PROBATION AND DISMISSAL

The following provisions apply to all undergraduates. Graduate and professional students with scholarship deficiencies are subject to action at the discretion of their respective deans.

Scholastic Deficiencies

A student will be placed on probation or subject to disqualification for failure to meet qualitative or quantitative standards of scholarship.

The qualitative standards of scholarship require that a student maintain a C average (2.0) or better for all work undertaken in the university and for the work undertaken in any one quarter.

A student will be placed on probation for qualitative reasons if, at the end of any quarter, the student's grade point average (GPA):

• is less than 2.0, but not less than 1.5, for the quarter,
• is less than 2.0 for all courses taken within the
  University of California.

A student will be subject to disqualification for qualitative reasons if, at the end of any quarter,

• the student's grade point average is less than 1.5 for the quarter,
• the student's grade point average is less than 1.5 for all courses taken within the University of California.
• the student has attempted more than 16 units graded I (Incomplete),
• the student has spent two consecutive quarters on academic probation.

In the case of probation or disqualification the official transcript will state "not in good standing." Once a student has met qualitative standards for scholarship, the notation will be removed from the transcript.

The quantitative standards, referred to as minimum progress requirements, define scholarship in terms of the number of units that you must satisfactorily complete. It is assumed that a student will earn the 180-unit minimum degree requirement within 12 quarters (four years). This means students must plan to complete, on average, 15 units per quarter. Because occasions arise which prevent students from achieving normal progress towards the degree, the campus has established minimum progress requirements, to which students must adhere. Minimum progress is defined as an average of 12 units passed per quarter, calculated at the end of every quarter for the preceding three quarters.

A student will be placed on probation for quantitative reasons if the student fails to make minimum progress for that quarter. The notation "warning—minimum progress'' will be noted on the grade report for a quarter in which the student has passed less than 12 units. Students calling RSVP to check their grades will hear a warning that they are not in good academic standing; if they print their grades from the Office of the Registrar Kiosk, they will see the same warning on their printout.

A student will be subject to disqualification for quantitative reasons if the total number of units passed at UC Davis is less than 36, calculated at the end of every quarter for the preceding three quarters of enrollment. The notation "minimum progress—subject to academic disqualification" will be noted on the grade report the first time the total number of units passed at UC Davis is less than 36, calculated at the end of every quarter for the preceding three quarters of enrollment.

Quantitative standards are not reflected on the official transcript.

The following courses may be counted toward unit minimum progress:

• Required non-credit courses, e.g., Mathematics B, will be evaluated according to the "Carnegie unit'' rule and counted as units passed
• Repeated courses passed to improve D or F grades
• Courses passed in Summer Sessions at UC Davis or at another accredited school and transferred to UC Davis will be counted as units passed (applied to the quarter of registration just preceding the summer session)
• Courses passed by examination in accordance with policies established by the Divisional Committee on Courses (applied to quarter in which exam is taken)
• Courses that are IP (in progress) will be counted as units passed
• Courses graded I will be counted as units passed when replaced by a passing grade (applied to the quarter in which the I grade is received)

The dean of the student's college may grant a student a minimum progress variance of one or more quarters for an acceptable reason.

Minimum progress requirements do not apply to students who have part-time status or to students who have their dean's approval to carry less than the minimum progress load because of medical disability, employment, a serious personal problem, a recent death in the immediate family, or a serious accident involving the student.

Dismissal

Dismissal for either qualitative or quantitative reasons (defined above) is based on the decision of the dean of the college in which you are enrolled. Such dismissal is from the University of California system and not simply the college or the Davis campus. Should a former Davis student later wish to be readmitted on the Davis campus, the authority to do so rests with the dean of the college from which the student was dismissed. If you are dismissed from your college, you will automatically receive a full refund of registration fees paid.

See your faculty adviser or go to the dean's office of your college if you need academic advising about probation and dismissal.

Transfer with Scholastic Deficiencies

To transfer from one University of California campus to another, or from one college or school to another on the same campus, a disqualified or probational student must obtain the approval of the dean whose jurisdiction is being sought. Following the transfer, the student is subject to supervision by the faculty of the new college, school or campus.

UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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Molly Theodossy, Keitha Hunter and Barbara Anderson, Editors

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