Graduate students on degree programs are expected to maintain high academic standards. At the end of each term and when incomplete grades revert to F (Failure) graduate student records are reviewed. Students with unsatisfactory performances are placed on probation or suspended from graduate degree programs and any graduate enrollment at UNI.
A student who has registered for nine (9) semester hours in a program of study and attained a cumulative GPA less than 3.00 in that program will be placed on probation. If the student registers for eight (8) hours while on probation without qualifying as a degree candidate (GPA of 3.00), the student is reviewed at the end of the term for suspension from graduate degree programs. A student who has registered for eighteen (18) semester hours in a program of study and attained a cumulative GPA less than 3.00 in that program will be suspended. Students placed on academic suspension cannot enroll in non-degree graduate status or take courses in the student's program of study during the year of academic suspension.
When a student is suspended, at least one calendar year must elapse before reapplication for admission to a graduate degree program may be made. Applications for Readmission to Graduate Study must be approved by the department and the Graduate College before a student will be removed from academic suspension. Such applications must be submitted to the Dean of the Graduate College.
A student reinstated after suspension who fails to attain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 in the program of study for the first enrollment period will be permanently suspended from the graduate program.
In determining a graduate student's grade index, all graded course work attempted at this university within the student's program of study will be used as a basis of computation. If the student has not yet filed a program of study, all graduate courses will be used as a basis of computation. If a graduate student repeats a course, both grades will be used in computing the index.
No more than six (6) semester hours of C credit (C+, C, C-) earned within the program of study may be applied toward credit for graduation. When C-range grades in the program of study exceed the six hour limit, one or more of such courses must be repeated. The original grade for any repeated course will be included in computation for the cumulative GPA in the program of study, as well as in the overall GPA. A course taken to satisfy degree requirements in which a student receives a D or F grade will not be considered satisfactory and must be repeated. The original grade for any repeated graduate course (100g, 200, and 300) will be included in the computation for the cumulative GPA in the program of study, as well as in the overall GPA. Individual departments may identify specific courses within the program of study for which a minimum grade of B is required.