Probation and Suspension
It is the responsibility of individual students to maintain good academic standing and to make normal progress toward a degree. The record of each student is regularly reviewed by the Registrar. Students whose cumulative grade point average falls below 2.00 are placed on academic probation. To continue enrollment in probationary status, students must show steady improvement in academic performance.
Full-time, first-year-in-college students who are placed on academic probation following the first fall semester must successfully complete a Maryville College Life Enrichment Program Portfolio Project in self-management through the Academic Support Center during the first spring semester. Students who fail to complete the project successfully are subject to suspension from the College.
At the end of each term careful consideration is given to the record of each student. Students who fall below minimum standards for credit hours and cumulative grade point average are not considered to be making normal progress toward a degree and are subject to suspension from the College or to a change from degree candidacy to special student status. These minimum standards are listed below.
Following a suspension, students may apply for readmission after at least a semester of satisfactory academic work at another institution or successful work experience. Students placed in special student status by action of the College may continue enrollment and, when the cumulative GPA is raised to at least 2.00, petition for readmission to degree candidacy.
A decision to suspend may be appealed to the College’s Committee on Academic Standing. In such an appeal, the obligation rests with the student to explain the special considerations that support continued enrollment.
GPA Requirements to Avoid Suspension
| Credit Hours Attempted |
Minimum GPA |
| 0 – 30 |
1.00 |
| 31 – 60 |
1.60 |
| 61 – 90 |
1.92 |
| 91 and above |
2.00 |