2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

2.00 or above, may, no sooner than two academic yearsfollowing the second Severance, apply for readmission toa degree program. Students who during these two yearsraise their cumulative GPA to 2.00 and complete all graduationrequirements, may file an undergraduate DegreeRequest. Readmitted students will be placed on AcademicProbation for the next regular semester.3. Without having raised the GPA to 2.00, they may applyfor readmission no sooner than seven academic years followingthe second Severance. If readmitted, these studentsmay choose (a) to declare Academic Bankruptcy or (b) torepair their existing cumulative GPA.If the cumulative GPA of any student readmitted following asecond Severance falls below 2.00, that student will incur athird, and final, Severance.Third Academic SeveranceStudents who are academically severed a third time, cannotearn an undergraduate degree from Plymouth State University.They are not eligible for reinstatement or readmission at anytime in the future. Grades earned in Winterim or Summer sessionwill not be used to reverse such an action. These studentsmay, for purposes of lifelong education, take courses as parttime,non-matriculated students.President’s List, Dean’s List,Honors List for Part-Time StudentsUndergraduate students who earn a semester grade point averageof 3.70 or above are named to the President’s List for thatsemester. Those students who earn a semester grade pointaverage between 3.50 and 3.69 are named to the Dean’s Listfor that semester. To be eligible for either the President’s Listor the Dean’s List, full-time matriculated students must havecompleted at least 12 credits, at least nine of which must confergrade points.Undergraduate part-time students who earn a grade pointaverage of 3.50 in their combined work in fall, Winterim andspring semesters are named to the Honors List for Part-timestudents at the end of each academic year. To be eligible forthis honor, students must attend as part-time matriculated studentsin any semester that academic year, must earn at leastsix credits in courses which earn grade points, must completeall such courses by the time grade reports are prepared afterspring semester and must achieve at least a 3.50 grade pointaverage in graded courses.Honors ProgramsEach year PSU students who are identified as among the bestin their class participate in a university-wide Honors program.Each semester these students enroll in an honors section of oneor more courses. Students choose from among four or five possibilities,and typically take two honors sections one semester andone the other. Students completing two honors sections duringthe academic year and achieving a 3.00 overall grade point averagereceive the transcript designation “Honors.”Honors sections are not intended to be more work-intensivethan regular sections. Students in honors sections indicatethat low class enrollment (20-25 maximum) results in a highlevel of discussion, collaborative academic challenges, andthe development of closer intellectual relationships in theclassroom.The Honors Program is overseen by a group of facultyknown as the Honors Council. In addition, the Departmentsof Business and Psychology offer honors programs to theirmajors (see Department of Business and Department ofPsychology).Graduation RequirementsAll students shall be responsible for meeting the academicstandards established for the course of study in which they areenrolled. These standards shall be the only basis for evaluatingstudents’ academic performance. Students are responsible forcompleting all work required for graduation and schedulingall necessary courses.Students have the personal responsibility for making sure that,by graduation time, they meet the General Education, majorfield, grade point average (cumulative, major/minor), and totalcredit hour requirements defined by the University and theirmajor department.Degree CompletionTo complete degree requirements at Plymouth, students needto do the following:• Complete all General Education requirements• Complete the foreign language proficiency if seeking a BA• Complete all major degree requirements• Complete the number of credits required in the student’schosen degree program (minimum of 122 semestercredits)• Complete at least 30 credits of coursework at PlymouthState University• Earn an overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 orhigher in all coursework• Earn the grade point average required in the major (minimumof 2.00)Policies & ProceduresPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 59