Program & Policy Updates
This page is used to list programs and policies that were added, discontinued, or revised after the July 1, 2024, publication date of the 2024-25 Washington University Bulletin. The dates of these changes are provided below.
July 3, 2024:
- The Graduate Student Academic Integrity Policies and Student Content sections on the Policies page of the About Washington University section of this Bulletin were updated.
July 12, 2024:
- The Credit Hour Definition in the School of Medicine Bulletin was updated; it was formerly the Clock Hour Definition.
July 18, 2024:
- The Washington University School of Medicine Medical Student Program Objectives in the School of Medicine Bulletin were updated.
July 24, 2024:
- The Transfer Credit policy on the Academic Regulations page and the Major in Financial Engineering in the undergraduate Olin Business School Bulletin were updated.
July 29, 2024:
- The Competency Attainment and Clerkship Competency Committees' Bylaws in the School of Medicine Bulletin were updated.
August 15, 2024:
- The Business Writing page of the undergraduate School of Continuing & Professional Studies Bulletin was updated.
- The Biomedical Engineering page of the undergraduate McKelvey School of Engineering Bulletin was updated.
August 22, 2024:
- In the School of Medicine Bulletin, the following pages were updated in the Policies & Guidelines section:
- In the School of Medicine Bulletin, the following pages were added to the Policies & Guidelines section:
August 27, 2024:
- The "Degree Candidacy Extended" information in the "General Requirements for PhD Degrees in Arts & Sciences" section on the Doctoral Degrees: Academic Information page of the Graduate Arts & Sciences Bulletin was updated.
August 28, 2024:
- The "Proficiency and Placement Examinations" information on the Admission Procedures page of the undergraduate Bulletin was updated.
September 3, 2024:
- The BSBA Major in Accounting and the Non-BSBA Second Major in Accounting in the undergraduate Olin School of Business Bulletin were updated.
September 5, 2024:
- The Transfer Credit policy on the Academic Policies page of the undergraduate McKelvey School of Engineering Bulletin was updated.
September 25, 2024:
- The Satisfactory Academic Progress and Academic Standing information was updated on the Policies page of the College of Architecture Bulletin and the Policies page of the College of Art Bulletin.
September 26, 2024:
- The information about African and African American Studies was added to the Advanced Placement Policy section of the Proficiency and Placement Examinations information on the Admission Procedures page.
September 30, 2024:
- The information about Tuition Refunds on the Graduate Master's Degrees Financial Information page of the Olin Business School Bulletin was updated.
October 1, 2024:
- The information about Compliance with Section 103 of the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 was added to the Policies page of the About Washington University section of this Bulletin.
October 25, 2024:
- The Dissertation Defense information on the Academic Information page and on the PhD program pages of the Graduate Arts & Sciences Bulletin was updated.
- In the School of Medicine Bulletin, the Academic and Professional Integrity Policy was added, and the Committee for Academic Promotion Bylaws and the Competency Attainment and Clerkship Competency Committees' Bylaws were updated.
October 29, 2024:
- The Credit Hour Definition in the School of Medicine Bulletin was updated.