Each school has a committee which is charged with monitoring and maintaining academic standards. These committees review the academic performance of all undergraduates at the end of each fall and spring semester and have the authority to place students whose performance has been deficient on probation or to suspend or dismiss them from the University. The committees may also issue warnings to students who have withdrawn from or neglected to enroll in classes designed to meet degree requirements or who otherwise are not making adequate progress towards the degree. Probation Students who fail a course or who earn a cumulative grade point average below 2.0 are automatically placed on probation.
Probationary status continues until it is lifted by the academic standards committee.
In general, students on probation are expected to earn a grade point average of at least 2.0 while carrying at least twelve credits during the semester following imposition of probationary status. Students who fail a course while on probation are eligible for suspension or dismissal as are those who fail two courses in a single semester or who accumulate a total of three failures while enrolled at Georgetown. In cases of academic suspension , the length of the student's separation from the University is determined by the academic standards committee. Students who are suspended for academic deficiency may not transfer credits to Georgetown earned elsewhere during the suspension period. In cases of dismissal , students are permanently separated from the University.