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By default, students requirements are from the catalog under which they entered:
If a student A started at UArizona during the 2023-24 academic year, the Fall 2023 catalog requirements will apply to them.
If a student B started at UArizona during the 2024-25 academic year, the Fall 2024 catalog requirements will apply to them.
Students DO have some choice; a student may opt in to requirements for a later catalog, if they determine with the advisor that this will not cause problems with their plans to complete their degree. This also enables students to take advantage of new programs that may not have been offered yet when they started at the university.
Student A could opt in to the Fall 2024 catalog requirements.
However, students are not able to choose an earlier catalog.
Student B cannot choose the Fall 2023 catalog requirements.
Keep in mind: returning students who have to apply for readmission will enter under the newest catalog requirements in effect for their readmission term. They will not have the option to change requirements, but should work with their advisor upon readmission especially if there are significant curriculum changes since they attended previously.
Official policy on Choice of Catalog: https://catalog.arizona.edu/policy/program-graduation/student/catalog-choice