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Standards of Academic Progress (Procedure 4.1000)

Purpose:

Standards of Academic Progress have been established to help students maintain a satisfactory grade point average (GPA) to be successful and to graduate. The College has high expectations of students to apply their best effort and utilize support services to be academically successful.

A cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0 is required to graduate. To maintain satisfactory academic progress at the College, College Credit and Post Secondary Adult Vocational (PSAV) students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 each semester. Successful completion of a course is defined as a grade of A, B, C or D except for those courses which specifically require a grade of C or better for successful completion. Limited access programs may have additional standards that take precedent.

Procedure: Standards of Academic Progress

Good Standing

Students who achieve at least at 2.0 GPA each semester and have at least at 2.0 cumulative GPA will be in Good Standing

Academic Warning

Students will be placed on Academic Warning under any of the following conditions:

College credit and PSAV students whose semester GPA falls below a 2.0 in any given semester will be placed on Academic Warning. Academic Warning provides students with notification that they are not maintaining satisfactory progress and encourages them to seek help for improvement. Students on Academic Warning are strongly encouraged to speak with an educational Advisor/Counselor to discuss their educational plan and to seek assistance from Faculty, the Program Manager or Department Chair. To be removed from Academic Warning at the end of the next semester, these students must achieve a minimum semester and cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Academic Probation

Students on Academic Warning whose semester GPA again falls below 2.0 will be placed on Academic Probation. Students on Academic Probation are required to meet with an educational Advisor/Counselor to discuss their educational plan, to seek assistance from the Faculty, Program Manager or Department Chair, and set up scheduled visits to the Academic Success Center and/or STAR lab. Students on probation must limit their enrollment to a maximum of 12 credit hours (420 PSAV contact hours) in Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester(s) and will be advised to consider reducing their academic load. Students will only be allowed to register for the next semester with the help of an educational Advisor/Counselor. However, students may be dropped from their classes when grades are posted and a new GPA is calculated. To be removed from probation, students must achieve a minimum semester and cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0.

Students who have a cumulative GPA below a 2.0 after earning thirty (30) credit hours, including transfer course work, will be placed on Academic Probation, even if they never earned a semester GPA below a 2.0 at Seminole State College.

Academic Suspension

Students on Academic Probation will be placed on Academic Suspension if they have a third semester (not necessarily consecutive) in which they earn less than a 2.0 semester GPA.

The following rules apply to students placed on Academic Suspension:

1. Students will be notified by the Registrar’s office of the Academic Suspension prohibiting enrollment for one semester at the College
2. Re-enrollment into college credit or vocational courses is allowed with educational Advisor/Counselor approval after these students have not enrolled for one semester (Fall, Spring, or Summer).
3. Students placed on Academic Suspension who had previously registered for the upcoming term will be dropped from their classes.
4. To be removed from Academic Suspension, and placed on Academic Probation, students must achieve a minimum semester GPA of 2.0. If these students fail to earn a semester GPA greater than or equal to a 2.0 while on Academic Suspension, they remain on suspension and must sit out for a semester.
5. Students may not register for any courses at the College while on Academic Suspension.

Appeal of Academic Suspension

Students have the right to appeal an Academic Suspension. Appeals must be submitted on a petition form to the Dean of Students or Director of Student Success Services at their Campus/Center location prior to the first day of the semester. Good practice dictates that the course load be limited to part-time study to support success. Under this status, the student is to meet with an educational Advisor/Counselor or other designated Student Success Services staff member to discuss strategies for success. Students must have the advisor’s or Student Success Services staff member’s signed approval of the proposed course schedule on the registration form. Students will not be allowed to register for the next semester until grades are received and a new GPA is calculated in order to determine eligibility for further enrollment.

Cumulative GPA Requirement to Graduate

A cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.0 is required for graduation. Transfer courses are factored into the Seminole State College GPA. Students who have a cumulative GPA below a 2.0 after earning thirty (30) credits that count towards the GPA, will be placed on Academic Probation and an enrollment restriction will be applied to their record. The enrollment restriction will occur after grades are posted and will be in effect immediately. It is required that students on Academic Probation meet with an educational Advisor/Counselor to discuss their educational plan. Students on Academic Probation must limit their enrollment to a maximum of 12 credit hours (420 PSAV contact hours) in Fall, Spring or Summer Semester(s). Students will not be allowed to register for the next semester until grades are posted and a new GPA is calculated in order to determine eligibility for further enrollment. To be removed from Academic Probation, students must achieve a minimum semester and cumulative GPA of 2.0.