the university
in which he/ she is studying:
|
Academic System |
Min. credit hrs. that must be earned during the semester |
|
|
graduate |
Undergraduate |
|
Semester |
9 |
12 |
|
Trimester |
9 |
12 |
|
Quarter |
12 |
15 |
Drop and Add
The Cultural Mission pays the tuition fees for each semester to the academic
institution in which the student is studying. The student must be committed to the
courses he selected for each semester and must not resort to the process of
dropping and adding except in the specified period. The student must furnish the
Cultural Mission with the registration document after the end of the period of
dropping and adding. The student will be responsible for the payment of the
tuition fees of the courses he dropped or added without informing his academic
advisor in the Cultural Mission, in the unspecified period of dropping or adding or
if the courses were not included in the Degree Plan. If the Cultural Mission paid
these tuition fees, it will be deducted from the student’s next month’s stipend. The
registered credit hours must not be below the minimum credit hours shown above.
Transcripts
The student must place an order for his official transcript at the registration office
of the university after the end of each semester and ask them to send it directly to
his academic advisor at the Cultural Mission within three weeks after the end of
the semester. Delay in sending the transcript in the specified period will
automatically result in withholding the monthly stipend and may lead to the
termination of the scholarship.
Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of the Student
The regulation of the scholarship stipulates that the minimum cumulative grade
point average that the student is expected to achieve as a condition of the continuation of
his scholarship and the payment of his salary is 2 points out of 4 points for
undergraduates; and 3 points out of 4 points for the postgraduate students. These points
are the minimum required by the universities in order for the students to continue in their
studies as well as by the regulations of the immigration authorities of the USA. Obtaining
a cumulative grade point average below 2 points might cause the deportation of the
student by the American authorities.
