What is Academic Probation?
Academic Probation is a sanction given to a student whose cumulative grade point average is below a 2.0 after having accumulated 24 credits. (Includes transfer credits). A cumulative grade point average below 2.0 results in the accumulation of deficiency points. (Your cumulative grade point average, includes only grades earned at Temple.) Students who have earned deficiency points will receive notification of Academic Probation on their semester grade reports. A student on Academic Probation at the end of the spring semester is not eligible for financial aid or housing for the following academic year unless deficiency points are eliminated through attendance in summer school. A student on Academic Probation cannot register for courses online and must meet with his/her advisor to register.
A student is placed on Academic Probation if he/she fails to return to Good Standing at the end of the semester in which the academic standing of the student was Academic Warning. The student will have only one term to raise the GPA to the required minimum and return to Good Standing. If not, the student is placed on Academic Suspension. Students on Academic Probation are encouraged to take advantage of the services available in the Academic Skills Center.
Academic sanctions result when your semester or cumulative GPA falls below 2.0. Sanctions are determined at the end of the fall and spring semester. You will be notified by mail if you are placed under an academic sanction; sanctions may affect your financial aid eligibility. Students on academic warning are placed on academic probation if their semester GPA falls below 2.0. During the semester spent on academic probation, students are not allowed to carry more than 12 credit hours and must attain a 2.0 semester average to avoid academic suspension.
Students are placed on academic probation if their cumulative UC GPA falls below 2.0. Students are also placed on academic probation if their “term” or semester UC GPA falls below 1.5 for one semester. (Your overall UC GPA may still be above a 2.0 but because of the results from one term, you will be considered a probationary student.
