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Understanding the Undergraduate Academic Standing Policy (Alert, Probation, Suspension)

Undergraduate students at the University of Northern Iowa are expected to meet academic standards set by the university and to demonstrate satisfactory academic progress towards earning a degree. 

 

Academic alert and academic probation serve to warn students that unless academic performance improves, s/he may be placed on academic suspension. The determination of a student being placed on academic alert, probation or suspension is made by the Office of the Registrar.

 

No student in her/his first semester in attendance at the University of Northern Iowa will be academically suspended.  First-semester students at the University of Northern Iowa placed on academic alert or academic probation may be subject to conditions designed to increase academic success.  A student who does not agree to these conditions may have her/his course schedule canceled for the semester. 

 

All students who are placed on academic probation should also seek assistance for academic improvement from academic advisors, the Academic Learning Center, or the Counseling Center.

 

 

ACADEMIC ALERT

 

Any first-semester student who has a 1.00 – 1.99 semester GPA will receive a first semester academic alert.  While on academic alert, the student will be limited to 14 credit hours. Academic alert is not recorded on the student’s official academic transcript.

 

At the end of a student’s semester on Academic Alert, one of the following actions will be taken:

  1. The student will be placed on academic probation if his/her UNI GPA is less than a 2.0
  2. The student will be removed from academic alert and shall be in good academic standing if his/her UNI GPA is a 2.0 or higher.

 

 

ACADEMIC PROBATION

 

Any first-semester student who has a semester GPA below 1.0 will be placed on academic probation.  Continuing students will be placed on academic probation when their UNI GPA is below a 2.0.  A student placed on academic probation must earn a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 for each semester while on academic probation until his/her UNI GPA reaches 2.0 or higher.

 

While on academic probation, a student will be limited to 14 credit hours.  Once a student’s UNI GPA reaches 2.0 or higher, s/he will be removed from academic probation.  Academic probation is not recorded on the student’s official academic transcript.

 

At the end of a student’s semester on Academic Probation, one of the following actions will be taken:

  1. The student will be academically suspended if his/her GPA for the semester is less than a 2.0.
  2. The student will continue on academic probation if his/her GPA for the semester is a 2.0 or higher and his/her UNI GPA remains below a 2.0.
  3. The student will be removed from academic probation and shall be in good academic standing if his/her UNI GPA is a 2.0 or higher.

 

 

ACADEMIC SUSPENSION

 

A student on academic probation who fails to earn a semester GPA of 2.0 will be academically suspended.  Academic suspension is for a minimum period of one calendar year and is permanently noted on the student’s official academic transcript.  Once suspended, a student will not be allowed to re-enroll at the University of Northern Iowa until he/she has been academically reinstated.

 

 

 

Questions about readmission after academic suspension?  See the complete undergraduate academic standing policy and the procedure for applying for readmission after academic suspension.

 

 

For detailed information on the policies and procedures with academic alert, probation or suspension, refer to the current UNI Catalog of Courses and Programs or the Schedule of Classes book (see the current semester Policies and Procedures document).