College of Fine and Applied Arts

Students must meet all residency requirements to earn a degree from Appalachian State University

A previously enrolled Appalachian student who plans to re-enroll and has not attended the university during a fall or spring semester due to withdrawal or suspension must be readmitted.

Physical Education Credit Limitation

Non-physical education majors are not allowed to count more than six semester hours of PE activity courses towards their required number of hours for graduation. 

The Pass / Fail option may only be taken by a full-time undergraduate student with sophomore standing or above who is in good academic standing. Students may elect to take one course per semester (up to 6 in their academic career) under the pass / fail grading system. 

The following rules apply to the Pass/Fail option:

A full-time semester is defined as 12-18 hours, or 6-7 hours in a five-week summer term.  Anything above this is considered an overload.  

An undergraduate student may be granted approval from his/her Dean’s Office to take an overload if the following GPA requirements are met.

All students must take a Math Placement Test except for those who:

Students pursuing an official Appalachian State University program of study that leads to a degree, certificate or licensure are considered eligible to enroll for internship credit.

Internship courses are graded on a S / U basis. Students must contact the appropriate program, department, college advisor or designated representative for instructions on approval and registration procedures.

Students should consult with the Registrar’s Office for more information on officially withdrawing from the university if you decide not to return to Appalachian State University.

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The instructional assistance program is designed for students interested in earning academic credit through supervised participation in the instructional process. Students with junior or senior standing are eligible to participate in this program.  An undergraduate student may include a maximum of 3 credit hours toward graduation requirements under the instructional assistance program.

Courses numbered less than 1000 (excluding applied music courses, major-principal, MUS 0001 - 0025) are taken for “institutional credit” only. These courses DO NOT count for graduation, but are computed in the student’s GPA (the hours count toward full-time student eligibility, but do not count as hours earned for graduation). Institutional credit courses will not be used in determining eligibility for honors.