Change in Academic Status
All students who fail to maintain Good Standing will be notified of their change in status by letter at the end of the term in which they failed to maintain a semester GPA of at least 2.0. Academic Standing is evaluated each term after final grades have been posted by the Registrar.
Academic Probation
A student will be placed on academic probation if, at the end of any semester while the student is in good standing, the semester GPA falls below 2.0. The student’s status will be changed to Academic Probation and the student will be notified by letter of the change. Academic probation serves as the initial notice that the student’s performance is not currently meeting the minimum grade point average required for graduation. Continued performance at this level will result in the student’s being placed on academic suspension.
First Academic Suspension
A student’s academic status changes to Academic Suspensions in the event that the student earns a grade point average of below 2.0 in the semester following placement on Academic Probation.
At this point, the student will be notified by letter and an academic hold will be placed on the student’s account, which will prevent the student from registering for classes for the upcoming term. If the student has already registered for classes for the upcoming term, those courses will be dropped from the student’s schedule.
The first time a student is placed on Academic Suspension, the student will have to sit out for one semester without taking courses. In this case, it is recommended that the student take the necessary steps to ensure that, upon returning to the classroom, circumstances are optimal for his or her success academically. Following the one semester’s suspension, the academic hold is lifted, and the student is eligible to reapply for admission.
Rather than sit out for a term, the student may choose to follow a formal appeal process. This process affords the student the opportunity to make a case before a committee to request that the suspension be lifted for the upcoming term. The student will be allowed to register for the upcoming term on the first day of returning student registration during the suspension term.
Second (or Subsequent) Academic Suspensions
A second or subsequent academic suspension shall be for one calendar year. Successful appeal of the student’s first academic suspension does not reset the student’s suspension count. The student will be allowed to register for their returning semester on the first day of returning student registration during the final suspension term.