Probation & Exclusion

Students are expected to make progress toward completion of their degree as outlined in "Continuation Requirements." Emory College of Arts and Sciences wants to give all students the opportunity to demonstrate their scholastic ability. However, it is not in the best interest of either the students or the College to permit students to continue indefinitely in educational programs in which they are not producing satisfactory results.

Academic Warning and Probation

Students on academic warning or probation will be expected to focus their time and energy on their studies in order to bring their work to the required standard.

A dean in the Office for Undergraduate Education or the Committee on Academic Standards may, at their discretion and irrespective of grades, declare probationary status for any student who, in their opinion, is not properly using their time and talents.
Any student whose cumulative or term grade-point average is less than 2.0 will be placed on academic probation.
Any student who attains less than 1.5 grade-point average in a term, fails to pass two-thirds of their courses in a term, or needs a third term to promote will be placed on academic probation and will be informed that they are at risk for academic exclusion (see “Academic Exclusion”). These students will also be required to work with an advisor in the Office for Undergraduate Education to create a plan of action (POA) for the probationary period. The POA may require that students complete an educational program that reviews academic policies and resources. A dean may also at their discretion require any student on academic warning or probation to work with an advisor on a POA.
Any student who has three or more Incomplete (I) grades on their transcript will receive an academic warning.
Students with a 3.3 grade-point average or higher who are more than three credits short of promoting after two terms in a class will receive an academic warning.
For students who enter Emory in fall 2023 and later: Any student who does not complete an area of the GER by the specified timeline for progression will receive an academic warning and a limited period in which to complete the outstanding requirements.

Academic Advisory and Academic Watch

Students in these categories are not on probation but are at academic risk. The Office for Undergraduate Education will notify and work with students who are at academic risk. The goal is to help students achieve academic success, and avoid academic probation or exclusion.

Academic Exclusion

One-Semester Exclusion

Any student after the first year who fails for two successive semesters of full-time work to pass two-thirds of the hours taken, or fails to attain at least a 1.5 grade-point average, will be automatically excluded for one regular semester regardless of any previous average. A student who is excluded under this rule will not be eligible to apply for readmission for the next regular (not summer) semester. For students excluded at the end of the spring term, the period of exclusion begins at the conclusion of the spring term and ends at the end of the next fall term. A petition for readmission for any subsequent term will be reviewed by a dean in the Office for Undergraduate Education. A student who is readmitted and fails to meet the requirements set by the committee will be permanently excluded.
A dean in the Office for Undergraduate Education reserves the right to exclude students prior to or at the end of the first year if their progress is not satisfactory. First-year students who, after two semesters, do not meet the 1.5 grade-point average required for continuation to sophomore standing (see “Continuation Requirements”) may be excluded for one regular semester before being permitted to enroll for a third semester of academic work.

Permanent Exclusion

A student who fails to meet minimum requirements for continuation from one class to the next after two semesters may continue for one additional semester of residence only with the approval of the Committee on Academic Standards or the Office for Undergraduate Education (see “Continuation Requirements”). Should a student, at the end of the third semester, fail to meet minimum requirements for continuation, the student will be permanently excluded.
A student who, after a semester-exclusion, is readmitted and fails to meet the readmission requirements set by a dean in the Office for Undergraduate Education will be permanently excluded.