UNIVERSITY SENATE
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by:
Undergraduate Academic Council
Date:
GRADE POINT REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUING IN THE HONORS COLLEGE
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
That the following requirements for continuing in The Honors College be approved
by the University Senate.
That this proposal be forwarded to the President for approval.
That the proposal take effect upon the President's approval.
Proposal
This policy pertains to all students entering The Honors College during the Fall 2010
semester and subsequent semesters. The grade point requirements for continuing
in The Honors College for students entering The Honors College before the Fall 2010
semester will remain as they have been. (See
http://www.albany.edu/honorscollege/expectations.shtml for a description of the
grade point requirements for continuing in The Honors College for students entering
The Honors College before the Fall 2010 semester.)
The term honors college academic year is used in this policy. The honors college
academic year is defined as a 12-month continuous period including: a summer
session, the subsequent fall semester, the subsequent winter session, and the
subsequent spring semester. Every honors college academic year begins on the
first day of a summer session and ends on the last day of the following spring
semester. An example of an honors college academic year is: the summer 2011
session, the fall 2011 semester, the winter 2012 session, and the spring 2012
semester.
The term honors college academic year grade point average is used in this policy.
The honors college academic year grade point average is defined as the grade point
average that a student earns during an honors college academic year. The honors
college academic year grade point average is calculated after the last day of the
spring semester each year, which is the last day of the honors college academic
year.
For students who are admitted to The Honors College as incoming first-year
students (i.e., those in their first semester of college):
During the fall semester, they must achieve at least a 3.25 semester grade
point average. During their first honors college academic year, they must
achieve at least a 3.30 honors college academic year grade point average.
Each subsequent honors college academic year, they must achieve at least a
3.50 honors college academic year grade point average.
For students who are admitted to The Honors College during their first year (at the
end of the fall semester of their first year or at the end of the spring semester of
their first year):
They must achieve at least a 3.50 honors college academic year grade point
average each honors college academic year.
At the end of each fall semester, The Director of The Honors College will review the
fall semester grade point average of each first-year student who entered The
Honors College during that fall semester.
A student whose fall-semester grade point average is at or above 3.00 and
below 3.25 and who would like to remain in The Honors College must meet
with the Director of The Honors College before the beginning of classes of the
subsequent spring semester. Before this meeting, the student will submit a
statement describing the issues that interfered with the student’s academic
achievement during the fall semester and a plan for overcoming those issues
in future semesters. Based on the student’s written plan and the meeting
with the Director, the Director will determine whether the student can remain
in The Honors College. If the student is allowed to remain in The Honors
College, the student must meet the grade-point requirements for all
subsequent honors college academic years. A student who does not meet
the grade-point requirements for all subsequent honors college academic
years will be dismissed from The Honors College.
Any student who has followed all the procedures described in the
previous paragraph and who wishes to appeal the decision of the
Director of The Honors College should appeal to the Undergraduate
Academic Council’s Committee on Admission and Academic Standing.
A student whose fall-semester grade point average is below 3.00 may remain
in The Honors College if issues largely outside the control of the student had
a significant influence on the student’s grade point average (e.g., a
prolonged illness, a death in the student’s family). Students with a fall-
semester grade point average below 3.00 must submit a statement to the
Director of The Honors College regarding the issues that interfered with the
student’s academic achievement. If, in the opinion of the Director of The
Honors College, these issues were largely out of the control of the student,
the Director will inform that student that the student can remain in The
Honors College following completion of the following process: The student
must meet with the Director of The Honors College before the beginning of
classes of the subsequent spring semester. Before this meeting, the student
will submit a statement describing the issues that interfered with the
student’s academic achievement during the fall semester and a plan for
overcoming those issues in future semesters. Based on the student’s written
plan and the meeting with the Director, the Director will determine whether
the student can remain in The Honors College. If the student is allowed to
remain in The Honors College, the student must meet the grade-point
requirements for all subsequent honors college academic years. A student
who does not meet the grade-point requirements for all subsequent honors
college academic years will be dismissed from The Honors College.
Any student who has followed all the procedures described in the
previous paragraph and who wishes to appeal the decision of the
Director of The Honors College should appeal to the Undergraduate
Academic Council’s Committee on Admission and Academic Standing.
At the end of each honors college academic year, the Director of The Honors
College or someone in the Office of the Director of the Honors College will calculate
the honors college academic year grade point average for each student in The
Honors College.
A student whose honors college academic year grade point average is .25 of
a point or less below the grade point average the student is expected to
achieve and who would like to remain in The Honors College must meet with
the Director of The Honors College before the beginning of classes of the
subsequent fall semester. Before this meeting, the student will submit a
statement describing the issues that interfered with the student’s academic
achievement during the honors college academic year and a plan for
overcoming those issues in future years. Based on the student’s written plan
and the meeting with the Director, the Director will determine whether the
student can remain in The Honors College. If the student is allowed to
remain in The Honors College, the student must meet the grade-point
requirements for all subsequent honors college academic years. A student
who does not meet the grade-point requirements for all subsequent honors
college academic years will be dismissed from The Honors College.
Any student who has followed all the procedures described in the
previous paragraph and who wishes to appeal the decision of the
Director of The Honors College should appeal to the Undergraduate
Academic Council’s Committee on Admission and Academic Standing.
A student whose honors college academic year grade point average is more
than .25 below the grade point average the student is expected to achieve
may remain in The Honors College if issues largely outside the control of the
student had a significant influence on the student’s grade point average
(e.g., a prolonged illness, a death in the student’s family). These students
must submit a statement to the Director of The Honors College regarding the
issues that interfered with their academic achievement. If, in the opinion of
the Director of The Honors College, these issues were largely out of the
control of the student, the Director will inform that student that the student
can remain in The Honors College following completion of the following
process: The student must meet with the Director of The Honors College
before the beginning of classes of the subsequent fall semester. Before this
meeting, the student will submit a statement describing the issues that
interfered with the student’s academic achievement during the honors
college academic year and a plan for overcoming those issues in future
honors college academic years. Based on the student’s written plan and the
meeting with the Director, the Director will determine whether the student
can remain in The Honors College. If the student is allowed to remain in The
Honors College, the student must meet the grade-point requirements for all
subsequent honors college academic years. A student who does not meet
the grade-point requirements for all subsequent honors college academic
years will be dismissed from The Honors College.
Any student who has followed all the procedures described in the
previous paragraph and who wishes to appeal the decision of the
Director of The Honors College should appeal to the Undergraduate
Academic Council’s Committee on Admission and Academic Standing.
Each year, the Director of The Honors College will submit, in the Annual Report of
The Honors College, the number of students dismissed from The Honors College
that year and the number of students allowed to remain in The Honors College
following a semester or honors college academic year in which their grade point
average was below the grade point average required for them.
