Rules & Regulations
The Code of Student Conduct
- Preamble:
All MUBS University students are expected to conduct themselves at all times in a manner appropriate to an academic environment, and are subject to the disciplinary authority of the MUBS Committee on Student Conduct which is empowered to examine and judge matters of student conduct, excluding academic issues. This committee is an advisory body only, which makes recommendations to the President. In all cases, the decision for the disciplinary action will be taken by the President in consultation with the committee.
- General Rules of Conduct:
- No student shall, by action, threat, or otherwise, obstruct University activities. Such activities include but are not limited to teaching, research, studying, and administration.
- Disruption which occurs during the teaching of a course shall be treated as an academic offense and shall be referred to the appropriate administrative body.
- No student shall, contrary to express instructions or with intent to damage, destroy or steal property, enter or remain in any building, facility, room or office.
- No student shall take, destroy or otherwise damage property of others, nor shall any student take destroy or otherwise damage the property of MUBS University.
- No student, in any manner whatsoever, shall deface the inside or outside of any building.
- No student shall assault another person, threaten any other person with bodily harm or damage a person's property, cause any other person to fear bodily harm or fear damage to his or her property.
- No student shall create a condition which unnecessarily endangers or threatens the health, safety or well-being of other persons or threatens the damage or destruction of property.
- No student shall possess property stolen from another individual or institution.
- No student shall use any University facility, equipment or service contrary to express instructions.
- No student shall remove books or other library material from the University Library without proper authorization, mutilate or deface library books or material, purposely misplace them or in any other way deprive other members of the University community of the opportunity to have access to library resources.
- No student, without proper authorization, shall use or interface with any University computer, access information contained therein or tamper in any way with any computer application. This includes but is not limited to gaining unauthorized entry into University computer centers, programs, databases or unauthorized access to the Internet.
- Sanctions
The committee is empowered to recommend exoneration of the student or to recommend the appropriate sanction, which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, can include one or more of the following courses of action:- Reprimand the student.
- Require the student to make restitution for any damage or actions that he / she caused or otherwise rectify any situation which he / she created or helped to create.
- Deny access to specific buildings or events.
- Levy a fine of a fixed amount.
- Place the student on disciplinary probation for a stated period of time.
- Suspend the student from the University for a stated period of time.
- Expel the student from the university.
- Attendance
Attendance is required in all courses. Excused absences are not recognized, and instructors are authorized to lower grades for excessive absences. If illness, accident, or similar circumstances require absence for three or more consecutive days, it is the student's responsibility to notify the Registrar and contact the instructor to make up assignments and / or tests.
Students are subject to withdrawal after 5 missed lectures of instruction. A permanent record of each student's attendance for the entire enrollment period will be maintained.
- Textbooks
Instructors strive to offer the very best education; therefore students may not attend classes without the required textbooks.
Procedure in alleged cases of academic dishonesty
- The instructor will meet with the student and reach a decision concerning the matter. In the event that a sanction beyond a warning is required, the Dean of Student Affairs will be informed.
- In a repeated or particularly serious case, or if the student disputes the decision of the instructor, the Dean of Student Affairs will be informed. If necessary, the Dean will meet with the student and the instructor. The Dean will make the final decision in the case, including the assignment of a penalty, if any. If the decision is that the student is guilty of academic dishonesty, the Dean will inform the student in writing, and send a copy of the letter to the instructor and to the registrar. The student may appeal the decision to the Student Academic Appeals Committee.
- The normal penalty for a first offence is a zero grade in the component of the course in which the dishonesty occurred. However, in a case of particular seriousness, or in the case of a repeated offence, penalties may include a zero grade in the course, suspension of one semester or longer, or expulsion from the university.
- A student who is dismissed from the University for a certain time for academic disciplinary reasons may in the last semester before graduation petition the Student Academic Appeals Committee in writing to have the notation "Suspended for Academic Disciplinary Reasons" removed from his or her transcript. The decision to remove would be based primarily on the academic performance of the student upon his or her return to the University; it would not be decided automatically.
Plagiarism
- Plagiarism is a kind of academic dishonesty in which an individual
uses the work of another without appropriate acknowledgement. Plagiarism
includes but is not limited to the following practices:
- Using another's work without acknowledgement.
- Copying material without quotation marks.
- Paraphrasing too closely the exact words of the originating author.
- Submitting as one's own work written in whole or in part by another individual.
- The following practices related to plagiarism are also prohibited:
- Helping another student plagiarize.
- Submitting in whole or in part work for which the student has received credit in another course, unless the permission of the instructor has been obtained.
- Submitting any statement of fact known to be false or providing a fabricated reference to a source.
Policy on Academic Integrity
- MUBS University is committed to excellence in scholarship. All members of the university have a responsibility to ensure that the highest standards of integrity in scholarly research are understood and practiced.
- The university takes a serious stance towards form of academic dishonesty, such as plagiarism; submission of work for which credit has already been received; cheating; impersonating another student; falsification or fabrication of data; acquisition of confidential materials, e.g. examination papers; misrepresentation of facts; altering transcripts or other official documents.
Study Regulations
- Academic Year: The academic year at MUBS consists of two regular semesters (Fall & Spring) and the Summer Semester. Regular semesters are 15 weeks whereas summer semesters are 10 weeks.
- Credit Hour (cr.): Refers to one lecture hour per week lasting for fifteen weeks. A three credit hour course is usually offered twice a week with one and a half hours per session.
- Study Load: To be considered full time, students can register a minimum of nine credits and a maximum of eighteen credits in one regular semester. Part time students do not benefit from Financial Aid.
