Graduate Retention Standards

Sykes College of Business graduate students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in their required courses and a cumulative 3.0 GPA to graduate. Students who fall below a 3.0 GPA are placed on academic probation and will have an 8-credit probationary period in which to raise their grades to a 3.0 GPA. Students failing to do so will be dismissed. Students with a cumulative GPA less than 2.0 will be dismissed with no probationary period. Conditionally admitted MBA, MS-ACC, MS-FIN or MS-MKT students who fall below a 3.0 GPA during their first 8 credit hours will be dismissed. No grade below a “C” will be accepted toward a graduate degree or certificate completion. Therefore, students must retake any class in which they earn a grade below a "C." It is important to note that the grade the student earns from retaking the course will not replace the original grade and the quality points will be averaged into the student's overall GPA. Hence, the original grade will not be removed from the student's academic record. Any student who earns three grades of "C" or below will be dismissed with no probationary term. Students dismissed at the completion of the spring semester will be dropped from all courses including May intersession. If registered for the May intersession, withdrawal will be retroactive to the first day of classes. Students will not be allowed to continue in classes pending submission and appeal approved by the Graduate Appeals Committee.