Academic Standards cont.
ACADEMIC PROBATION Any student , graduate or undergraduate, failing to maintain the minimum grade point average as outlined in the Statement of Sat!sfactory Academic Progress will be placed on academic pro bat10n. Should the student not meet the minimum cumulative grade point average at the end of two consecutive semesters of academic probation, the appropriate faculty committee will con sider the student for academic dismissal. Any undergraduate student taking six semester hours or more who receives less than a 1.0 current grade point average will be considered for academic dismissal. Graduate students carrying six semester hours or more who receive a 2.0 current grade point average or less will be considered for academic dismissal. APPEALS Appeals must be stated in writing to the admissions and records office and must include explanation of why minimum academic requirements were not met and why an exception is warranted. Appeals must be received within three weeks of notification that the student is on academic probation or has failed to meet academic probationary requirements. Appeals which cannot be resolved with the admissions and records office will be referred to the Academic Standards Committee or the appropriate graduate faculty committee. FINANCIAL AID Failure to complete the required units or maintain a grade point average as outlined in the Statement of Satisfactory Academic Progress will result in financial aid probationary status. Students
will have one semester of financial aid probation. Failure to maintain satisfactory progress within the financial aid probation ary period will result in forfeiture of aid for subsequent semesters. Under these circumstances a student must demonstrate a mini mum of one semester of satisfactory progress before being eligi
ble again for financial aid consideration . FINANCIAL AID APPEALS
Appeals must be stated in writing to the office of student financial services and must include explanation of why minimum aid requirements were not met and why an exception is warranted. Appeals must be received within three weeks of notification that the student is on financial aid probation or has failed to meet financial aid probationary requirements. Appeals which cannot be resolved with the office of student financial services will be
referred to the Scholarship Committee. ATHLETICS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Students not making satisfactory progress will be considered ineligible for athletic competition and extra curricular activities. The student on a first semester academic probation may be allowed to compete or participate upon review by the Academic Standards Committee . Those remaining on academic probation a second consecutive semester will be ineligible . In addition to competitive athletics, extra curricular activities include: student government, forensic teams, gospel teams, band , chorale, athle tic clubs and other faculty sponsored organizations . For appeal procedures , see the appeal procedure outlined under Appeals section above.
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