- Class Standing: The class standing for students is determined based on the number of passed credits. Sophomore class standing is from zero to thirty credits passed. Junior class standing is from thirty one to sixty credits passed. Senior class standing is for more than from sixty credits passed.
- Drop & Add Period: Students are allowed to modify their schedules (without losing any fees) during the “Drop & Add Period” which is usually the first ten days of a regular semester.
- Withdrawal: A student may withdraw from a course without receiving an “F” grade if withdrawal is completed before the assigned deadline (usually before the tenth week of a regular semester).
- Prerequisite: If course A is required to be completed before course B, then course A is the prerequisite of course B (example Accounting I is the PREREQUISITE of Accounting II).
- Attendance: Attendance is required in all courses by a minimum of 65 %. Students who miss more than 35 % of the total number of sessions in a course will be AUTOMATICALLY DROPPED (AW) from their courses.
- Grading System:
Percentage |
Grade |
Quality Points |
97 – 100 |
A+ |
4.0 |
87 – 89 |
B+ |
3.3 |
77 – 79 |
C+ |
2.3 |
67 – 69 |
D+ |
1.3 |
0-59 |
F |
Failing |
AW |
- |
Automatic Withdrawal |
W |
- |
Withdrawal |
I |
- |
Incomplete |
- Incomplete Grade: A student is set incomplete in senior project at the end of the semester he/she registers it. The deadline to submit the senior is two semesters. If the student fails to submit his senior within two semesters, the course status will be set to W. The student has to re-register it. Another case where a course is set incomplete is when she/he misses the final exam in that course. The student should submit a petition electronically at his base campus webmail (Damourpetition@mubs.edu.lb, Aleypetition@mubs.edu.lb, Beirutpetition@mubs.edu.lb or Semkeneyehpetition@mubs.edu.lb).
- Repeated Course: When a courses is successfully repeated, the original failure will continue to appear on the transcript, but the student will not be penalized for it in the computation of the cumulative GPA.
- Graduation Requirements: To qualify for graduation, undergraduate level students must attain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00/4 whereas graduate level (MBA, MCS and TD) students must attain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70/4. Students who fail to attain the required GPA will need to raise courses (usually D- and D courses) until they score a cumulative GPA of 2.00/2.70 or more.
- Computation
of the GPA (Grade Point Average): The grade
point average (GPA) is the average number of quality points earned per credit
in all courses taken and are assigned grades A to F. The GPA is calculated by:
- Multiplying the number of credits by the number of quality points assigned to the letter grade earned in each course.
- Adding the number of quality points earned in all courses.
- Dividing the total number of quality points by the total number of credits attempted.
Example: The GPA for the following five courses would be:
Course |
Grade |
Credits |
|
Points |
Total |
ENG201 |
D- |
3 |
X |
1 |
3 |
ARB201 |
C |
3 |
X |
2 |
6 |
CSC201 |
B |
3 |
X |
3 |
9 |
BUS201 |
A+ |
3 |
X |
4 |
12 |
PSY201 |
F |
3 |
X |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Semester GPA = Semester
points / Semester credit hours attempted = 30 / 15 = 2.0
The Cumulative GPA is the ratio of all points and credits accumulated since the
student started studying at MUBS.
- Honor List: Full time students are placed on the Honor List upon attaining a semester GPA of 3.0 and above.
- Probation: Students who attain a semester GPA of less than 1.0 will be put on Academic Probation. Consequently, they will not be allowed to register more than eleven credits in the following semester and they should earn a minimum semester GPA of 1.7. Failing to do so will lead to their SUSPENSION for one semester from the university. Upon their return (after suspension), students will be allowed to register for eleven credits only & in case they fail to remove the Probation, they will be DISMISSED from the university.
- Updating Records: Students are urged to update their records at the university in case needed (change of phone number, change in address etc…).
- Internship (1 credit): It is a requirement from all students at MUBS and it is a work experience in an operating business where the student participates in actual work functions. All internships are supervised by MUBS faculty who also assign grades for this internship (prerequisite: Junior standing).
Examination Regulations
- Midterm exams are held towards the mid of each semester. Students can check the midterm exam date in the course handbook uploaded on UMS by each instructor at the beginning of the semester.
- Final exams are usually held according to a schedule including date and time of each exam in the campuses. The final exams schedule is disseminated via email a week to ten days before the exams start.
- Misreading the final exams schedule is not accepted as a valid excuse for missing the exam.
- Students should bring essential items to exams as there is limited storage within exam room.
- Food and drink is not allowed in the exam room with the exception of water, if required, should be in a clear plastic bottle with no label.
- The use of mobile phones or other electronic devices is prohibited during exams. Mobiles and electronic devices should be switched off or in silent mode and handed to proctors upon entry to exam room.
- Students should bring their id card to all exams and display it upon entry to the exam room. Then place it in front of them during the exam.
- Students should sit on the desk allocated according to the seating plan posted outside the exam room.
- Students should sign next to their name on the attendance sheet (exam room seating plan) upon submitting the exam.
- Exams will start and finish upon instruction from proctors. Students should not open the exam paper nor start writing until instructed to do so.
- No communication is allowed with other students during exams. Failure to abide by this is considered cheating.
- No examination question paper, answer booklet and scratch paper(s), whether used or not, may be taken from the exam hall.
- Students arriving late to an exam will be admitted. But they will not be given extra time.
- Use of calculators and dictionaries is prohibited unless otherwise stated on exam paper by instructor.
- Students are not allowed to miss midterm or final exams. A zero grade will be given except in extreme & exceptional cases & after filling in a Petition Form within a maximum of one week (for midterm exams)/ten days (for final exams) after the exam date.