Grades submitted to satisfy, in whole or in part, the requirements for any graduate degree or certificate of advanced study must yield a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or higher. This requirement may be supplemented by additional restrictions established by the graduate office such as, but not limited to, the maximum number of individual courses with grades below 3.000 that may be obtained without being required to withdraw or a minimum GPA in each semester.
Students falling below 3.000 will be placed on academic probation. If the student remains on academic probation for two terms, they may be terminated from the graduate program. A PhD student will be considered to be on academic probation if their cumulative GPA falls below 3.000 and/or if they are not making acceptable research progress as defined by the college through an academic review process that occurs at least annually.
No more than two nonrepeatable courses may be retaken to satisfy the curricular requirements for the degree. A specific course may not be retaken more than once. The last grade earned in each of the retaken courses will be counted in the calculation of the cumulative GPA. Courses with a specified attribute of “repeatable” can be repeated up to the specified limit, and the earned grade in each occurrence of course completion will count toward the calculation of the cumulative GPA.
Any incomplete grades must be cleared in accordance with the university's policy concerning incomplete grades.