At Miami University, undergraduate academic action occurs any time an undergraduate student falls below a 2.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) threshold. This action is noted on the student’s academic record by the Office of the University Registrar. The type of action depends on the combination of the cumulative GPA and the number of GPA hours earned (total number of credit hours attempted for a grade).

A cumulative GPA of a 2.00 or higher is part of the requirement to graduate from Miami. For official definitions and an outline of University policy, please visit the University Policy Library.

When referenced below, semester refers to the fall and spring while term refers to the combination of all summer sessions. The Winter Term can result in academic warning or academic probation but is excluded as a term through which suspension/dismissal can be applied or satisfied. If you are on Academic Warning or Academic Probation and earn higher than a 2.00 during Winter Term, and your cumulative GPA goes above a 2.00, you will return to Good Standing. 

Good Academic Standing

• Applied when a student has a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or greater, regardless of the number of GPA hours.

Academic Warning

• Academic warning is still considered to be in good academic standing.
• Occurs when a student has a cumulative GPA less than 2.00 while having fewer than 16 cumulative GPA hours.
• Academic warning is removed when the student earns a cumulative GPA of 2.00, or better, and is placed in full Good Academic standing.
• A student on Academic Warning who does not have a cumulative GPA above a 2.00 and who exceeds 16 GPA hours is placed on Academic Probation.

Academic Probation

• Occurs when a student has a cumulative GPA less than 2.00 while having between 16 to 29 cumulative GPA hours.
• Students continue on Academic Probation if they do not have a cumulative GPA above a 2.00 but have a semester/term GPA of at least 2.00.
• A student on Academic Probation who has 30 or more cumulative GPA hours and who does not have a cumulative nor semester/term GPA of at least 2.00 is placed on Academic Suspension.
• Academic probation is removed when the student earns a cumulative GPA of 2.00, or better, and is placed in Good Academic standing.

Academic Suspension

• Occurs when a student on Academic Probation has 30 or more cumulative GPA hours but does not have a cumulative or a semester/term GPA of at least 2.00.
• The period of suspension is two-consecutive semesters/terms, excluding Winter Term.
• Students returning from Academic Suspension return on Academic Probation.
• To remain at the University, students must earn a semester/term GPA of 2.00 or higher every semester following their Academic Suspension.
• Students who earn a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher after Academic Suspension return to Good Academic Standing.

Academic Dismissal

• Occurs when a student who was previously Academically Suspended returns and does not have a semester/term GPA of at least 2.00.  
• While academic dismissal is usually a permanent action, a student may petition for readmission after a two-calendar year absence.