B. Academic Standing

Graduate students must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) and make satisfactory progress in all other aspects of their degree programs in order to continue as students. Academic Standing reflects the student’s level of accomplishment with regard to these aspects. The Graduate College monitors cumulative graduate GPA, and the graduate programs monitor all other aspects of academic progress. There are three categories of Academic Standing: Good Standing, Probation and Dismissal.
 

1. Minimum GPA:
   Campus policy requires a student to maintain a minimum cumulative graduate GPA of 2.75 in order to continue in an advanced degree program, and to have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 2.75 to graduate. Many departments, however, require a minimum of 3.0 or higher. For departments with higher minima, the Graduate College enforces the department’s minimum based on the calculated graduate cumulative GPA. Students enrolled in joint degree programs must meet the minimum GPA requirements of both degree programs in order to maintain satisfactory academic progress and to graduate.
   1. Minimum GPA Requirements by Program. All graduate students must meet the minimum degree GPA specified by the degree program in order to have the degree certified and to graduate. Students admitted in an earlier term may have a different requirement. See the Program of Study for the term of entry to determine minimum required GPA.
       
2. Grade Point Average (GPA) Computation:
   The graduate GPA includes all hours and grades for all courses taken while enrolled as a graduate student. See chapter IV.A.2. for information about repeated courses. The GPA component of academic status is calculated at a predetermined date at the end of each semester. Even though grades may be changed in the official record after this date, the academic standing for that term is NOT changed. At the point of calculation, graduate students must have a cumulative graduate GPA at or above their department’s minimum to be in good standing. See chapter IV.A.1. for more information about grade points used in computations.
    
3. Academic Standing:
   All graduate students must meet the minimum program grade point average (GPA) specified by the program in order to have the degree certified and to graduate. The Graduate College monitors minimum program cumulative GPA, and failure to meet this requirement in any term can result in the student being placed on probation or dismissed from the Graduate College. Other factors that determine satisfactory academic progress are monitored by the student's program, and failure to meet these requirements can result in the program recommending to the Graduate College that the student be placed on probation or dismissed from the Graduate College.
   1. Good Standing:
      Good academic standing requires more than an acceptable cumulative GPA. Graduate students must make satisfactory progress in all aspects of their program in order to continue as students and to graduate. Additional factors that a program may use to assess academic progress include, but are not limited to, performance in course work, satisfactory and timely completion of all milestones as determined by the program, satisfactory progress in research, overall graduate and/or program GPA, and performance on qualifying, preliminary, and other examinations. Failure to meet these requirements can result in the program recommending to the Graduate College that the student be placed on probation or dismissed from the Graduate College. Good standing can also be referred to as Full Graduate Standing, which is the normal status of graduate students with no holds (III.B.3.c) or limited status (III.A.1) or probation status at the University.
       
   2. Probation:
      Students placed on probation have one semester to improve their standing to Full Standing, or will be dismissed from the Graduate College. A student who has a cumulative graduate GPA below the degree program's minimum at the end of any semester of enrollment will be placed on Graduate College probation. Once a student has been placed on probation, the student must raise the cumulative GPA to his/her program's minimum by the end of the next term of enrollment, or face dismissal from the Graduate College. 
       
   3. Admission on Limited Status Due to Low GPA or No Comparable Bachelor’s Degree:
      Students who are admitted to the Graduate College on limited status because of no comparable bachelor’s degree or low GPA are admitted on probation (see chapter III.A.1 for more information). If these students do not meet the minimum GPA for their program in the first semester of graduate work, they will receive a notice of dismissal from the Graduate College (see chapter IV.B.6).
       
   4. Dismissal:
      A graduate student placed on probation who fails to improve the GPA to the required level by the end of the next term of enrollment will receive a notice of dismissal from the Graduate College. This action prohibits the student from registering and drops any courses for which the student has pre-registered. If a student is dismissed from the Graduate College because of a low cumulative graduate GPA, the graduate student petition process may be used to request reinstatement. The Graduate College will consider petitions containing strong program support and strong justification based on other factors pertinent to the program's determination of satisfactory academic progress.
       
4. Minimun Program GPAs:
   All graduate students must meet the minimum degree GPA specified by the degree program in order to have the degree certified and to graduate. Below are the current GPA requirements by program. Students admitted in an earlier term may have a different requirement. See the Program of Study for your term of entry.   
   
