Rules & Regulations

University Senate Rules (USR)

USR in Microsoft Word [changes incorporated, official version, September 2021] (DOCX)
- Description of Approved Changes to Senate Rules
  - Corrections to SRs related to Lewis Honors College
    - SR 3.1.3.1.3 (“Significant changes”)
    - SR 5.5.2.2 (”Conditions of Merit and Circumstance for Degree Honors”)
    - SR 3.1.1.5 (“Graduate Composition and Communication Requirement”)
    - SR. 5.5.3.1 (“Diplomas Issued to Graduated Students”)
  - Change to SR 2.1.3 (“Academic Holidays”)
  - Change to SR 3.2.2 (“Course Numbering System”)
  - New definition of "online program" [specific locations of codification within Section 3 and Section 10 to be decided by SREC]
  - Change to SR 5.2.5.2.1 (“Excused Absences,” “Acceptable Excuses”)
  - Change to SR 5.5.2.2 for University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law ("Conditions of Merit and Circumstance for Degree Honors")
  - Change to SR 5.5.2.2 for PharmD ("Conditions of Merit and Circumstance for Degree Honors")
  - New section within SR 6.1.1 ("The Course Syllabus") related to regular and substantive interactions
  - Change to SR 10.5.2.1.1.1 ("University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law," "Placement on Probation")
- USR in Microsoft Word [track changes, September 2021] (DOCX)
- USR in Adobe Acrobat [PDF with changes incorporated, September 2021] (PDF)
- Synopsis of Changes to Senate Rules from September 2020 to September 2021 (DOCX)