REQUIREMENTS FOR RETENTION
Academic retention is based solely on grade point average (GPA). The significance of the cumulative grade point average (cumulative GPA) varies according to the number of credits attempted. A minimum of 120 credits of successfully completed (not I, F, or W) course credits is required for graduation in any degree curriculum.

Satisfactory Performance applies to those students with a cumulative GPA between 4.000 and 2.000.

Semester Academic Honors (Dean's List) will be awarded to a student who completes within any given semester 12 or more credits (excluding courses with grades of P and S) with a semester GPA of 3.500 or higher. This notation will be placed on the individual's permanent record.

Unsatisfactory Performance: Students with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.000 fall into three categories: Unsatisfactory Performance, Academic Warning and Academic Dismissal. The notations Academic Warning and Academic Dismissal will be placed on the student's permanent record. The cumulative GPA that defines each of the categories varies according to the credit level as noted below:

GPA Retention Levels

Credit Level	Unsatisfactory Performance	Academic Warning	Academic Dismissal
0-13	1.290-1.999	0.230-1.289	0.000-0.229
14-28	1.780-1.999	1.280-1.779	0.000-1.279
29-56	1.860-1.999	1.630-1.859	0.000-1.629
57-74	1.940-1.999	1.830-1.939	0.000-1.829
75-more	--	1.940-1.999	0.000-1.939

1. Credit level: Courses with grades of A, B, C, D, F, P, S and transfer credit from other institutions, Advanced Placement, CLEP and other similar tests in which credit is given. (Note: Retention credit totals for students admitted as freshmen will not include advanced standing credit (AP, IB, CLEP, and college-level credit) earned while enrolled in high school for calculations at the end of the 1st semester. After 1st semester, Retention credit will include all advance standing credit.)

2. Computation of GPA: GPA is computed by dividing the total number of quality points accumulated in courses for which a grade of A, B, C, D, or F has been assigned by the total number of credits attempted in those courses. Courses for which a mark of P, S, I or NGR has been assigned are not included in computing the GPA. Each letter grade has a numerical value: A=4; B=3; C=2; D=1; F=0. Multiplying this value by the number of credits for a particular course gives the number of quality points earned for that course.

3. Students with an unsatisfactory performance for any semester will be urged in writing to consult their advisers.

4. Students on academic warning will have this fact noted on their transcripts and will be urged in writing to consult with their advisers prior to the beginning of the next semester. Students who receive an academic warning in any semester will not be allowed either to add or drop courses or to register during the semester following the receipt of the academic warning without seeing an adviser.

5. Any student with 60 credits or more attempted and who thereafter received academic warning for two consecutive semesters will be academically dismissed. Students who are academically dismissed will have this action entered on their transcript.

6. Students transferring to the University of Maryland, College Park, will not be dismissed at the end of their first semester if they earn a GPA of 0.23 or above. (A student who would otherwise be subject to Academic Dismissal will receive an Academic Warning.) Thereafter, such a student will be subject to the normal standards of academic progress. This provision does not apply to students reinstated or readmitted to the University of Maryland, College Park.

7. A student who has been academically dismissed and who is reinstated will be academically dismissed again if minimum academic standards are not met by the end of the first semester after reinstatement. (See sections on Readmission and Reinstatement in chapter 1.)

8. Credits transferred, or earned during prior admissions terminating in academic dismissal or withdrawal and followed by readmission, will be applicable toward meeting credit requirements for a degree.

9. Under unusual circumstances, the Faculty Petition Board may set more rigorous requirements for the semester in which a reinstated student returns, or may allow a lengthened period (not to exceed two semesters) to reach the minimum or set academic standards.

10. Any appeal from the regulations governing academic warning or academic dismissal shall be directed to the Faculty Petition Board which shall be empowered to grant relief in unusual cases if the circumstances warrant such action.

11. See Repeat Policy to determine the effect of repeated courses in calculation of GPA. Dismissal of Delinquent Students. The university reserves the right to request at any time the withdrawal of a student who cannot or does not maintain the required standard of scholarship, or whose continuance in the university would be detrimental to his or her health, or to the health of others, or whose conduct is not satisfactory to the authorities of the university. Additional information about the dismissal of delinquent students may be found in the Code of Student Conduct, Appendix C, in chapter 10.