Qualitative (GPA) Measure of Progress

Students must maintain the required grade point average (GPA) necessary to continue as degree candidates at the University. Therefore, they must maintain an academic standing consistent with the University's Academic Retention Policy as outlined in the University Catalog. Specifically, this policy states:

Undergraduate Students:

Warning: an undergraduate student whose cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0 will be placed on warning, indicating academic difficulty.

Probation: an undergraduate student on warning whose cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0 will be placed on probation, indicating serious academic difficulty.

Dismissal: an undergraduate student on probation whose cumulative and semester GPA fall below a 2.0 will automatically be dismissed from his/her program and the University. An undergraduate student will not be dismissed prior to attempting a minimum of 20 semester hours of coursework.

Graduate Students:

Warning: a graduate student whose cumulative GPA falls below a 3.0 will be placed on warning, indicating academic difficulty.

Probation: a graduate student on warning whose cumulative GPA falls below a 3.0 will be placed on probation, indicating serious academic difficulty.

Dismissal: a graduate student on probation whose cumulative and semester GPA fall below a 3.0 will automatically be dismissed from his/her program and the University. A graduate student will not be dismissed prior to attempting a minimum of 12 semester hours of coursework.

Law Students:

Probation: a law student whose GPA falls below a 2.0 at the close of the first semester will be placed on probation, indicating academic difficulty.

Dismissal: a law student whose cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0 after the second or any subsequent semester will be dismissed.

Whenever students are placed on warning or probation, their academic standing satisfies the qualitative measure for maintaining financial aid eligibility. However, students who are dismissed from the University for academic reasons are ineligible to receive financial aid until they have been reinstated to the University, have submitted an appeal to the Office of Financial Aid and have re-established eligibility through the appeals process.