Academic Standing
Admitted students must maintain good academic standing.
If a grade of X (an unofficial withdrawal) or F in any term
is received, students must ask an adviser’s permission
to continue to register. (Such grades are counted as 0.0 in
the GPA.) If the cumulative GPA falls below 2.0, students
will be put on academic probation and given one term to raise
it to a minimum of 2.0.
Students must have at least a C average in all courses completed
at Northwestern to meet the requirements for a bachelor’s
degree. Courses with D grades will not count toward the major
or minor and may not amount to more than one-fifth of course
work. Transfer credit requires a grade of at least C.
Academic Probation and Dismissal
Students may be placed on academic probation if they do
not
- maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in a given term
- maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the major
- demonstrate satisfactory academic progress, such as having
a consistent history of withdrawals (W), unofficial withdrawals
(X), incompletes (Y) or failures (F) or failing to complete
at least half of the courses begun in any two consecutive
semesters
- demonstrate satisfactory academic progress, in the opinion
of the Student Affairs Committee
Students may be dismissed for
- being placed on academic probation and failing to get
off probation in the next term
- failing to demonstrate satisfactory academic progress
- violating academic integrity
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