Academic Policies

1. Students admitted to CAT are required to attend New Student Orientation. Mandatory placement tests must be taken at least 48 hours before attending orientation. Students may take the tests during one of UC's Quick Start programs.
   
   
2. Students in CAT must complete the terms of their learning agreements and meet the requirements of their chosen college in order to transition to a baccalaureate program.
   
   
3. Students in the CAT are not limited to taking CAT courses only; they are permitted to take college-level courses from the other UC colleges if they meet course pre-requisites (including placement score requirements) and with advisor permission.
   
   
4. Students are expected to complete the terms of the learning agreement in 4 quarters of full-time enrollment or less. Quarters of enrollment are defined as any quarter in which the student is enrolled for 12 or more credit hours for more than the first 3 weeks of the quarter (quarters as an approved transient student at other institution will not count as a quarter of enrollment). The student must qualify to transition out of CAT within 2 years (8 quarters including summers) from the first term of enrollment.