Academic Probation
School of Public Health Policy
Any student with a grade point average of less than 3.0 after completing eight academic credits of coursework is automatically placed on academic probation. The SPH Registrar will notify the student of his or her probation status by sending the student a notification letter or email that is copied to the student’s advisor and filed in the student’s file.
Students on academic probation, prior to registration for future coursework, must, if requested by the Registrar:
- Submit a learning plan to the SPH Registrar, signed by their advisor and department chair that outlines how they plan to improve their Grade Point Average (GPA), outlining the courses they plan to take and the progress they hope to achieve (e.g., minimum grades needed).
- Have their advisors send the School of Public Health’s Registrar’s Office notification of their approval of the subsequent semester’s registration if it varies from the agreed-upon Learning Plan.
Students may be restricted from registering online should these stipulations not be followed.
Students must exhibit satisfactory academic progress toward the completion of their degree program during the period of their academic probation. Students will remain on academic probation until they achieve a 3.0 or better Grade Point Average. If, at any time, the School determines that a student cannot make, or is not making, satisfactory academic progress towards completion of the degree, the student may be dismissed from the School. This decision will be made by the Associate Dean for Education.
Satisfactory academic progress is defined, at least, as: maintaining a 3.0 SPH GPA, passing all core courses with a minimum of B- in each, passing satisfactorily all departmental courses which have a required minimum grade, adherence to the learning plan, and having no more than one Incomplete grade at a given time.
