Academic Standing for Undergraduate ILR Students

Good standing requires that all of the following criteria be met at the end of each term:

  • an average of C (2.0) for the term's work, which must include a minimum of 8 letter graded credits;
  • no failing grades in any course, including physical education; 
  • a cumulative average of C (2.0) for all completed terms; and 
  • satisfactory completion of a minimum of 12 or more academic credits per semester.

Failure to maintain good standing

If at the end of any term a student fails to maintain good standing, their record is reviewed by the committee on Academic Standing and Integrity. The committee will also review students if their overall academic performance is so marginal as to endanger the possibility of meeting school and university degree requirements, but they have met good standing requirements for the current term. The committee at that time may decide upon corrective alternatives including warning or Involuntary Separation from the School, in the form of a required leave of absence or required withdrawal. Warning may be removed at the end of any term in which good standing requirements are met. Meeting good standing requirements does not guarantee a return to good standing. 

Warning

A student may be placed on Warning for one or more of the following reasons:

  • Less than 2.0 term average;
  • Less than 2.0 cumulative average;
  • One grade of F, UX, or U recorded for a term;
  • Less than 12 academic credits completed in a semester;
  • Less than 8 graded credits completed in a term;
  • Their academic performance is so marginal as to endanger the possibility of meeting school or university degree requirements.

Warning may be removed at the end of any term in which good standing requirements are met.

Involuntary Separation from The School for Academic Reasons

Required Leave of Absence

An undergraduate student is subject to refusal of permission to re-register, in the form of a required leave of absence, at the end of any semester when a student:

  • fails to establish good standing during a term on warning;
  • fails to maintain an average of C (2.0) in any term after a previous record of warning;
  • fails to achieve good standing following any two previous terms on warning;
  • fails two or more classes in one term, excluding physical education;
  • has a term average of 1.0 or less.

The Academic Standards and Integrity committee may permit a student to remain on warning for more than one semester if there has been significant improvement. Students on a required leave of absence must petition the Committee on Academic Standards and Integrity for permission to re-register.

Required Withdrawal

An undergraduate student is subject to refusal of permission to re-register, in the form of a required withdrawal, at the end of any semester when a student:

  • fails to establish good standing during a term on warning;
  • fails to maintain an average of C (2.0) in any term after a previous record of warning;
  • fails to achieve good standing following any two previous terms on warning;
  • fails two or more classes in one term, excluding physical education;
  • has a term average of 1.0 or less.

Students placed on a required withdrawal are withdrawn from ILR and are not expected to re-register in the future.