GENERAL ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION

Academic Standing

Academic Standing Policies Effective Fall 2022

Effective fall 2022, undergraduate students are subject to the retention standards listed below.

Good Standing
University of Georgia Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher.

Students who are in Good Standing will be designated as "Early Alert" by the Division of Academic Enhancement at the end of any term of enrollment in which their UGA term GPA is less than a 2.00 or by faculty who post a grade of D or lower for a midterm grade.

Academic Warning
Students are placed on Academic Warning at the end of any initial term of enrollment in which their UGA cumulative GPA is less than 2.00.

Students can remove themselves from Academic Warning by achieving a 2.00 or higher UGA cumulative GPA.
If students do not remove themselves from Academic Warning (within their next enrolled term), they are placed on Academic Probation.

Academic Probation
Students are placed on Academic Probation at the end of any term of enrollment in which their UGA cumulative GPA is below 2.00 for two or more consecutive terms of enrollment.

Students may continue with their coursework and remain eligible to enroll at UGA while on Academic Probation provided they:

Take a minimum of 6 semester hours (3 semester hours during the summer semester), and
Earn a UGA Term GPA of 2.25 or higher.

Students on Academic Probation after previously being on Academic Suspension may continue with their coursework and remain eligible to enroll at UGA while on Academic Probation (Post Suspension) provided they:

Take a minimum of 6 semester hours (3 semester hours during the summer semester), and
Earn a UGA Term GPA of 2.25 or higher.

Students on Academic Probation after previously being on Academic Dismissal may continue with their coursework and remain eligible to enroll at UGA while on Academic Probation (Post Dismissal) provided they:

Take a minimum of 6 semester hours (3 semester hours during the summer semester), and
Earn a UGA Term GPA of 2.25 or higher.

Academic Suspension
Students are placed on Academic Suspension at the end of any term of enrollment in which:

Their UGA Cumulative GPA is below 2.00, and
Their term grade point average is less than a 2.25, and
They fail to complete the minimum 6 hours of coursework (3 hours in summer).

Upon Academic Suspension, a student will be suspended from the University for one full fall or spring semester.

Each student on Academic Suspension will be informed by their School or College of readmittance procedures.

Academic Dismissal
Students on Academic Suspension or Academic Probation (after previously being on Academic Suspension or Academic Dismissal) are placed on Academic Dismissal at the end of any term of enrollment in which:

Their UGA Term GPA is less than a 2.25, and
Fail to complete the minimum 6 hours of coursework (3 hours summer).

Academic Dismissal from the University is for a duration of one calendar year. At the end of the Academic Dismissal duration, permission to return to the University can be granted only by appealing to the University Educational Affairs Committee.

Note:

Academic Standing status is assessed based on grades at the end of term.
Transfer credits are not included in the computation of the UGA cumulative GPA.
Courses in which grades of W, V, I, S, U, or NG are received do not count toward hours assessed for academic standing.
Students who withdraw from all courses in a term are not assessed a new academic standing at the end of the term.
Schools and colleges within the University may maintain academic standards specific to their degree requirements that exceed University regulations. Students who fall below such standards should immediately contact the appropriate administrator in their respective dean's office.
For more detailed information about Academic Standing statuses and the Connect and Complete policy, please visit the Office of the Registrar website at: https://reg.uga.edu/students/academic_standing/

Policies for Academic Probation and Academic Dismissal Prior to Fall 2022

For any students enrolled summer 2022 and prior, Academic Standing was assessed as follows:

Academic Probation
University-wide regulations provide that students are placed on academic probation at the end of any term in which their UGA cumulative average is below 2.00. Students may remove themselves from academic probation by achieving a 2.00 UGA cumulative average. Transfer credits are not included in the computation of the UGA cumulative average. See Academic Dismissal information below for retention standards and policies relating to academic probation and dismissal.

Some schools and colleges within the University maintain academic standards specific to their degree requirements which may exceed University regulations. Students who fall below such standards should immediately contact the appropriate administrator in their respective dean's office for academic counseling and program evaluation.

Academic Dismissal
Undergraduate students are subject to the retention standards listed below.

Students will be dismissed after two successive terms of probation if their UGA cumulative average is below 2.00.

The following policies are used to determine Academic Dismissal:

A probationary term is the term of enrollment subsequent to the one in which the student's UGA cumulative average fell below 2.00. Grades earned in courses for which the student received transfer credit are not included in the computation of the UGA cumulative average.
Students will be considered enrolled for any term during which they receive a grade or grades other than W or V.
Students may be on Continued Probation provided they were enrolled for a minimum of 6 semester hours (3 semester hours during the summer semester) and earned a term average of 2.30 or higher. The following policies apply in the computation of the minimum enrollment requirement:
1. These hours must be in courses numbered 1000 or above that are graded A-F exclusively.
2. Courses in which grades of W, V, I, S, U, or NG are received do not count toward these hours.

First Dismissal
Upon a first academic dismissal, a student may not re-enroll in the University until a full Fall or Spring semester has elapsed. Each student upon first dismissal will be informed by his or her school or college of procedures and standards that will be applied for readmittance.

Second Dismissal
After a second academic dismissal, students will be suspended from the University for a minimum of one calendar year. At the end of the suspension, permission to return to the University can be granted only by appealing to the University Educational Affairs Committee. For more information, see https://honesty.uga.edu/Student-Appeals/.