Departments must conduct a review and evaluation of each student's progress in meeting degree requirements at the end of each semester. All NS faculty act as the NS Academic Progress Committee.
Areas that may be considered (but not limited to) include:
- performance in coursework taken that semester
- completion of "I's"
- completion of core course requirements
- progress made in completing research requirements
- timely filing of prospectus
- cumulative GPA
- completion of thesis
- may also encompass broader scholarly capabilities and professional development
Students are notified in writing of their progress and performance toward satisfying degree requirements. If there are deficient areas, the Department will clearly specify what each student should do to satisfactorily address the deficiency.
If a student is not notified by June 1 regarding academic progress, it is the student's responsibility to request in writing that the Department provides such an evaluation; the request must be received by the Department prior to August 1 of the same year.
If the student is placed on probation by the Department based on the semester evaluation, the student will have a second review at the end of the next semester or designated time period. In this second review, the Department will determine:
- if the student is making satisfactory progress;
- if the student's level of performance is unsatisfactory and thus he/she is ineligible for further enrollment; or
- if the Department feels the student's progress is still unsatisfactory but wishes to petition the Dean to continue the student on probation another semester.
The student and the Graduate College are notified in writing of the outcome of this second review. The Graduate College will either:
- remove the student from probation;
- deny further enrollment to the student; or
- continue the student's probation for an additional semester.
A third probation is not allowed.
