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Academic Standing
Regulations Governing Undergraduates
These regulations apply to students in the College of Education and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts, College of Management, and the College of Science and Mathematics, and the School for the Environment. Students in the Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences follow an additional set of academic standards, which can be found on their website.
Please note: Standing is not sequential. Please read the descriptions to understand the qualifying details. Additionally, repeating a course or getting a grade change does not retro-actively change academic standing. As such, repeated courses, even when they improve a student’s cumulative and semester GPA, will not change the original academic standing designation that was applied to the semester in which the first course was taken.
Download the Academic Standing Chart at a Glance
Good Standing
Description:
Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher
Special Note: Cumulative GPA is calculated based on all UMass Boston grades. Term GPA is calculated based on grades in a given semester. Transfer courses are not factored into the GPA.
- Impact
- NONE
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- YES
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES
- Eligibility for Readmission
- Automatic with Application for Readmission form
Alert
Description:
Alert is ONLY applicable after a student’s very first semester, IF and only IF at the end of that first semester at UMass Boston the student's GPA is below 2.0.
Special Note: If a student's 1st semester falling below a cumulative GPA 2.0 happens in any other term (E.g.: 2nd semester on) the student will be put on probation, as Alert only happens after one’s 1st semester.
- Impact
- NONE
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- YES
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES
- Eligibility for Readmission
- Automatic with Application for Readmission form
Warning
Description: Any semester in which a student’s term GPA is below 2.0 and the cumulative GPA is 2.0 or higher.
- Impact
- NONE
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- YES
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES
- Eligibility for Readmission
- Automatic with Application for Readmission form
Probation
Description: The first semester - excluding a student's very first term - (see Alert) in which a student’s cumulative GPA is below 2.0
Special Note: When a student’s cumulative GPA is below 2.0, the Office of Undergraduate Studies notifies students via email and/or a letter encouraging academic advising. However, it is the student’s responsibility to know his academic standing by checking his grades and transcript on the WISER system.
- Impact
- Cannot hold any official student club or center leadership position or participate on an athletic team.
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- YES
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES
- Eligibility for Readmission
- Automatic with Application for Readmission form
Extended Probation
Description: After one or more semesters in which a student is on probation. Cumulative GPA remains below 2.0, but the term GPA is at or over 2.3 (based on, at least three credits with grades other than ‘INC’ ‘P’ or ‘F’). Students may be eligible for multiple semesters on extended probation.
- Impact
- Cannot hold any official student club or center leadership position or participate on an athletic team.
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- YES
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES
- Eligibility for Readmission
- Automatic with Application for Readmission form
Suspension
Description: If after a semester on probation, a student’s GPA is below 2.0., and doesn’t meet criteria for extended probation.
Special Note: Suspension will happen when a student has prior probation in any previous term.
- Impact
- Ineligible to enroll for a minimum of one semester. Suspension notation made on student’s transcript.
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- NO (see impact)
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- YES for summer, NO for Winter
- Eligibility for Readmission
- With approval from Undergraduate Studies and after one semester of inactive status.
Readmission Note: Students who were suspended in the fall can fill out the General Re-Enrollment Application for the following summer. A Registrar 'Summer Readmit only" hold will be placed on the student account. The hold will only be removed if the student appeals to fully return and it is approved by Undergraduate Studies
Dismissal
Description: Dismissal will occur if a student returning from suspension does not meet retention standards set by the readmitting authority
- Impact
- Dismissal notation made on student’s transcript. Ineligible to enroll for a minimum of one year.
- Eligibility to register for fall and spring semesters
- NO
- Eligibility to register for summer/winter sessions
- NO
- Eligibility for Readmission
- With approval from Undergraduate Studies and after one year of inactive status.
Campus Center, 4th Floor
UMass Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
registrar@umb.edu