Academic progress is measured by grades and credits earned.
Students receive acknowledgment for high academic achievement and
are given early warning when they become academically
deficient.
The primary responsibility of the students, faculty, and administration is to create an atmosphere where the honesty of individuals will not be questioned.
Faculty members are responsible for providing guidelines concerning cheating and plagiarism at the beginning of each course, and should use precautionary measures and security in cases where cheating is likely to occur.
Students are responsible for submitting their own work. Students who cooperate on oral or written examinations or work without authorization share the responsibility for violation of academic principles, and are subject to disciplinary action even when one of the students is not enrolled in the course where the violation occurred. Students have the right to be informed when they are suspected of violating academic principles and have the right to a fair opportunity to refute them.
Faculty have the prerogative of determining the penalty regarding prohibited academic conduct in their classes. Faculty members may, among other sanctions, fail the student for the particular assignment, test, or course involved. Penalties may be varied with the gravity of the offense and the circumstances of the particular case. In this situation, the student may not drop the course in question without the permission of the instructor. Faculty members will provide a written statement of the action to the department chair, dean, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. In the case of the graduate students, the graduate dean also will be notified.
For complete information regarding disciplinary sanctions,
appeal procedures, and hearing guidelines, refer to www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm.
To be eligible for inclusion on the Dean's List for any given
semester, a student must have earned a minimum grade-point average
of 3.50 during that term while completing at least 12 semester
hours (nine hours during the summer) in graded coursework using
grades that carry honor points. The student may not have any grades
of Incomplete for the semester. The Dean's List is only maintained
for undergraduate students and professional (Pharm.D.)
students.
To be eligible to register continuously without conditions, a student must maintain good academic standing. The following scholastic standards, relative to completed credits and institutional grade-point average, determine a student's academic standing:
|
Minimum GPA |
Completed Credits |
|---|---|
|
1.75 (freshman) |
0 - 26 |
|
1.90 (sophomore) |
27 - 59 |
|
2.00 (junior & senior) |
60 or more |
Records of all students are examined at the end of each grading
period. Students failing to meet the scholastic standards are
subject to review by the University Committee on Academic
Standards. Academic standing relates to the following:
NDSU has three grading periods (terms) per academic year: fall semester, spring semester, and summer session.
Semester or term GPA refers to the grade-point average for any
given grading period. Cumulative or institutional GPA refers to the
composite grade-point average for all grading periods completed at
NDSU.
An academic warning is to alert a student that the semester GPA for the most recent term was below the minimum required for good standing for the student's classification. An academic warning does not appear on the official academic transcript. An academic warning is issued for the following:
An academic probation is a formal warning that a student's
institutional GPA is below minimum standards for the student's
classification. Students placed on academic probation may enroll
for no more than 16 credits for the following semester or 12
credits for the following summer session without permission of the
college dean. An academic probation does not appear on the
student's official academic transcript (fall 2005 and later). An
advisor hold will be placed on the student's record, and may only
be removed after the student has met with his/her advisor.
Academic probation is issued for the following:
Continued probation is a formal extension of the initial academic probation status and is issued when the institutional GPA is still below minimum, but adequate progress is made by attaining the minimum GPA for the term for student classification. Students placed on continued academic probation may enroll for no more than 16 credits for the following semester or 12 credits for the following summer session without permission of the college dean. Continued probation does not appear on the student's official academic transcript (fall 2005 and later). An advisor hold will be placed on the student's record, and may only be removed after the student has met with his/her advisor.
Continued probation may be issued for the following:
Academic suspension is issued when the academically deficient student does not demonstrate an improvement in his or her institutional GPA. Registration for the following full semester or for summer courses that do not begin prior to the start of the standard eight week session will be canceled. A student may not be considered for readmission for two grading periods following an academic suspension (includes summer). An academic suspension appears on the student's official academic transcript. Academic suspension may be issued after two or more terms in residence for the following:
A student who has been suspended may appeal the suspension if
there were extraordinary circumstances beyond their control.
Appeals must be submitted in writing at the Office of Registration and
Records no later than one week prior to the semester start date
(or the first day of the standard 8-week summer courses) following
the imposition of suspension.
Supporting documentation is required.
NDSU honors suspensions of other institutions. Further, students
suspended from NDSU or any other institution may not transfer
coursework into NDSU that was completed during the suspension
period unless prior approval, through an appeal process, has been
granted. Transfer and returning students who fail to report all
previous college work are subject to dismissal or loss of credit or
both. Courses previously completed at NDSU may only be repeated at
NDSU, with the exception of Tri-College courses (see Repeated
Courses section for more details).
To be considered for readmission, suspended students must sit out for at least two grading periods (includes summer) and file a Reactivation/Petition for Readmission form to the Office of Registration and Records at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the semester in which readmission is sought. If the petition is approved by the Committee on Academic Standards, the student may register, but will be readmitted on probation. Students who have been enrolled in courses at another institution since leaving NDSU must arrange for an official transcript to be sent to the Office of Registration and Records before readmission will be considered. However, courses/grades earned from another institution during the suspension period will not be considered for transfer unless prior approval is granted through an appeals process.