Minimum Academic Standards

Students must meet minimum academic standards in work completed at Texas State. Those who fail to do so are placed on academic probation or academic suspension, as appropriate. In determining whether a student is placed on probation or suspension, only grades earned at Texas State are considered.

Academic Probation.

Academic Probation is an emphatic warning that the quality of your work has not met Texas State's minimum academic standards and that the quality must improve during the probationary semester in order for you to continue at Texas State University-San Marcos. You will be placed on academic probation at the end of the fall or spring semester in which the Texas State GPA is lower than 2.00. You will be advised to come in to the Advising Center to discuss your academic plan. You will be removed from academic probation at the end of any long term or summer term if the Texas State GPA is 2.00 or higher.

Students placed on academic probation must raise their Texas State GPA during the first probationary semester, e.g., if a student is placed on academic probation because the Texas State GPA has fallen to 1.85, at the end of the first probationary semester the Texas State GPA must be 1.86 or higher, or the student will be placed on first academic suspension. If the student raises the Texas State GPA at the end of the first probationary semester, but it is still lower than 2.00, the student may continue for a second probationary semester. If the Texas State GPA is still lower than 2.00 at the end of the second probationary semester, the student will be placed on first academic suspension.

Academic Suspension

Policies Governing First Academic Suspension. A first academic suspension will be for the first long semester following placement on academic suspension. Appeals for reinstatement, based on extenuating circumstances, may be made prior to the Monday of registration week to the student’s college dean or designee, who will render a decision on the matter. A student suspended from one college of Texas State may not be reinstated by the dean of another undergraduate college. Deans may, at their discretion, impose conditions regarding course load limits, work load limits, counseling, etc. If the dean denies reinstatement, the student may then appeal to the Suspension Appeals Committee. If reinstatement is allowed, the suspension notation will remain on the student’s transcript. The transcript will also show “Reinstated for___, Enters on Academic Probation.”  

Unless other special conditions are imposed by the dean or the Suspension Appeals Committee, students on academic probation who are granted reinstatement and re-admitted, must raise their Texas State GPA at the end of the first probationary semester or be placed on academic suspension. If a student raises his or her Texas State GPA at the end of the first probationary semester, but it remains below 2.00, the student may continue studies for a second probationary semester.

In addition to any special conditions imposed by the dean or the Suspension Appeals Committee, students must meet the conditions under “Academic Probation” explained above. At the end of the second probationary semester, if the Texas State GPA is lower than 2.00, the student will be placed on second academic suspension.

Students who are placed on first academic suspension from Texas State at the end of the spring semester will be reinstated by the registrar on academic probation for the following fall semester if they (1) attend both summer terms at Texas State, (2) pass nine semester hours, and (3) earn a 2.00 GPA on all work attempted in both terms. The student will be removed from probation if the Texas State GPA is 2.00 or higher at the end of the second summer term.

Readmission Following a First Academic Suspension. At the end of the one semester period for a first academic suspension, students are automatically reinstated and may register for the subsequent semester. Following an absence from Texas State of one year or more, students may apply for readmission to Texas State (refer to Program D in the Admissions section). Students who re-enter Texas State following an academic suspension do so on academic probation. For specific regulations, refer to paragraph on “Academic Probation.” If the Texas State GPA is not raised at the end of the first probationary semester, or is lower than 2.00 at the end of the second probationary semester, the student will be placed on second academic suspension.

Policies Governing Second Academic Suspension. Students who fail to meet the minimum academic standards defined above will be placed on academic suspension for a second time, for a period of two calendar years. If  extenuating circumstances exist, students may appeal prior to the Monday of registration week to the appropriate college dean for reinstatement. If reinstatement is denied, students may then appeal to the Suspension Appeals Committee. If the appeal is approved, students may return to Texas State on academic probation, subject to special conditions imposed by the dean or the Suspension Appeals Committee regarding course load limits, work load limits, counseling, etc. If reinstatement is allowed, students may apply for re-admission to Texas State (refer to Program D in the Admissions section). The suspension notation will remain on the student’s transcript, which will also show “Reinstated for ___, Enters on Academic Probation.” In addition to any special conditions imposed by the dean or the Suspension Appeals Committee, students must meet the conditions under “Academic Probation” explained previously. At the end of the second probationary semester, if the Texas State GPA is lower than 2.00, the student will be placed on academic suspension.

Readmission Following a Second Academic Suspension. At the end of the two-year period for a second academic suspension, students may apply for re-admission to Texas State (refer to Program D in the Admissions section).

Effect of Suspension on Correspondence or Extension Courses. While on suspension, students may complete a correspondence course in which they enrolled prior to suspension. Students may not enroll in an extension or correspondence course from Texas State while on suspension.

Registering at Another Institution During Suspension. Students who have been placed on academic suspension are not prohibited from registering at another institution; however, such academic work will not change the GPA used for calculating probation and suspension, since only those grades earned at Texas State are calculated in determining probation or suspension status. Students who enroll for 30 or more semester hours at another institution while on suspension from Texas State will be considered transfer students if they return and will be required to have a 2.25 GPA in that work for re-admission.

Exceptions. Cases in which the circumstances are not covered by the above regulations shall be handled at the discretion of the Director of Undergraduate Admissions and the college dean