Academic Policies & Procedures
Dismissal
Students may be dismissed from their division or program if they fail to meet academic or professional standards. The student will be informed of the dismissal in writing by the division head or the division head’s campus representative.
Some factors considered when students are dismissed are failure to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 (IUPUC’s GPA of good standing) or the division’s GPA of good standing after being placed on probation, a lack of progress toward the degree requirements in the judgment of the faculty, or a lack of acceptable ethical or professional behavior.
Students who have completed a minimum of 12 IUPUC/IUPUI grade point average (GPA) hours are subject to dismissal if they fail to attain an overall GPA of at least 2.0.
Students who are dismissed for the first time must sit out for a minimum of one semester and petition by the established deadlines to be reinstated. Reinstatement is not automatic. Students’ chances of reinstatement will be enhanced by the student removing grades of incomplete, undertaking assessment of their academic problems, participating in career workshops, and providing evidence of their ability to do successful academic work upon their reinstatement to IUPUC.
Students dismissed more than once must remain out of school for at least one full year and petition by the established deadlines to be reinstated. Readmission after a second dismissal is extremely rare. Students’ chances of reinstatement will be enhanced by the length of time the student has been away from the university, successful academic course work completed at other accredited institutions, military service, participation in career workshops, and providing evidence of their ability to do successful academic work upon their reinstatement to IUPUC.
Individual divisions may refuse to readmit students on the basis of their academic records.
Students already enrolled in and even attending classes will be administratively dropped from those classes and their money returned if they are dismissed.