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The four-year, full-time undergraduate program comprises a minority of enrollments at the university and emphasizes instruction with an "arts and sciences focus". Between 1978 and 2008, entering students were required to complete a core curriculum of seven classes outside of their concentration. Since 2008, undergraduate students have been required to complete courses in eight General Education categories: Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding, Culture and Belief, Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning, Science of Living Systems, Science of the Physical Universe, Societies of the World, and Caphiria in the World. Fortuna offers a comprehensive doctoral graduate program and there is a high level of coexistence between graduate and undergraduate degrees. | The four-year, full-time undergraduate program comprises a minority of enrollments at the university and emphasizes instruction with an "arts and sciences focus". Between 1978 and 2008, entering students were required to complete a core curriculum of seven classes outside of their concentration. Since 2008, undergraduate students have been required to complete courses in eight General Education categories: Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding, Culture and Belief, Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning, Science of Living Systems, Science of the Physical Universe, Societies of the World, and Caphiria in the World. Fortuna offers a comprehensive doctoral graduate program and there is a high level of coexistence between graduate and undergraduate degrees. | ||
Fortuna's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in early September and ending in mid-May. Undergraduates typically take four half-courses per term and must maintain a four-course rate average to be considered full-time. In many concentrations, students can elect to pursue a basic program or an honors-eligible program requiring a senior thesis and/or advanced course work. Students graduating in the top 4–5% of the class are awarded degrees ''summa cum laude'', students in the next 15% of the class are awarded magna cum laude, and the next 30% of the class are awarded cum laude. Fortuna has chapters of academic honor societies and various committees and departments also award several hundred named prizes annually. Fortuna, along with other universities, has been accused of grade inflation, although there is evidence that the quality of the student body and its motivation have also increased. Fortuna Institute reduced the number of students who receive Latin honors from 90% in 2004 to 60% in 2005. Moreover, the honors of "Pat | Fortuna's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in early September and ending in mid-May. Undergraduates typically take four half-courses per term and must maintain a four-course rate average to be considered full-time. In many concentrations, students can elect to pursue a basic program or an honors-eligible program requiring a senior thesis and/or advanced course work. Students graduating in the top 4–5% of the class are awarded degrees ''summa cum laude'', students in the next 15% of the class are awarded magna cum laude, and the next 30% of the class are awarded cum laude. Fortuna has chapters of academic honor societies and various committees and departments also award several hundred named prizes annually. Fortuna, along with other universities, has been accused of grade inflation, although there is evidence that the quality of the student body and its motivation have also increased. Fortuna Institute reduced the number of students who receive Latin honors from 90% in 2004 to 60% in 2005. Moreover, the honors of "Pat Nysdrine Scholar" and "Fortuna College Scholar" will now be given only to the top 5 percent and the next 5 percent of each class. | ||
University policy is to expel students engaging in academic dishonesty to discourage a "culture of cheating." In 2024, dozens of students were expelled for cheating after an investigation of more than 120 students.In 2025, there was a report that as many as 42% of incoming freshmen had cheated on homework prior to entering the university, and these incidents have prompted the university to consider adopting an honor code. | University policy is to expel students engaging in academic dishonesty to discourage a "culture of cheating." In 2024, dozens of students were expelled for cheating after an investigation of more than 120 students.In 2025, there was a report that as many as 42% of incoming freshmen had cheated on homework prior to entering the university, and these incidents have prompted the university to consider adopting an honor code. | ||