Academic Affairs

Academic Probation and Suspension Information for Corrick Center Students (who have earned fewer than 12 credits outside of the Corrick Center)

Policy
Corrick Center students at MSUM are required to make and maintain satisfactory academic progress.  This means that there are cumulative GPA and percent of credits completed thresholds that students must achieve each semester.  Students are responsible for determining whether or not they are achieving satisfactory academic progress by comparing their own cumulative GPA and percent of credits completed to the following minimum standards required by MSUM.  For Corrick Center students who have completed 11 or fewer graded credits in departments outside of the Corrick Center:

	these Corrick Center students must earn 75% of all credits attempted, and
	maintain a 2.0 GPA for all credits earned in other departments.

(Attempted credits include all courses on students’ records, including courses currently in progress, withdrawals, repeated courses, and grades of incomplete.)

Each semester that a student’s cumulative GPA or percent completed is below the required level, the student is placed on probation.  Students on probation cannot pre-register for next semester classes.  Students on probation must either raise their cumulative GPA/percent completed to the appropriate minimum listed above by the end of the semester, or earn 75% of their credits and a 2.0 GPA for the current semester in order to remain at the University.  Students on probation who do not fulfill either of these requirements will be suspended.  Students suspended for the first time may not return to MSUM for one semester (not including summer term).  Second suspensions last one calendar year.  Third and subsequent suspensions last for two calendar years.  Students who are suspended may appeal their status to the Suspension Appeals Committee.  Forms, information, and deadlines for the suspension appeal process are available in the Office of Academic Affairs, Owens 206.

Students who are placed on academic probation and suspension are notified by letter from the Office of Academic Affairs.  Students are responsible for notifying the Records Office of address changes.

Upon completion of 12 or more graded credits (non Corrick Center credits), students must meet the conditions of the campus-wide probation and suspension policies, available in the Bulletin and on-line at:
http://www.mnstate.edu/acadaff/AcadSupport/ProbationSuspension.htm

Procedure

Corrick Center students are put on probation each semester that their cumulative GPA/percent completed remains or falls below the required standards.  Probation holds are placed at the beginning of the semester after the drop/add period closes.

Being on probation prevents students from registering for future semesters.  This is because probation is a warning status- when students are on academic probation, they must meet the requirements listed above, or they will be suspended and not permitted to attend the University for a specific period of time.

At the end of each semester, when final grades are recorded, students who do not fulfill the requirements are suspended, and probation holds are released for students who do fulfill the requirements.

Students can be placed on probation more than once because it often requires more than one semester to raise the cumulative GPA to the necessary level.