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The University of North Carolina Wilmington both encourages and requires intentional pursuit of your degree. In order to remain at the university, all students must meet the requirements outlined below.
Insufficient Academic Progress
An undergraduate is automatically placed on Insufficient Academic Progress if Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is not met. SAP is generally defined as completing 67% of all attempted hours, excluding transfer hours. This is determined by dividing the number of credit hours successfully completed, defined as having earned a D- or better, by the total number of credit hours attempted.
When a student is placed on Insufficient Academic Progress, a notation is placed on the student’s transcript. It is important to note that students on Insufficient Academic Progress may not be making timely progress towards degree completion. It is the responsibility of the student to arrange regular meetings with his or her academic advisor or department chair/director to discuss these issues and to consider specific academic intervention strategies.
Students should refer to the Scholarship and Financial Aid (OSFA) section related to Policy on Return of Title IV Funds for information about how Insufficient Academic Progress impacts financial aid eligibility.
Academic Standing Policy
The academic standing policy is designed to keep students on track to degree completion. Academic standing is calculated to determine a student’s eligibility to enroll in courses. There are four academic standings: Good, Concerning, Warning, and Appeal Required. Students will be notified of their academic standing. Academic programming may be required, as per each college’s discretion, for students who are not in good standing.
Good
All new students will begin with a standing of Good. Students who earn a 2.000 or higher cumulative GPA will continue to have a standing of Good and may enroll in fall, spring, or summer courses.
Concerning
Students who begin a semester with a standing of Good and earn less than a 2.000 cumulative GPA during that semester will have a standing of Concerning. Students with a standing of Concerning may enroll in fall, spring, or summer courses. Students who begin a semester with a standing of Concerning and earn a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or above will return to Good standing.
Warning
Students who begin a semester with a standing of Concerning and do not earn a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or above will progress to a standing of Warning. Students with a standing of Warning may enroll in fall, spring, or summer courses. Students who begin a semester with a standing of Warning and earn a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or above will return to Good standing.
Appeal Required
Students who begin a semester with a standing of Warning and do not earn a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or above will progress to a standing of Appeal Required and will not be permitted to enroll in courses and any registered courses may be dropped. Students with a standing of Appeal Required who wish to re-enroll must submit an appeal requesting permission to enroll in courses. This appeal will go to a campus-wide Academic Standing Appeal committee that consists of Deans or their delegates, the Director of the Center for Academic Advising, the Director Financial Aid and Scholarships, the Dean of Students, and the Registrar. Students must meet with their advisor to begin the appeal. While appeals will be considered on a rolling basis throughout the year, to enter a specific term, students must submit the appeal 10 business days before the drop/add deadline.
The standings above determine eligibility to enroll in courses at UNCW; however, they do not determine eligibility to enroll in specific programs or colleges.
Readmission
Undergraduate students who left the university in good academic standing for one fall or spring semester do not need to apply for readmission. For those not enrolled at the university for two or more consecutive, regular semesters (excluding summer), a readmission application is required. Applications for readmission and submission deadlines are available from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Readmission to the university does not guarantee readmission to individual academic programs.
Three-year Forgiveness Policy
Any degree-seeking undergraduate student who has not been enrolled at UNCW for three or more years may choose to take advantage of the Three-year Forgiveness Policy. A student must be readmitted and then notify the University of their intention to take advantage of the Three-year Forgiveness policy by the last day of drop/add for the semester in which the student is readmitted. Three-year Forgiveness status, once applied, may not be changed, and will have the following academic consequences:
- All original coursework attempted is visible on the academic transcript.
- Any grade of C or higher earned prior to the granting of the Three-year Forgiveness policy will be included in earned credit hours.
- Any grade of C- or lower earned prior to the granting of the Three-year Forgiveness policy will be excluded from earned credit hours.
- A failing grade received as a result of a brokered private resolution or adjudicated academic dishonesty shall not be replaced if the course is repeated. A student may not appeal this outcome to any faculty or administrative level.
- The student’s grade point average will be calculated only for those courses taken after the granting of the Three-year Forgiveness policy.
- The student will retain all Course Repeat and Grade Replacement options.
- The course withdrawal bank will reset to 16 credit hours.
- The student will be ineligible for Degrees with Distinction.
- This policy may only be applied once.
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