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Continuation of Undergraduate Enrollment (suspension regulation)

REG 02.05.1

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Authority: Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

History: First Issued: 1969. Last Revised: November 25, 2003. Additional History Information.

Related Policies:
NCSU REG02.10.2 - Readmission of Former and Academically Suspended Undergraduate Degree Students

Contact Info: Dean, Undergraduate Academic Programs (919-515-3037)

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1.  Introduction

This regulation applies to: a) undergraduate students, including all Lifelong Education students, who enroll in NC State University for the first time in the 2004 Fall Semester or thereafter, and b) students admitted to the University in an undergraduate degree seeking status in the 2004 Fall Semester or thereafter, regardless of initial University enrollment date. Beginning with the 2006 Fall Semester, all undergraduate students, regardless of when they first enrolled in NC State University, will be subject to this regulation.

2.  Minimum Eligibility Standard

2.1.  The minimum eligibility standard for continued enrollment for any undergraduate student is defined as achieving the required cumulative grade point average for the total number of credit hours attempted at NC State plus transferred credit hours according to the Schedule of Performance Requirements for Continuing Undergraduate Enrollment, referred to hereafter as the Continuation Schedule." 
 

2.2.  Undergraduate students who, at the end of any spring semester, do not meet the minimum standards shown in the Continuation Schedule will not be allowed to continue their enrollment at the University during subsequent fall and spring semesters, with the following exceptions: 

2.2.1. no student will be suspended until the end of the student's second regular semester at NCSU;

2.2.2. any student who begins a given semester with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better will be eligible to continue in the next regular semester in which they seek enrollment regardless of academic performance in that given semester;

2.2.3. students who are eligible to continue at the end of a spring semester will be eligible to continue into the following fall, regardless of summer session performance;

2.2.4. students will be eligible to continue their enrollment until they have attempted at least twelve hours at NC State; and,

2.2.5. suspended students re-admitted on appeal will be eligible to enroll on Academic Probation.

2.3.  A student with a cumulative GPA below 2.00 will be in one of three academic statuses: Academic Warning, Academic Suspension, or Academic Probation. 

2.3.1.  Academic Warning Status

Every student who meets the criteria set forth in Section 2.2.1-2.2.5 above but whose cumulative grade point average is less than 2.00, the minimum for graduation, will be on Academic Warning Status. The Timely Advising Requirement applies to students on Academic Warning Status. 

2.3.2.  Academic Suspension Status

Academic Suspension Status is assigned at the end of the spring semester to students who do not meet the minimum eligibility standards and who were enrolled in either the fall or spring semester. Academically suspended students are subject to the provisions of the regulation on Readmission of Former and Academically Suspended Undergraduate Degree Students (REG02.10.2).

2.3.3.  Academic Probation Status

Academically suspended students may appeal to the University Admissions Committee for re-admission on Academic Probation Status in order to enroll in a regular semester (fall or spring). Students will not be considered in good academic standing while on Academic Probation Status. The Timely Advising Requirement applies to students on Academic Probation Status. The University Admissions Committee may prescribe additional requirements as a condition of re-admission. Students who obtain a cumulative GPA above the suspension level, after being placed on probation status, will have the probation status discontinued. Students who do not obtain a cumulative GPA above the suspension level, by the end of the spring semester after being placed on probation, will return to Academic Suspension Status. 

3.  Timely Advising Requirement

All students on Academic Warning Status or Academic Probation Status are required to meet with their academic advisers during the first four weeks of classes in regular semesters to review their academic situations and to formulate or review and revise as needed their plans of study. Any student in either of these statuses who does not comply with this requirement will not be allowed to register and continue enrollment at the University during subsequent fall and spring semesters unless the cumulative GPA of the student is 2.00 or greater at the end of the semester in which the requirement was not met. 

4.  Transition of Continuing Students to the Continuation of Undergraduate Enrollment Academic Regulation

Through the end of Second Summer Session 2006, students who entered the university as a regular degree seeking student for the first time prior to Second Summer Session 2004 will continue to be subject to the Schedule of Performance Requirements for Continuing Undergraduate Enrollment that became effective Fall 1995 (See table below),

Beginning with the Fall Semester 2006, all NC State undergraduate students will be subject to the provisions of the new Continuation Schedule (Effective Fall 2004).