5.12 EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

5.12.5 RTD OR REQUIREMENT TO DISCONTINUE STUDIES (UNIVERSITY)

5.12.5.1 Two-semester RTD for Failure to Meet the Minimum Academic Performance Standard

If students fail to meet the minimum UGPA of 60.00% upon completion of an additional 15 credit hours since the application of university academic probation, they are required to discontinue (RTD) for two semesters from the university.

5.12.5.2 Two-semester RTD for a Term GPA of "NP"

Any full-time student receiving grades of NP (or a combination of grades of NP and F) in all courses in a given semester will be required to discontinue from the university for two semesters.

5.12.5.3 Conditions on Registration

When a faculty admits or readmits a student on petition or appeal, it may set conditions on registration. These may include a limit on the number of courses that may be taken, mandatory academic advising, and/or performance conditions such as a requirement to pass all courses in the first semester.

5.12.5.4 Failure to Meet Performance Conditions

When a student is readmitted on petition, but fails to meet performance conditions, the student is required to discontinue indefinitely from the Faculty (see "Faculty Probation and RTD", below).

When a student is readmitted (permitted to continue) because of a successful appeal (see §5.12.7.2), but fails to meet performance conditions, the original RTD is reinstated.

5.12.5.5 Probation after Readmission

When readmitted, students are not on university academic probation. Students whose UGPA is below 60.00% at the end of the first semester they attend after being readmitted are placed on university academic probation. They have a further 15 credit hours to attain the minimum standards before being required to discontinue again.

5.12.5.6 Indefinite RTD

Students who have been required to discontinue studies at the university since 200120, have subsequently been readmitted, and have failed to meet the minimum requirements of the university for a second time (under either the minimum academic performance standard or the term GPA of NP rule) are required to discontinue indefinitely from the university.

5.12.5.7 Failure in English 100 at the Third Attempt

Students who receive a failing grade in a third completed (i.e., passed or failed) attempt at English 100 are required to discontinue indefinitely from the university.

5.12.5.8 Minimum Length of an Indefinite RTD

The minimum length of an indefinite RTD is two years (six semesters).

5.12.5.9 Recalculation of the UGPA following Six-Consecutive-Semester Absence (Fresh Start)

Students who are readmitted to a faculty as of 200620 or later, and who have not registered in courses (added and/or dropped) for six consecutive terms prior to readmission, will have all previously failed courses excluded from the calculation of the Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA).  The same process was observed for students who were readmitted following the former one-year RTD based on accumulated failed credit hours (regulations in effect from 1989-2001).