Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
This rule applies to all university undergraduate
students.
(B)
The university cumulative grade point average is the
grade point average calculated and used by the university to determine:
(2)
Progress toward degree;
(3)
Academic degree
and academic certificate award eligibility.
(C)
Undergraduate
students are subject to the university academic standing policy following the
attempt of thirty or more university of Cincinnati credit
hours.
(D)
University academic good standing
(1)
The university
considers an undergraduate student in university academic good standing if the
student maintains a university cumulative grade point average of two and zero
tenths, or greater;
(2)
A student whose university cumulative grade point
average falls below two and zero tenths is subject to university academic
probation, suspension or dismissal.
(3)
Each college may
establish a university cumulative grade point average greater than two and zero
tenths for admission to, or continuation within, its specific degree programs.
A student's continuance at the university in academic good standing, however,
is contingent upon maintaining a university cumulative grade point average of
two and zero tenths or greater;
(4)
Each college may
establish policies and procedures for the probation, suspension, and dismissal
from its academic degree programs for a failure to meet each program's minimum
university cumulative grade point average, or for a failure to meet other
criteria established and monitored by the college. Each college may establish
policies and procedures for student reinstatement to its academic degree
programs;
(5)
A student may be academically suspended or dismissed
from a college degree program but still be in university academic good
standing;
(6)
A student who is suspended or dismissed by the college
from an academic degree program, but who remains in university academic good
standing, may continue to enroll at the university:
(a)
As a
non-degree-seeking student; or
(b)
If the student is
accepted into a different u niversity degree program, as a degree-seeking
student.
(E)
University
academic probation
(1)
If the student's university cumulative grade point
average drops below two and zero tenths, the university will set the student's
university academic status to university academic probation.
(2)
While on
university academic probation, the student's continued university enrollment
per term is permitted.
(3)
Academic probation will continue each term until
either:
(a)
The
student's university cumulative grade point average reaches two and zero tenths
or greater, at which point the university will return the student's status to
university academic good standing, or;
(b)
The student earns
a university term grade point average that is less than two and zero
tenths.
(4)
University of Cincinnati will not award an academic
degree or academic certificate to a student whose academic standing is
university academic probation;
(5)
A student's
university academic probationary status will not expire due to extended periods
of non-enrollment;
(6)
The university academic probation status is recorded on
the student's academic transcript.
(F)
University
academic suspension
(1)
If a student fails to earn a university term grade
point average of two and zero tenths or greater while on university academic
probation, the university will set that student's university academic status to
university academic suspension;
(2)
The length of the
university academic suspension is three consecutive full academic terms, unless
mitigated by a successful student appeal to the university review body
constituted for that purpose, as specified in paragraph (H) of this
rule;
(3)
During the university academic suspension period, the
university will block a student on university academic suspension from perterm
enrollment in all university classes, for all colleges and
campuses;
(4)
University of Cincinnati will not award an academic
degree or academic certificate to a student whose university academic standing
is university academic suspension;
(5)
For students
enrolled for future terms at the time of the university academic suspension,
the university will cancel those enrollments prior to the first day of the
affected terms for a one hundred per cent tuition refund;
(6)
Readmission to
the university after completion of the required university academic suspension
period is not automatic. Readmission after university academic suspension
requires a successful appeal by the student to the university review body
constituted for that purpose, as defined in paragraph (H) of this
rule;
(7)
University academic suspension is recorded on the
student's academic transcript.
(G)
University
academic dismissal
(1)
University academic dismissal constitutes the student's
permanent separation from the university, based upon university academic
performance;
(2)
A student who is readmitted to the university following
university academic suspension will be reinstated on university academic
probation;
(3)
A student who is readmitted to the university on
university academic probation following university academic suspension must
earn a university term grade point average of two and zero tenths or greater
each term to continue enrollment. The student will remain on university
academic probation until either:
(a)
The university cumulative grade point average has
increased to two and zero tenths or greater; or
(b)
The student fails
to achieve a university term grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater.
