Chapter 7
ACADEMIC PROBATION AND DISMISSAL FOR LOW SCHOLARSHIP
Section 1. Cumulative Grade Point Average
Cumulative grade-point average includes only credits granted for courses taken in residence at the University of Washington and DL courses. This specifically excludes transfer and extension credits, and credits earned by examination.
S-B 173, April 6, 2007 with Presidential approval.
Except as noted below, any undergraduate student shall be placed on academic probation when his or her cumulative grade- point average falls below 2.00. Such action will be recorded on the student's official academic record. Any undergraduate student whose grade-point average for his first quarter at the University falls below 2.00 shall be warned that his scholarship is unsatisfactory, and that if he fails to achieve a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 by the end of the second quarter he will be placed on academic probation. The Registrar under delegated authority from the dean of the college in which the student is enrolled shall notify the student as soon as possible that either (a) his scholarship is unsatisfactory, or (b) he has been placed on scholastic probation. The student is reminded further that he should consult with his academic adviser immediately to discuss future academic plans.
S-B 95, December 1964; S-B 167, November 26, 2001; with Presidential approval.
Section 3. Effect of Academic Probation
Academic probation is essentially a warning to the student that he or she must show improvement if he or she is to remain in the University. University regulations regarding scholastic eligibility for participation in intercollegiate athletics and other student activities shall be recommended to the Senate by the Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics and the Faculty Council on Student Affairs respectively.
Section 4. Removal from Academic Probation
An undergraduate student on academic probation will be removed from probation at the end of any quarter in which his or her cumulative grade-point average reaches 2.00 or better.
Section 5. Dismissal for Low Scholarship
Any undergraduate student on academic probation will be dropped at the end of his or her probationary quarter unless he or she either (1) has attained at least a 2.00 cumulative average or (2) has attained at least a 2.50 average during each quarter of his or her current probationary period. Any student dropped under this rule will be notified in writing of this action by the Registrar.
Only under exceptional circumstances will a student dropped under Section 5 above be readmitted to the University. Such a student will be readmitted only at the discretion of the dean of the school or college to which he seeks admission. A student readmitted after being dropped under these rules will enter on academic probation.
S-B 125, June 1975: with Presidential approval.
Section 7. Seniors in Final Quarter
A senior who has completed the required number of credits for graduation but whose work in what would normally be his or her final quarter places him or her on probation will not receive a degree until he or she has been removed from probation as provided in Section 4 above. A senior who has completed the required number of credits for graduation but whose work in his or her last quarter results in his or her being dropped for low scholarship shall not receive a degree until he or she has been readmitted and removed from probation as provided in Section 6 above.
S-B 81, May 1960: with Presidential approval.
Section 8. Continuation or Termination of Students in the Graduate School.
A. Admission of a student to the Graduate School provides to him the opportunity for continuance of his graduate study and research at the University only for the period during which he maintains satisfactory performance and progress toward completion of his graduate degree program.
B. Graduate Program Advisers and their faculty colleagues in the several departments or academic units offering graduate programs now are requested each quarter to review the status of their respective graduate students. If a graduate student's performance, or progress, or promise of completion of his graduate program is unsatisfactory, it is requested that advice and recommendations concerning the student be transmitted promptly to the Dean of the Graduate School who may send an appropriate letter to the graduate student relating to a change in his status.
C. In carrying out a review of a graduate student's status, his whole situation should be considered. Grade reports are, of course, important but in addition his performance in formal course work and in seminars, his research progress and achievements, and his performance and prospects in all other significant ways should be appraised. If a graduate student has been admitted into a doctoral program and is proceeding under the guidance of a Supervisory Committee, then this Supervisory Committee should be responsible for a quarterly review of his status.
GSM, March 1965