Academic Probation

Standards for acceptable academic progress at Belmont Abbey College have been established to assist students in assessing the quality of their performance and to ensure the quality of our academic programs. Academic probation serves to alert students to potentially serious academic difficulties and as a warning that their academic achievement is falling below the expected level.

Acceptable Academic Progress

Belmont Abbey College students are expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0; students whose cumulative grade point average falls below a 2.0 will be placed on academic probation. Students must raise their cumulative grade point average above 2.0 by the end of the next semester after they are put on academic probation in order to be in good standing. Academic probation will become part of the student’s permanent record.

Requirements while on Academic Probation

Students on academic probation are advised to meet the following conditions to increase their potential for academic success:

• Register for no more than 16 credit hours while on probation.
• Satisfy all course requirements, including attendance.
• Meet regularly with a member of the Office of Academic Assistance.
• Meet regularly with his or her academic advisor.
• Meet regularly with tutors, if appropriate.

All students placed on academic probation are strongly encouraged to contact the Director of Academic Assistance who will provide them with counseling and with resources designed to help them succeed at Belmont Abbey College. Students on academic probation are, under ordinary circumstances, ineligible to participate in any extra-curricular activities until they are off probation.