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ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

Students in the Farm and Industry Short Course must maintain satisfactory progress in their course work. Short Course uses the same grading as other courses on campus—A, AB, B, BC, C, D, F. Grade point averages are figured on a four-point scale: A=4 points, B=3 points, C=2 points, D=1 point, F=0.

The Short Course Program rewards academic excellence each term and at graduation. Full-time students with a 3.25 term GPA and no ‘‘F’s’’ are placed on the Dean’s Honor List. Students eligible for a graduation certificate who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher will be granted the honor of Graduate with Distinction. Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 receive Graduate with Highest Distinction honors.

Following are scholastic actions for Farm and Industry Short Course based on a 4.0 scale:

1. Warning—A student with no previous action and with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above who fails a course in a given term or who has a term GPA of less than 2.0 even though the cumulative GPA is greater than or equal to 2.0.

2. Probation—A student will be placed on probation if his/her cumulative GPA falls below 2.0.

3. Dropped from FISC—A student on probation or admitted on probation who fails to attain a 2.0 term GPA will be dropped for one term. A student not on probation who earns less than a 1.0 GPA in any single term will also be dropped. A student may return after being away the required length of time. If the student fails to earn a term GPA of 2.0 or above and is dropped again, the student will not be permitted to re-enroll for two consecutive terms.

4. Removed from Probation—Students will automatically be removed from probation after the term in which their cumulative GPA reaches 2.0 or above. A student will remain on probation, regardless of an above 2.0 term GPA, until his/her cumulative GPA reaches 2.0 or above.

5. Incomplete—Students who are graded ‘‘I’’ for incomplete work will have until the end of the next term to complete the course work. If the work is not completed, the ‘‘I’’ grade will become an ‘‘F.’’ For scholastic action purposes, all ‘‘I’’ grades will be calculated as an ‘‘F’’ grade for a given term GPA.

6. Course Drops—A course drop will be permitted up to the last class day of the third week of the term (first week of 3-week term). A late drop will result in an ‘‘F’’ grade. Late drops will be at the discretion of the Dean and Director.

7. Appeals—A student in dropped status with unusual and substantiated circumstances may appeal to the Scholastic Policies Committee for re-admission. Appeals will be received on the first day of each term.