   
   

   Program or Major	Minimum GPA
   Accountancy	3.0
   Advertising	2.75
   Aerospace Engineering	3.0
   African Studies	3.25
   Agricultural and Applied Economics	3.0
   Agricultural and Biological Engineering	3.0
   Agricultural and Consumer Economics	3.0
   Agricultural Education	2.75
   Agricultural Engineering	3.0
   Agricultural Production	2.75
   Animal Biology (see Biology)
   Animal Sciences	3.0
   Anthropology	3.0
   Architecture (all programs)	2.75
   Art and Design (all programs)	2.75
   Art Education	2.75
   Art History	2.75
   Asian Studies	2.75
   Astronomy	3.0
   Atmospheric Sciences	3.0
   Audiology	3.0
   Biochemistry	3.0
   Bioenergy	2.75
   Bioengineering	3.0
   Bioinformatics (Animal Sciences, Computer Sciences, Crop Sciences, Library and Information Science)	3.0
   Bioinformatics (Chemical and Biological Engineering)	2.75
   Biology (all programs)	3.0
   Biophysics and Computational Biology	3.0
   Business Administration	2.75
   Business Administration MBA	2.75
   Business Administration Executive MBA	2.75
   Cell and Developmental Biology	3.0
   Chemical Engineering	2.75
   Civil and Environmental Engineering (all programs)	2.75
   Chemistry (all programs)	3.0
   Classics (all programs)	2.75
   Communication (LAS)	2.75
   Communications (ICR)	3.0
   Communications & Media	3.0
   Community Health	3.0
   Comparative Biosciences	3.0
   Comparative Literature	3.25
   Computer Science	3.0
   Curriculum and Instruction (all programs)	3.0
   Creative Writing	2.75
   Crop Sciences	3.0
   Dance	2.75
   East Asian Languages and Cultures	2.75
   East Asian Studies	2.75
   Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology	3.0
   Economics	3.0
   Educational Organization and Leadership	3.0
   Educational Policy Studies	3.0
   Educational Psychology	3.0
   Electrical and Computer Engineering	3.0
   English	3.0
   English as a Second Language, Teaching of	3.0
   Entomology	3.0
   European Union Studies	2.75
   Finance	3.0
   Financial Engineering	2.75
   Food Science and Human Nutrition	3.0
   French	2.75
   General Engineering	2.75
   Geography	3.0
   Geology (all programs)	3.0
   Germanic Languages and Literatures	3.0
   Health Communication	2.75
   History (all programs)	2.75
   Human and Community Development	2.75
   Human Factors	3.0
   Human Resource Education	3.0
   Human Resources and Industrial Relations	3.0
   Industrial Engineering	3.0
   Informatics	2.75
   Journalism	2.875
   Kinesiology	3.0
   Landscape Architecture	3.0
   Latin American and Caribbean Studies	3.25
   Law (all programs)	2.75
   Library and Information Science, M.S.	2.75
   Library and Information Science, C.A.S. and Ph.D.	3.25
   Linguistics	2.75
   Materials Science and Engineering	3.0
   Mathematics (all master's programs)	3.0
   Mathematics, Ph.D.	3.25
   Mechanical Engineering	3.0
   Microbiology	3.0
   Molecular and Cellular Biology	2.75
   Molecular and Integrative Physiology	2.75
   Music (all programs)	2.75
   Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences	3.0
   Neuroscience	3.0
   Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (all programs)	2.75
   Nutritional Sciences	3.0
   Pathobiology	3.0
   Philosophy	3.25
   Physics (all programs)	2.75
   Plant Biology	3.0
   Political Science	3.0
   Psychology	2.75
   Public Health	3.0
   Recreation, Sport and Tourism	3.0
   Regional Planning	3.0
   Rehabilitation	3.0
   Religion	2.75
   Russian and East European Studies	3.25
   Slavic Languages and Literature	2.75
   Social Work	3.0
   Sociology	3.25
   South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies	3.25
   Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese (all programs)	3.0
   Special Education	3.0
   Speech and Hearing Science (all programs)	3.0
   Speech Communication	2.75
   Statistics (Applied and Economic)	3.0
   Statistics (Analytical, MS and PhD)	2.75
   Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering	3.25
   Taxation	3.0
   Teaching of Earth Science	3.0
   Technical Systems Management	2.75
   Technology Management	2.75
   Theatre	3.0
   Theoretical and Applied Mechanics	3.0
   Urban Planning	3.0
   Veterinary Biosciences	3.0
   Veterinary Clinical Medicine	3.0