Academic Standards
Taken from the 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
Retention Standards for Regular Students
Students will be evaluated each semester on the basis of cumulative grade point average and the total number of hours attempted. Hours transferred will be included in determining the total hours attempted; however, the cumulative grade point average will be computed only on the work completed at West Georgia. The academic standing for a semester is not adjusted when a course taken that semester is subsequently repeated during a later semester and the first grade earned is removed from the calculation of the grade point average. The cumulative grade point average required for the total number of hours attempted is given below:
1-30 .................................................................................. 1.6
31-50 ................................................................................ 1.7
51-70 ................................................................................ 1.8
71-96 ................................................................................ 1.9
96+ hours .......................................................................... 2.0
Under the provisions of the academic policies of West Georgia, students are classified as follows:
- Good Standing - A student in good standing has earned an institutional grade point average which meets the retention standards of the University.
- Academic Probation - All students, including first-semester freshmen and transfer students, who fail to meet the retention standards will be on probation the next semester of enrollment. A student on probation who makes satisfactory progress toward reaching the retention standard will be continued on probation. Satisfactory progress in this context means that the student earns a grade point average of 2.0 or better for all semesters on probation.
- Academic Suspension - Students who do not earn a minimum semester grade point average of 2.0 while on probation regardless of the cumulative GPA will be suspended for one semester. An appeal is possible only if plausible evidence is provided that an error has been made or that a course grade was unjustly assigned. Readmission on probation will be automatically allowed after one semester of suspension. Students on probation who do not make satisfactory progress after returning from an initial suspension will again be suspended, this time for one calendar year. An appeal is possible only if plausible evidence is provided that an error has been made or that a course grade was unjustly assigned. A student who is suspended for the second time may apply for readmission on probation one calendar year from the date of suspension.
- Academic Dismissal - Students on probation after a second suspension who do not make a 2.0 on all work attempted in each subsequent semester of enrollment regardless of the cumulative GPA will be dismissed. Dismissed students are eligible to return only when they have earned an associate degree or are granted Academic Renewal after a five-year absence from any post-secondary institution.