An exception may be granted in special circumstances only upon formal appeal to the Committee on Academic Standards. If not, plans are made with the help of the Chairman and the Associate Dean, if necessary, to ensure that the student will meet all degree requirements. It is also available to the advisor on the intranet through a password. Final evaluation is done at the end of the senior year prior to graduation through the Academic Standards Committee which includes a representative of the Mechanical Engineering Department. A student may be put on probation, ask to withdraw or be dismissed under certain situations.
Probation is the consequence of unsatisfactory scholarship.
It is a warning that may involve a compulsory reduction of academic load, interviews with an assigned advisor, and additional academic counseling. A student on academic probation must fulfill conditions as prescribed by the Committee on Academic Standards. A student whose semester grade point average is 1.5 and below is on automatic probation and is a candidate for dismissal by the Committee. A student whose semester grade point average falls between 1.6 and 2.0 is on automatic probation. Two semesters of automatic probation cause the student to be a candidate for dismissal by the Committee.