Academic Affairs

Probation Procedure

Students are put on probation each semester that their cumulative GPA or percent completion remains or falls below the required standards. Probation holds are placed at the end of each semester after the grading period.

At the end of each semester, final grades are recorded. Semester requirements for students on probation are to earn a 2.0 minimum GPA and to earn at least 66.66% of the credits being attempted during the semester. Students on academic probation who did not fulfill the requirements are suspended, and registration holds are released for probationary students who did fulfill the requirements

Students on probation who successfully completed their semester requirements but still have cumulative totals below the overall minimums remain on probation. Students whose cumulative totals go above the minimums are removed from probation. Students can be on academic probation more than one semester, because it often requires more than one semester to raise the cumulative GPA/percent completion to the necessary level.

If a probationary student's cumulative GPA or percent completion is raised above the minimums during a semester due to a grade change, withdrawal etc., that student should contact the office of Academic Affairs to check on their status. Probationary status is checked by the University only after the end-of semester grading periods, so students must notify Academic Affairs of changes at other times.

Students are responsible for determining their own academic status, both by monitoring the "Holds" section of the online web registration program, and by comparing their own progress to the standards. For more information see the Undergraduate Bulletin, pp. 61-62.