Definitions

Academic Hold:  students who have not met with their adviser for a required meeting for students
who are not making adequate progress toward their degrees will have a hold placed on their account so they are unable to register for classes

Academic Status

   Academic Honors:  students with a minimum 3.25 GPA are added to the Dean’s List

      Summa Cum Laude: honors recognition for undergraduate students who have obtained a
      cumulative (includes all course attempts) GPA of 3.80 or higher

      Magna Cum Laude: honors recognition for undergraduate students who have obtained a cumulative
      (includes all course attempts) GPA between 3.60 and 3.79

      Cum Laude: honors recognition for undergraduate students who have obtained a cumulative
      (includes all course attempts) GPA between 3.40 and 3.59

   Good Standing:  students with a minimum 2.0 GPA are in good standing

Academic Action

   Term Warning: student who fails to maintain a 2.0 GPA for a semester receives a warning.  Student
   is required to meet with academic adviser and will be responsible for completing an academic plan
   during the following semester.  An academic advising hold is placed on a student account if a
   student fails to do so.

   Academic Probation:  student who fails to maintain a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA is placed on
   academic probation; failure to improve the academic record within a specified time may result in
   suspension or dismissal

   Special Probation:   student who fails to maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and has a quality
   point deficit of 10 points or higher is placed on special academic probation; an academic recovery
   plan must be developed; failure to complete the terms of the academic recovery plan and/or to
   improve the academic record within a specified time may result in suspension or dismissal

   Dismissal:  student who is no longer permitted to take coursework for credit at the University