Progression and Academic Standing
Students enrolled in a degree program must maintain a minimum graduate grade point average of 3.0 in their graduate level classes. Students must be in Good Academic Standing to be eligible for graduation.
Courses earned with grades of "C" or lower may not be used toward a graduate degree, but will be calculated in the overall grade point average.
Graduate students are expected to maintain Good Academic Standing as they progress toward completing their programs. Students will be evaluated each semester on the basis of the GPA in their graduate coursework. The academic standing of graduate students is classified as follows:
1) Good Academic Standing
2) Academic Probation
3) Academic Suspension
Good Academic Standing
Good Academic Standing is defined for graduate students as a GPA of 3.0 or higher in graduate coursework.
Academic Probation
A student whose grade point average in his or her graduate coursework falls below 3.0 after the completion of at least six (6) hours of graduate level classes begins the next semester on Academic Probation. A student must earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher in graduate coursework each semester while on Academic Probation.
One of three possible actions will be implemented for a student on Academic Probation at the end of each term of enrollment:
1) A student who earns a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher in graduate coursework and raises his or her overall GPA to 3.0 or higher in graduate coursework will return to Good Academic Standing.
2) A student whose semester GPA in graduate coursework is 3.0 or higher, but whose overall GPA in graduate coursework remains below 3.0, will remain on Academic Probation.
3) A student who earns a semester GPA in graduate coursework below 3.0 while on Academic Probation, regardless of the overall graduate coursework GPA, will be on Academic Suspension for one semester.
Removal from Probation
Removal from Academic Probation occurs when, at the end of a probationary term, a student's grade point average in graduate coursework equals or exceeds 3.0.
Academic Suspension
Academic Suspension occurs when a student on academic probation earns a semester GPA in graduate coursework below 3.0 regardless of the overall GPA in graduate level classes. The length of Academic Suspension is one semester.