Academic Matters
SAP
Odds & Ends
Credits
Grades
100

This person is the first line of appeal for a grade dispute in a course.

Who is the instructor?

100

SAP refers to this concept related to progress towards degree completion.

What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?

100

The required semesters in which students must earn Journey credit.

What is every semester of full-time enrollment?

100

Most college courses carry this number of credit hours.

What is 3?

100

This is the value in quality points of an A grade.

What is 4 points?

200

This individual is the second line of appeal in a dispute about a course grade.

Who is the Dean of the College?

200

This academic status is the result of a failure to achieve the required 2.0 minimum grade point average.

What is Academic Probation?

200

How many Cultural Experience Program (CEP) credits must a student earn to graduate?

What is 24 credits?

200

This is the normal range of credit hours that constitutes full-time enrollment.

What is 12-18 hours?

200

This GPA must be earned in order to be included on the Dean’s List each semester.

What is a 3.5?

300

This office is the final line of appeal in a dispute about a course grade.

What is the Provost’s Office

300

This academic status is the result of a failure to achieve the required 2.0 minimum grade point average for two consecutive semesters.

What is Academic Suspension?

300

Policies for class attendance and punctuality are established here.

What is each department?

300

Once you begin attending AU, this form must be completed prior to registration for a course to be taken at another school.

What is a Transient Course Work Approval Form?

300

This GPA is required for coursework counting towards a major, minor, or certificate.

What is a 2.0?

400

Freshmen are allowed to take courses at this numeric level(s).

What are 100 and 200-level courses?

400

If a student is suspended at the end of spring semester, enrollment in this can be attempted in order to improve the GPA before fall.

What is Summer School?

400

Students find the policy on Academic Honesty and Dishonesty here.

What is the Student Handbook or Undergraduate Catalog?

400

The number of days a student has to withdraw from a traditional course without it appearing on the transcript.

What is 8 days?

400

This number of hours must be completed and this GPA earned before a student can request taking a course as Pass/Fail.

What is 60 hours and a 2.5 GPA?

500

If students earn either of these grades, they are allowed to repeat a course.

What is a D or F?

500

Students on probation do this as the best means of improving their GPA and avoiding suspension.

What is repeating a previous D or F?

500

This federal regulation protects the privacy of a student’s academic record.

What is FERPA?

500

The number of hours that must be completed to be considered a sophomore.

What is 30 credit hours?

500

This is the range of hours required to complete an undergraduate degree?

What is 120-135 hours?