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Student Affairs - Clarifying Policies and Procedures
One source of confusion is the admission to candidacy process. Students need to
understand the difference between applying for candidacy and being admitted to candidacy.
Here is an explanation of each.
Applying for Candidacy
Once a student reaches 45 credits including those in progress, baccalaureate
students in LSBE are required to apply for candidacy for their degrees.
Students
fill out an application
for candidacy in SBE 21. Upon receipt of the application, a hold
is taken off the student's record which permits the student to register
for
the next term. The application is used by student affairs staff to monitor
the progress of students and to provide feedback on such progress.
Applications
are kept on file and reviewed each term until the student has been admitted
to candidacy.
Admission to Candidacy
To be eligible for candidacy, a student must
meet all GPA criteria (overall, transcript,
and internal GPA and pre- candidacy) and
must
have in-progress any remaining pre-major (pre-candidacy)
requirements for the BBA or BAc degree program.
No student will be admitted to candidacy status
if any of thes egrade-point averages are below
a 2.0.Students must maintain GPA eligibility
and successfully complete the in-progress pre-major
courses in order to maintain candidacy status.
Students failing to meet these conditions will
be notified of the problem.
All formal feedback and notification regarding candidacy will be sent
to the student’s UMD email account by Student Affairs staff.
Graduation Plans
Students must file a graduation
plan 2
terms before their expected term of graduation.
The graduation plan is to be filled out by the
student with the assistance of their advisor.
An advisor signature is required on the form.
A preliminary credit check is performed the term
before the student's expected graduation;
a copy is sent to the student’s current mailing address. The credit
check also includes information on how the student
can pre-register for their last term. More details
are available on the page explaining how we
monitor students' degree progression.
UMD is in the process of developing new technological tools intended
to facilitate planning for graduation and beyond.
Probation
Any student failing to maintain the required
2.00 GPA in their cumulative, UM, and LSBE internal areas is considered
to be on academic probation. Students on probation are strongly encouraged
to talk with their advisor and advisors within the student affairs
office to determine an appropriate course of action. If, at the end
of a semester on academic probation, the grade-point averages are
at or above 2.00, the student will be returned to good academic standing.
Academic Dismissal
If, at the end of a semester on probation,
a student fails to attain a 2.00 in the three above areas, that student
is subject to dismissal. Because some students have trouble adjusting
to the standards of a university education, students who have attempted
fewer than 20 credits are not subject to dismissal if their cumulative
and UM GPA are 1.80 or above. Students whose internal GPA is below
2.00 but whose cumulative and UM GPAs are at or above the 2.00 minimum
are subject to dismissal only after 60 credits are attempted.
If you wish to seek further clarification of these issues, please
come to the Student Affairs Office in SBE 21.
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