Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3359 - University of Akron › Chapter 3359-60 - Academics In General › Section 3359-60-06.2 - Graduate student standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Grades.
(1) A
			 student admitted to graduate study under any status at the university of Akron
			 is expected to maintain a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 at all
			 times. A GPA of 3.00 or better is required for graduation. Any student whose
			 average falls below 3.00 is no longer in good standing in the graduate school
			 and considered to be on probation. No more than six semester credits of "C"
			 (C+, C, C-) grades may be counted toward a graduate degree. In computing
			 cumulative averages, "D" grades are treated as "F" grades. The dean of the
			 graduate school, with the approval of the department head, may dismiss anyone
			 who fails to make satisfactory graduate program progress or who accumulates six
			 semester credits of "C" (C+, C, C-) or below. The accumulation of six semester
			 credits of "F" will result in mandatory dismissal. A student dismissed from the
			 graduate school for academic reasons may not be readmitted for one calendar
			 year, and then only if a strong justification for improved academic performance
			 is submitted and found acceptable.
(2)
									Official academic
			 records are maintained with a grade-point system as follows:
Grade
Quality
						  Points
"A"
4.0
"A-"
3.7
"B+"
3.3
"B"
3.0
"B-"
2.7
"C+"
2.3
"C"
2.0
"C-"
1.7
"D+"
0.0
"D"
0.0
"D-"
0.0
"F"
0.0
The following grades may also appear on
				the term grade reports or on the official academic record. No grade points are
				associated with the grades.
(a)
										"I" - incomplete: indicates that the student has
			 performed satisfactorily in a course but some part of the work is, for a
			 justifiable reason, not complete at the end of the term. Failure to
			 satisfactorily complete and submit the missing work by the end of the following
			 term, not including summer sessions, converts the "I" to an "F." When the work
			 is satisfactorily completed within the allotted time, the "I" is converted to
			 the grade the student has earned. (Note: If an instructor wishes to extend the
			 "I" grade beyond the following term for which the student is registered, prior
			 to the end of the term they must notify the office of the registrar in writing
			 of the extension and indicate the date of the new extension termination.) It is
			 the student's responsibility to make arrangements to make up the incomplete
			 work. The faculty member should submit the new grade to the office of the
			 registrar in writing.
(b)
										"IP" - in progress: indicates that the student has not
			 completed the scheduled coursework during the term because the nature of the
			 course does not permit completion within a single term, such as work toward a
			 thesis.
(c)
										"PI" - permanent incomplete: indicates that the
			 student's instructor and the instructor's dean have, for a specific reason,
			 authorized the change of an incomplete ("I") to a permanent incomplete
			 ("PI").
(d)
										"WD" - withdraw: indicates that the student registered
			 for the course but withdrew officially sometime after the second week of the
			 term.
(e)
										"NGR" - no grade reported: indicates that, at the time
			 grades were processed for the present issue of the record, no grade had been
			 reported by the instructor.
(f)
										"CR/NC" -
			 credit/noncredit: credit: indicates a student has shown graduate-level
			 competence by satisfactorily pursuing a graduate course under the
			 credit/noncredit registration option. Noncredit: indicates graduate-level
			 competence was not shown while pursuing a graduate course under the
			 credit/noncredit option.
Any student whose grade-point average
				falls below 3.00 is no longer in good standing in the graduate school and will
				be placed on probation. In consultation with the college or department, as
				appropriate, the dean of the graduate school will dismiss full-time students
				who do not return to good academic standing within two consecutive semesters
				(excluding summers) and part-time students who do not return to good academic
				standing within fifteen additional attempted credits.
For the purpose of administration of
				the full-time and part-time provisions, refer to university rule 3359-60-06.4
				of the Administrative Code. The dean of the graduate school, with the approval
				of the relevant department head may also dismiss anyone who fails to make
				satisfactory program progress or who accumulates six semester credits of "C"
				(C+, C, C-) or below. The accumulation of six semester credits of "F" will
				result in mandatory dismissal.
A student dismissed from the graduate
				school for academic reasons may not be readmitted for one calendar year, and
				then only if evidence for expecting satisfactory performance is submitted and
				found acceptable.