The range of acceptable grades for graduate work is any grade at the level of C (2.0) or above. However, should a student's cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) fall below a 3.0, that student will automatically and immediately be placed on academic probation. Probation provides a one-semester opportunity to bring the GPA up to 3.0 or above. Only by express direction of the department may this probationary term be extended. If an extension is granted, the student will become ineligible for scholarships or assistantships administered by the Graduate Office.
Note that grades of B-, C+, and C are acceptable as long as they do not lower the GPA below 3.0. However, academic departments and programs have the discretion to set higher standards and not accept these grades toward a degree program. Under all circumstances, grades of C-, D+, D, D-, and F are unacceptable. Receiving one such grade will result in the student being placed on academic probation, regardless of cumulative GPA. Probation will be removed when the course is retaken and an acceptable grade is achieved. In some cases a department may petition the Dean of Graduate Studies to allow a substitution (for example, when the course will not be offered again); however, in such cases both the course with the unacceptable grade and the substitute course grade will be entered on the transcript and factor into the GPA.
Failure to suitably raise the GPA or to satisfactorily pass a course or courses with acceptable grades while on probation will automatically result in academic suspension. Students on academic suspension will not be allowed to matriculate, and must reapply for admission should they wish to re-enter a graduate program.
20 Jul 2006