Undergraduate academic action occurs any time an undergraduate student goes below the 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 upon the combination of the cumulative GPA and the number of GPA hours earned (total number of credit hours attempted for a grade).

NOTE: When mentioned below, semester refers to the fall and spring; term refers to the summer, which is viewed as the combination of all summer sessions.  The Winter Term can result in academic warning or academic probation but is excluded as a term on which suspension/dismissal can be applied or satisfied. If a student is on Academic Warning or Academic Probation and earns higher than a 2.00 during Winter Term and the student's cumulative GPA goes above a 2.00, the student 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

• Applied when a student has a cumulative GPA less than 2.00 while having fewer than 16 cumulative GPA hours; academic warning is still considered to be in good academic standing.
• 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

• Applied when a student has a cumulative GPA less than 2.00 while having 16 or more cumulative GPA hours.
• Academic probation is removed when the student earns a cumulative GPA of 2.00, or better, and is placed in Good Academic standing.
• A student on Academic Probation who does not have a cumulative GPA above a 2.00 but has a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00 is placed on (Continuation on) Academic Probation.
• A student on Academic Probation who does not have a cumulative GPA of/above 2.00 and does not have a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00 is placed on Academic Suspension.

(Continuation on) Academic Probation

• Applied when a student on Academic Probation does not have a cumulative GPA above a 2.00 but has 29, or less, GPA hours, regardless of the semester GPA.
• Applied to any student on Academic Probation who does not have a cumulative GPA of/above a 2.00 but has a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00 and has 30, or more, GPA hours.
• (Continuation on) Academic Probation is removed when the student earns a cumulative GPA of 2.00, or better, and is placed in Good Academic standing.
• A student on (Continuation on) Academic Probation who has 30, or more, GPA hours and does not have a cumulative GPA of/above 2.00 and does not have a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00 is placed on Academic Suspension.

Academic Suspension

• Applied when a student on (Continuation on) Academic Probation, who has 30 or more GPA hours, does not have a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00. The period of suspension is two consecutive semesters/terms.
• After returning from the period of suspension, a student is placed on (Continuation on) Academic Probation. The semester/term GPA must be a 2.00 or higher each semester for the student to remain at the University; when the student’s cumulative GPA is a 2.00 or higher, the student is placed in Good Academic standing.

Academic Dismissal

• Applied when a student on (Continuation on) Academic Probation following Academic Suspension does not have a semester/term GPA of/above 2.00.  Academic dismissal is usually considered a permanent action; however, a student may petition for readmission after a two-calendar year absence.

REMINDER: A cumulative GPA of a 2.00 or higher is part of the requirement to graduate from Miami University.

For official definitions and an outline of University policy, please consult the Miami University Policy Library.