Grade reports are sent to the student s home address at the end of each semester. Students can request that grade reports be sent to their parents by notifying the Registrar's Office in writing. The records of students in academic difficulty are reviewed at the end of each term, and all factors bearing on their problems are considered. A student whose term average is below C or who has completed less than 12 credits may be placed on probation, and a letter of probation is sent to the student. Copies are also sent to the parents and to the faculty adviser.
Academic probation is regarded as a warning action rather than academic censure.
Continued inability to maintain a C average for two semesters, or inability to complete 12 credits for two consecutive semesters, will normally result in dismissal for academic failure. The course must be outside the student s major. To alleviate some of the pressures of adjustment for freshmen, the transcript of first-term grades is normally available only for evaluation within the University. A second transcript is begun during the second term that lists those first-term courses satisfactorily completed, without grades. Any courses receiving D or F grades will be shown as a U. Neither S nor U grades will be counted toward the G.P.A. Only this transcript will be made available for use outside the University.