Building an Academic Career:
Requirements, Policies and
Special Opportunities

Guidelines for Academic Advisory Committee Actions and Financial Aid Eligibility

I. ACADEMIC CAUTION

This designation does not appear on a student's permanent academic record.

Credit Hours

  • First-year: 6 credit hours short at end of either semester

  • Upperclass: 6 credit hours short in any semester

  • 6 credit hours short cumulatively

GPA (cumulative)

  • First-year: GPA less than or equal to 1.75 at end of first semester; GPA less than 2.0 at end of second semester

  • Upperclass: GPA less than or equal to 1.75 in a semester

  • Cumulative GPA less than 2.0 at the end of the third semester and thereafter

To be removed from Caution:

The student must pass 15 credit hours with a C average (2.00) or better in the following semester. In addition, the student's cumulative GPA and cumulative credits must exceed the criteria specified above.