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07/22/2025
Academic Renewal Policy update - effective immediately
Students who return to the College after five three (3) years (15 terms) or more without taking NOVA courses for credit may petition for academic renewal. The request must be in writing and submitted to a campus Student Services Center.
For students who are found to be eligible for academic renewal, “D” and “F” grades earned prior to reenrollment will be deleted from the cumulative and curriculum grade point average (GPA), subject to the following conditions:
- prior to petitioning for academic renewal, the student must demonstrate a renewed academic interest and effort by earning at least a
2.50 2.00 GPA in the first 12 semester hours completed at NOVA after reenrollment.
- all grades for credit courses received at the College will be a part of the student’s official transcript.
- the student will receive degree credit only for courses in which grades of “C” or better were earned prior to academic renewal, providing that such courses meet current curriculum requirements.
- total hours for graduation will be based on all coursework taken at the College after readmission, as well as former coursework for which a grade of “C” or better was earned, and credits accepted from other colleges or universities.
- the academic renewal policy may be used only once and cannot be revoked after approval by the dean of student success.
- academic renewal cannot be applied to a degree or certificate that has already been conferred.
06/23/2025
New VCCS Policy Added to the International Students Section
“Per VCCS Policy 6.0.3, in addition to the general admission requirements of the college, all international applicants who wish to enroll as curricular students and whose native language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in both written and oral English. Proficiency can be demonstrated through a standardized national test (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS), a locally developed test approved by the college, or participation in a Pathways Program for English proficiency approved by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). Additionally, international applicants must comply with established college admissions policies, specifically those related to the issuance of an I-20 Form by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”
06/23/2025
Revised the MTH 155 course description to include the following addition: ” Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155: Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245: Statistics I or equivalent.”
Revised the MTH 245 course description to include the following addition: ” Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155: Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245: Statistics I or equivalent.”
06/12/2025
Academic Policies and Information, section -10 Year Course Limit for Some Technology Programs
For students pursuing the following programs
Information Technology (ITD, ITE, ITN, ITP) and or Computer Science (CSC) courses may not be older than ten years, as of the first day of the fall semester in the academic year a student plans to graduate, unless approved by the pathway dean.
05/23/2025
Cybersecurity, A.A.S.
Added SDV 100 as an option to the SDV 101. SDV 100 OR SDV 101.
4/9/2025
Engineering A.S.
Added a footnote to the program “Students who do not directly place into MTH 263 will begin with MTH 167 (or MTH 161 and MTH 162).”
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