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A course in which a student has received an unsatisfactory grade may be repeated only
once. The course must carry the same course prefix, number, and description and may be
taught at Florida A&M University (FAMU) or at Florida State University (FSU), under
the FAMU-FSU cooperative program. Both grades will be used in computing the
student’s graduate GPA.
If the same course is neither available at FAMU or at FSU at the time the student
needs to repeat the course, then a substitute course may be approved as a transfer
course by the student’s advisor and taken from any institution within the State
University System (SUS). Please note that this transfer credit will not be
factored into the FAMU graduate GPA.
2. Probation and Dismissal Policies and Procedures
a. Academic Probation and Dismissal
A student will automatically be placed on probation, if the student’s graduate
cumulative GPA falls below 3.0. Any student on academic probation can only
remain on probation for a maximum of nine semester hours (usually one semester)
of letter-graded coursework. Documentation of the Academic Probation status will
be imprinted on the student's university transcript by the Registrar at the beginning
of the term in which the sanction is given, and this will serve as the official
notification of probation to the student.
If a student is placed on probation, then the student will continue on probation until
the student has completed nine (9) credit hours (usually one semester), after which
the student’s status will be reviewed. If the student’s graduate cumulative GPA is
above a 3.0, the student will be taken off probation. If the student’s graduate
cumulative GPA is below a 3.0, the student will be dismissed from the academic
program.
A student, who is on Academic Probation, will be required to meet with the program
director or the student’s advisor, prior to the start of the following term, to review
the student’s educational plan in order to increase the student’s chance of success in
the program. Modifications of the plan may be made, as necessary, so that the
student and the director will know exactly what conditions are required for the
continued enrollment of the student in the program. Both the student and the
program advisor/director should sign the plan.
After dismissal from one degree program, a student always has the option to apply to
another degree program, and this option requires a completely new application.
Previously dismissed students, who are accepted into new academic programs, will
have a new graduate GPA.
A graduate student whose cumulative GPA is less than 2.0 will be immediately
dismissed from the degree program and will not be permitted to enroll in graduate
courses, unless the student has been admitted into another graduate program or