(4)
For a student on university academic probation
following academic suspension who achieves a university cumulative grade point
average of two and zero tenths or greater, the university will set the
student's status to university academic good standing;
(5)
For a student on
university academic probation following university academic suspension who
fails to earn a university term grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater, the university will set the student's university academic status to
university academic dismissal;
(6)
Once the student
on university academic probation following university academic suspension
reaches a university cumulative grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater, the university will academically dismiss the student at the end of any
academic term wherein the student's university cumulative grade point average
drops below two and zero tenths (i.e., there will not be a third probationary
period);
(7)
Upon university academic dismissal, the university will
block a student from per-term enrollment in all university classes, for all
colleges and campuses;
(8)
For students enrolled for future terms at the time of
the university academic dismissal, the university will cancel those enrollments
prior to the first day of the affected terms for a one hundred per cent tuition
refund;
(9)
University academic dismissal permanently revokes the
student's degree-seeking, non-degree seeking, and/or certificate-seeking
status, and all future-terms registration privileges, unless the university
academic dismissal is mitigated by a successful student appeal to the
university review body constituted for that purpose, as defined in paragraph
(H) of this rule;
(10)
Upon university academic dismissal, the student is
ineligible for readmission to the university, unless the academic dismissal is
mitigated by a successful student appeal to the university review body
constituted for that purpose, as specified in paragraph (H) of this
rule;
(11)
University of Cincinnati will not award an academic
degree or academic certificate to a student whose university academic standing
is university academic dismissal;
(12)
A student who
successfully appeals the university academic dismissal will be reinstated on
university academic probation;
(13)
A student who is
readmitted to the university on academic probation following academic dismissal
must earn a university term grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater each term to continue enrollment. The student will remain on university
academic probation until either:
(a)
The university cumulative grade point average has
increased to two and zero tenths or greater; or
(b)
The student fails
to achieve a university term grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater.
(14)
For a student on university academic probation
following university academic dismissal who achieves a university cumulative
grade point average of two and zero tenths or greater, the university will set
the student's academic status to university academic good
standing;
(15)
For a student on university academic probation
following university academic dismissal who fails to earn a university term
grade point average of two and zero tenths or greater, the university will set
the student's status to university academic dismissal;
(16)
Once the student
on university academic probation following university academic dismissal
reaches a university cumulative grade point average of two and zero tenths or
greater, the university will academically dismiss the student at the end of any
academic term wherein the student's university cumulative grade point average
drops below two and zero tenths;
(17)
A student who is
readmitted to the university following university dismissal may apply for
academic fresh start under the provisions of that policy.
(18)
University
academic dismissal is recorded on the student's academic
transcript.
(H)
University suspension, dismissal, and readmissions
appeals committee
(1)
The university suspension, dismissal, and readmissions
appeals committee will review student appeals for the following:
(a)
Readmission to
the university following the completion of the full three-term university
academic suspension;
(b)
Readmission to the university prior to the completion
of the full three-term university academic suspension;
(c)
Mitigation of the
permanent university academic dismissal and readmission to the
university.
(2)
The university suspension, dismissal, and readmissions
appeals committee will be convened by, and report to, the senior vice president
for academic affairs and provost, who will establish an appropriate committee
structure, membership composition and length of service, and operational
guidelines;
(3)
The university suspension, dismissal, and readmissions
appeals committee is empowered to authorize the following actions:
(a)
Immediate
reinstatement to university academic probation status, which cancels the
university suspension and reinstates the student's university registration
privileges;
(b)
Early reinstatement to university academic probation
status following either one or two terms of the student's nonenrollment due to
academic suspension, which mitigates the university suspension and reinstates
the student's university registration privileges following the reduced
university suspension period;
(c)
Readmission to
the university following the completion of the full university suspension, with
university academic probation status applied, which ends the university
suspension and reinstates the student's university registration privileges with
the next academic term;
(d)
Mitigation of the university academic dismissal, with
university academic probation status applied, which reinstates the student's
university registration privileges with the next academic term.
(4)
As
preconditions for immediate or early reinstatement from university academic
suspension, readmission following university suspension, or reinstatement
following university academic dismissal, the university suspension, dismissal,
and readmissions appeals committee is empowered to establish the following
criteria:
(a)
University college endorsement requirements, whereby a
university college accepts a student into an academic program offered by that
college and provides the university suspension, dismissal, and readmissions
appeals committee with an academic success plan for that student;
(2)
University
specific-course enrollment and/or course performance
requirements;
(3)
Per-term enrollment limitations; and/or
(4)
Other
requirements as determined appropriate.