Overview
To maintain satisfactory academic progress, students must achieve a minimum term and overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher each term.
Academic Warning
Any student who does not achieve a term and/or cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher will be notified via the college’s notification system and placed on academic warning. Once a student has been placed on warning, they will be limited to 12 credit hours until they are placed back into good academic standing.
Academic Probation
Any student who does not achieve an all-college cumulative and term GPA of 2.0 or higher for two consecutive terms will be notified via the college’s notification system and placed on academic probation. Once a student has been placed on probation, they will be limited to 9 credit hours until they are placed back into good academic standing except that the student can take 12 credit hours as long as one of the courses is selected from the following list: SLS1101, SLS1301, SLS1601 or SLS1531.
Academic Suspension
Any student on academic probation who earns less than a 2.0 for his or her all college cumulative and term GPA will be notified via the college’s notification system and placed on academic suspension for the following term of enrollment (Fall, Spring, or Summer). Readmission may be granted after the suspended term and after the student meets with a counselor in the Counseling and Wellness Center. If permitted to return to Santa Fe College, the student will remain in academic probationary status and must achieve a 2.0 GPA or higher for the term immediately following the suspension.
Academic Dismissal
Any student who does not achieve a term GPA of 2.0 or higher during the term following academic suspension will be notified via the college’s notification system and placed on academic dismissal from the College for one academic year (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Readmission may be granted after the dismissal period and after the student has met with a counselor in the Counseling and Wellness Center.
Educational Interventions
The Counseling and Wellness Center will provide intervention services to academically ‘at risk’ students who have been placed on warning, probation, suspension and/or dismissal. Students who are on probation, suspension, or dismissal will be required to meet with a counselor and Counseling and Wellness Center services will be offered to students who are on warning. The student and counselor will work together to create a success plan to promote better academic performance. Additional educational interventions may be assigned as appropriate.
Earning Credit While Suspended or Dismissed
A student under suspension from another institution may not enroll at Santa Fe College for one semester. A student under suspension from Santa Fe College may not earn credits toward a degree from this institution by taking courses at another institution during the term of suspension.
Provision for Review
Any student who feels there were extraordinary circumstances that led to his or her academic status and would like to request an adjustment to the status criteria (waive credit-hour limits, request early return, etc.), may petition in writing the College Registrar who will forward the petition to the appropriate Associate Vice-President within Academic Affairs, for a final, binding decision.