Academic progress is measured by grade-point average and credits earned. Students receive acknowledgment for high academic achievement and are given early warning when they become academically deficient.
The primary responsibility of the students, faculty, and administration is to create an atmosphere where the honesty of individuals will not be questioned.
Faculty members are responsible for providing guidelines concerning cheating and plagiarism at the beginning of each course, and should use precautionary measures and security in cases where cheating is likely to occur.
Students are responsible for submitting their own work. Students who cooperate on oral or written examinations or work without authorization share the responsibility for violation of academic principles, and the students are subject to disciplinary action even when one of the students is not enrolled in the course where the violation occurred. Students have the right to be informed when they are suspected of violating academic principles and have the right to a fair opportunity to refute them.
Faculty have the prerogative of determining the penalty regarding prohibited academic conduct in their classes and may recommend a disciplinary sanction to the dean of the college.
For complete information regarding disciplinary sanctions, appeal procedures, and hearing guidelines, refer to www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm.
To be eligible for inclusion on the Dean’s List for any given semester, a student must have earned a grade-point average of no less than 3.50 during that term while completing at least 12 semester hours (nine hours during the summer)in graded course work using traditional grades that carry honor points. The student may not have any grades of Incomplete for the semester. The Dean’s List is only maintained for undergraduate students.
To be eligible to register continuously without conditions, a student must maintain good academic standing. The following scholastic standards, relative to completed credits and institutional (NDSU) grade-point average, determine a student’s academic standing:
|
Minimum GPA |
Completed Credits |
|
1.75 (freshman) |
fewer than 27 |
|
1.90 (sophomore) |
27-59 |
|
2.00 (junior & senior) |
60 or more |
Records of all students are examined at the end of each grading period. Students failing to meet the scholastic standards are subject to review by the Student Progress Committee of the college in which they are matriculated. Recommendations of the respective college committees are subject to further review by the University Committee on Academic Standards. Committee actions relate to the following:
NDSU has three grading periods (terms) per academic year: fall semester, spring semester, and summer semester.
Semester or term GPA refers to the grade-point average for any given grading period. Cumulative GPA refers to the grade-point average for all grading periods completed at NDSU.
An academic warning is to alert a student that the semester GPA for the most recent term was below the minimum required for good standing for the student’s classification. An academic warning does not appear on the academic record. An academic warning is issued for the following:
An academic probation is a formal warning that a student’s institutional GPA is below minimum standards for the student’s classification. Students placed on academic probation may enroll for no more than 16 credits for the following semester or 12 credits for the following summer session without permission of the college dean. An academic probation does not appear on the student’s official academic record for terms fall 2005 or later. A student on academic probation must see an advisor. An advisor hold will be placed on the student’s record. Academic probation is issued for the following:
Continued probation is a formal extension of the initial academic probation status and is issued when the institutional GPA is still below minimum, but adequate progress is made by attaining the minimum GPA for the term for student classification. Students placed on continued academic probation may enroll for no more than 16 credits for the following semester or 12 credits for the following summer session without permission of the college dean. Continued probation does not appear on the student’s academic record for terms fall 2005 and later. Students placed on continued probation must see an advisor. An advisor hold will be placed on the student’s record.
Continued probation may be issued for the following:
A student who entered the
grading period on academic probation and whose institutional GPA is still deficient for the student’s
classification, but the semester GPA is at or above the minimum. A continuance may be granted to a maximum
of three (3) consecutive probationary terms.
Academic suspension may be issued when the academically deficient student does not demonstrate an improvement in his or her institutional GPA. Registration for the following full semester or for summer courses that are completed prior to the start of the standard eight week session will be canceled. A student may not be considered for readmission for two grading periods following an academic suspension. An academic suspension appears on the student’s academic record. Academic suspension may be issued after two or more terms in residence for the following:
A student who has been suspended may appeal the suspension if there were extraordinary circumstances beyond the student’s control. Following the imposition of suspension, appeals must be submitted in writing at the Office of Registration and Records no later than the close of business on the semester start date (or the first day of the standard 8-week summer courses) following the imposition of suspension.
NDSU honors suspensions of other institutions. Further, students suspended from NDSU or any other institution may not transfer course work into NDSU that was completed during the suspension period. Transfer and returning students who fail to report all previous college work are subject to dismissal or loss of credit or both.
To be considered for readmission, suspended students must sit out for at least two grading periods and file a Petition for Readmission in the Office of Registration and Records at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the semester in which readmission is sought. If the petition is approved by the Committee on Academic Standards, the student may register, but will be readmitted on probation. Students who have been enrolled in courses at another institution since leaving NDSU must arrange for an official transcript to be sent to the Office of Registration and Records before readmission will be considered. However, courses/grades earned from another institution during the suspension period will not be considered for transfer unless prior approval is granted through an appeals process.
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