GPA & Academic Standing
Registration and Attendance
Academic Actions
Misc
200

The maximum number of credits an undergraduate student can take during the Fall and Spring Semesters

18

200

Number of week(s) after the first day of classes when a student can add another class to their schedule

1 week

200

The person who ultimately decides if a student will receive an Incomplete for the semester

The Professor

200

Three-hundred (300-) and four-hundred (400-) level courses

Upper-Level Courses/Upper-level

400

The maximum number of credits a students can register for while on academic warning

13

400

The maximum amount of time allowed for a Leave of Absence

2 years

400

A request to take a course at another institution for credit

Study Elsewhere

400

When placed on your record for academic or financial concerns (as well as library or parking fines) these will prevent you from adjusting your schedule

Holds

600

The GPA a student enrolled in at least 6-credits needs to achieve in order to make the Dean's List

3.5

600

The time frame that students who celebrate major religious holidays that prevent them from coming to class are required to let their professors know about the dates they are requesting an excused absence for. 

Sometime within the first 2 weeks of the semester

600

The maximum number of credits a students can take during the Summer

14

600

Happens when a student has excessive repeats of required courses without achieving the minimum standard, and for other evidence of continues to fail to make adequate progress toward completion of their concentration or major

Termination from their major/concentration

800

The length of a student's second academic suspension

One calendar year (Fall, Spring, and Summer)

800

The grade that will be temporarily factored in a student's GPA when issued an Incomplete for a particular class

F

800

The number of times a student can selectively withdraw from classes during their entire academic career at Mason

3

800

Courses a students elects to take that don't fulfill any of the university, college, or major requirements

General Electives

1000

Students with 60 or more credits who are academically ineligible to continue to earn credit towards their current major must declare a new one within this time frame

One semester

1000

This person (title) approves students' requests for Total Semester Withdrawals for non-academic reasons

The Academic Dean in a student's major

1000

Enrolling in a course but electing not to receive a grade or credit

Course Audit

1000

The time span a student has to repeat a class if they're not satisfied with their original grade

Before they graduate