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Minimum Requirements

2.00 CGPA Required for all I.U. courses (Grades earned at another college or university are not calculated into the I.U. grade point average).
2.00 CGPA Required for all courses completed after admission to General Studies
2.00 (Grade of C) Required for each fundamental skills course
1.70 (Grade of C-) Required for Distribution Requirements
1.70 (Grade of C-) Required for Area of Concentration (BGS)
0.70 (Grade of D-) May be used as electives only
Pass (Grade of P) May be used as electives only

Good Standing

You are considered to be in good standing when you have:

  • earned a minimum academic GPA of 2.0 (C) for the last semester's work
  • earned a minimum after-admission GPA of 2.0
  • earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

Dean's List

The Dean's List is announced annually.  If you are placed on the Dean's List, you receive a letter and certificate signed by the dean and the division representative.  As a School of Continuing Studies degree student, you are placed on the Dean's List when you have:

  1. completed, after admission to the School of Continuing Studies, at least 12 credit hours of graded course work (FX, I, P, R, S, and SAC are not counted in the 12 credit hours.)  The course work must be completed during the prior academic year (from September 1 to August 31).  Important:  You must complete independent study courses by August 31 for Dean's List consideration.
  2. earned a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for applicable credit hours.  If you are a part-time student, we include all course work you completed during the prior academic year in tabulating the GPA.  If you are a full-time student, we consider one semester (or both summer sessions) in which you completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in tabulating the GPA.

Academic Probation

You are automatically placed on academic probation whenever your GPA for a full-time semester or a 12 credit hour unit of work is below 2.0.  Whether you were admitted on probation or have been placed on probation, your academic performance will be evaluated when you complete an additional 12 credit hours at Indiana University.

You will be removed from probationary status if your GPA for these 12 credits is at least 2.0 and your cumulative GPA is at least 2.0.

If you are a probationary student and your GPA for the additional 12 credits is 2.0 but your cumulative GPA remains below 2.0, your probationary status will be continued for another 12 credit hour unit of work; you must raise the cumulative GPA to at least 2.0 during this time or you will be dismissed.

Dismissal

You are subject to academic dismissal when you fail to make satisfactory progress toward your degree.  You will be dismissed whenever your GPA for a full-time semester or a 12 credit hour unit of work is below 1.0 and your cumulative GPA is below 2.0.

If you are a probationary student, you will be dismissed if your GPA for the additional 12 credit hour unit of work is below 2.0.  Likewise, if you are a student whose probationary status has been continued for a second 12 credit hour unit and you fail to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0, you will be dismissed.

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Last updated: 06 July 2004
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