ARTICLE 1. ACADEMIC POLICIES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS
No student shall be denied admission to the Sulu State College because of his or her gender, nationality, religion, political affiliation, or physical disability (Sec. 12, RA 8292).
All students who seek education in the undergraduate programs of the Sulu State College must comply with all the admission requirements as well as the program’s specific admission and retention policies.
Section 1. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
1.1 Based on Admission. The students are classified as follows:
New Student. A student who is enrolled in the State College for the first time.
Transferee. A student who finished a degree program or partly finished his
Cross-enrollees. Student who is currently enrolled in another school who is permitted to enroll in the State College to earn credit units or vice versa.
Foreign Student. A student whose citizenship is not a Filipino who intends to enroll any degree program in the State College.
1.2 Based on Programs. The students are classified as follows:
Secondary Student. A student who is enrolled in the Basic Education program of the State College.
Undergraduate Student. A student who is enrolled in any baccalaureate degree/program.
Graduate student. A student who is enrolled in any post baccalaureate degree/program.
1.3 Based on Curriculum Level Placement. The students are classified as follows:
Freshmen. A student who is taking up the first year or 25% of the total number of units required in his curriculum.
Sophomore. A student who has satisfactorily completed the prescribed subjects of the first year of his curriculum or has not less than 25% nor more than 50% of the total number of units required in the entire course.
Junior. A student who has completed the prescribed subjects of the first years of his curriculum or has finished not less than 50% nor more than 70% of the total number of units required in his entire course.
Senior. A student who has completed the prescribed subjects of the first, second, and third years of the curriculum, or has finished not less than 75% of the total number of units required in his entire course.
1.4 Based on Academic Loads
Regular. A student who carries the prescribed academic load in a given semester in the curriculum for which he is enrolled.
Irregular. A student who carries less than the prescribed academic load in a given semester in the curriculum for which he is enrolled.



