If you are enrolled in at least three semester credits per term or six semester hours per semester in any degree program, you are expected to be able to meet or exceed the completion and GPA standards stated below. Federal regulations mandate that colleges and universities determine whether a student is maintaining satisfactory academic progress. Students are expected to make satisfactory progress toward completion of a degree every semester. These guidelines are used to determine satisfactory progress over continuous eight terms of enrollment. Each full time student is required to complete a minimum of 10 semester hours per semester.
Students can use coursework during the summer to improve their completion rate if necessary.
Grades of Pass, A-F, Withdrawals, Administrative Withdrawals, repeated courses, and incomplete courses will be considered as hours attempted in the completion standards. Noncredit courses are not considered in either credits attempted or accumulated. Each term the Academic Review Committee meets to review the records of all students not meeting the guidelines stated above. A letter of concern is sent if the ARC determines your academic performance during a term is less than desirable. This reflects work that is less than needed to complete a degree with Upper Iowa University.