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Retention Standards

To remain eligible for continued enrollment in the university, students must make satisfactory academic progress. All courses in which a student has a recorded grade will be counted in the calculation of the GPA for retention purposes, excluding remedial, reprieved, or renewed courses. Such progress, in terms of GPA, is as follows:

Credit Hours Taken Retention/Graduation GPA Requirements
1-29 credit hours 1.70
30 or more credit hours 2.00

Academic Notice

  1. Students with fewer than 30 attempted credit hours who have earned a retention/graduation GPA of 1.70 to less than 2.00 will be placed on academic notice.
  2. A student who earns 9 or more hours of "F" grades in any term will be placed on academic notice, regardless of the retention/graduation GPA.

Academic Probation

Any student who does not make satisfactory progress as indicated above will be placed on academic probation for one term. To continue at the end of that term, the student must have:

  1. Earned a term GPA of 2.00 on regularly graded coursework (excluding activity or performance courses) or
  2. met the minimum retention/graduation GPA standard required above.

Students on academic probation may not enroll in more than 13 credit hours in a term, unless approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Academic Suspension

  1. Students who have earned fewer than 90 credit hours toward a degree and who fail to meet the criteria for removal from probation will be immediately suspended from the university. Unless an appeal is granted by the Academic Regulations Committee (see below), such students will not be reinstated until one regular term (fall, spring, or summer) has elapsed.
  2. A one-time-only exemption may be offered to suspended students with 90 or more earned hours in a specified degree program. This exemption will allow the suspended senior to enroll in an additional 15 term hours in a further attempt to achieve the requirements for retention. During these 15 hours of enrollment, the student must achieve a minimum 2.00 term GPA during each enrollment or raise the retention/graduation GPA to 2.00 or above.
  3. Students receiving veteran education benefits who are put on academic suspension are withdrawn from the program and reported to the VA. Benefit certifications for the program will be terminated and the beneficiary may be in debt to the VA.

Academic notice, probation and suspension are completely separate from the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policies.

Appeals by Suspended Students

Students who wish to appeal their suspension must document any extraordinary personal circumstances that contributed to the academic deficiencies that led to the suspension. Such events must be highly unusual, such as the death of an immediate relative; a serious illness; severe financial distress; direct, significant work conflicts; unexpected, substantial family obligations; or personal crisis. Appeals decisions will be made by the Academic Regulations Committee. For further information about academic appeal procedures, students should see the Registrar.

Readmission of Suspended Students

Students who are academically suspended by Science & Arts will not be allowed to reenter for at least one regular term (fall, spring, or summer) except as noted above. Suspended students can be readmitted only one time. Such students are readmitted on probationary status and, while on probation, must maintain a 2.0 GPA each term or raise their retention/graduation GPA to 2.00.

Second Suspension

A reinstated student who is suspended a second time from Science & Arts cannot return to Science & Arts until the retention/graduation GPA is raised to the retention standard of 2.00 by attending another institution.