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Scholastic Deficiency/ Probation
Probation Suspension Catalog- Probation/Suspension

Updated August 2025

1.13 | Academic Standing

1.13.A | Scholastic Deficiency/Probation: Continued enrollment in an undergraduate program at WTAMU is dependent upon a student maintaining satisfactory academic progress toward attaining a degree.

  1. To assist students in maintaining satisfactory progress, WTAMU has adopted academic standards designed to provide early identification through academic advising and academic support programs.
  2. Under 13.10.99-W1 Academic Probation and Suspension for Undergraduate Students, WT has outlined the delineation of levels of academic standing:
    1. Academic Warning: Is the least severe of the levels in Academic Probation and Suspension, and does not appear on a student’s official academic record. Academic Warning serves as an opportunity to address any academic difficulties with the goal of preventing a student from being placed on Academic Probation.
      1. Students must meet with an advisor prior to each semester following inadequate performance to develop a plan and determine any necessary referrals to campus resources. Students must repeat this process every semester they are on Academic Warning.
      2. Students who have earned less than 30 hours must meet with an Advising Services advisor.
      3. Students who have earned 31 or more hours must meet with their departmental academic advisor. If the academic advisor is not available, the student should meet with the appropriate department head. If both the faculty advisor and department head are not available, the student should meet with the appropriate Associate Dean of the college.
      4. At the end of the semester in which a student is on Academic Warning, the student will either:
        1. Be removed from warning status by earning at least a 2.0 semester GPA and completing at least 75% of the courses in which they are officially enrolled; or
        2. Continue on academic warning (WRN2) by earning less than a 2.0 semester GPA or completing less than 75% of the semester credit hours in which they are officially enrolled, but maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0; or
        3. Be placed on Academic Probation by earning less than a 2.0 semester GPA and their cumulative GPA falls below 2.0; and
        4. A student remaining on Academic Warning must follow the procedures outlined in the University Catalog outlined in 2.3.1.1.
      5. Students who have received three consecutive semesters of Academic Warning (WRN3) must consult with the Associate dean of their college.
    2. Academic Probation: Is an indication of serious academic difficulty that may ultimately lead to suspension from the University. Probation appears on the student’s academic record.
      1. Students will be placed on Academic Probation at the end of any semester when their cumulative GPA falls below 2.0.
      2. Students placed on Academic Probation are required to be re-advised (greenlighted) and complete a Probation Conditions and Plan for Academic Improvement form. Failure to comply may result in the deletion of future semester registrations.
        1. Students must complete the Probation Conditions and Plan for Academic Improvement form online. The online document should be submitted at least five (5) working days prior to the start of the semester.
        2. After the Probation Conditions and Plan for Academic Improvement form has been received, students will be contacted by Advising Services to complete the process.
      3. At the end of the semester on which the student is on Academic Probation, the student will either:
        1. Be removed from Academic Probation by earning a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above, or
        2. Continue on Academic Probation by earning at least a 2.0 semester GPA but the cumulative GPA remains below 2.0, or
        3. Be subject to Academic Suspension by failing to earn a semester GPA of 2.0 or higher.
    3. Academic Suspension: Is an indicator of severe academic difficulty and appears on the student’s official academic record. Academic Suspension allows the student time to reassess academic and career goals and/or resolve other causes for continued academic failure.
      1. Students on Academic Suspension may not take courses nor participate in any extracurricular/co-curricular activities.
        1. Students suspended for the first time may not enroll for two consecutive semesters.
        2. Students suspended for a second time may not enroll for three consecutive semesters (one calendar year).
        3. Students returning from a first or second suspension may not enroll in an intersession or summer session without approval from the Associate Dean of their college.
    4. Academic Dismissal: Following a second reinstatement after a second suspension, a student failing to fulfill the terms of their reinstatement contract will be dismissed.
      1. Students dismissed by the University may only be reinstated by filing an appeal with the Academic Review Committee and receiving approval for reinstatement from said committee. See this year’s publication of the University Catalog for information about Reinstatement.