A – QUALITATIVE REQUIREMENTS (Quality of academic work completed)

Depending on the number of credit hours attempted, the student is expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average as per the above table.

B – QUANTITATIVE REQUIREMENTS (Quantity of academic work completed)

A student must complete at least 67% of all hours attempted. Attempted hours are defined as any course that the student has enrolled for in the semester. Successfully completed hours refer to the hours in which the student has received a letter grade of A, B, C, or D. For Capstone courses, a student needs to receive a minimum of ’C‘ grade or above.

 For calculating the completion rate of academic work, F grade is calculated as not completed; however, for the purpose of CGPA calculations, the F grade will be taken into account. ‘W’ grade will be treated as attempted but not completed, however, it is not counted for the purpose of CGPA calculations.

PROBATION

A student is placed on probation at the end of Spring Semester if he/she does not meet the minimum requirements as per the information provided in A & B [above] sections; the student is expected to improve his academic performance during summer and fall semesters. In case the student does not improve, he is served with a final warning for the next semester, to be considered as final probationary semester.

SUSPENSION

In case the student is unable to improve the performance despite the final warning on probation, he/she will be placed on academic suspension. Students on suspension status shall not be allowed to enroll in classes for a period of one semester. Such students need to apply for provisional readmission after the semester.

REPEATING COURSES

Forgiving D & F for purpose of CGPA Calculations: A student can apply for forgiving D or F grades and be allowed to repeat a course. In such a case, the better of the two grades shall be used for the purpose of CGPA calculation.

Number of times a course can be repeated: A student is allowed to repeat a course only twice.

PERIOD OF STUDY

Students enrolled for a Bachelors degree must complete their program within 185 credits. This means a student can attempt a maximum of 185 credits to earn 120 credits required for graduation.

WORKED OUT EXAMPLE OF SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY
Case 1: Student is below the minimum required CGPA

Student at the end of spring semester attempts 30 credits - all passes - CGPA 1.25 Implications:

The student is served with a letter of probation

The student is advised to repeat certain courses to improve CGPA during the summer semester. The student is allowed to repeat courses in