Academic Standing
See the TLU Catalog for specific detailsA student admitted to Texas Lutheran University is assumed to have the ability, the preparation, and the motivation to make satisfactory progress toward a degree. Minimum standards of progress are expressed in terms of a cumulative grade point average.
The regulations regarding academic deficiency are designed to provide adequate warning and information to students who fall below the 2.0 cumulative grade average, the minimum required for graduation from Texas Lutheran University.
TLU students fall under one of the following categories:
- Good Standing
- Academic honors: Dean’s List/Provost’s List
- Academic Warning
- Academic Probation
- Academic Suspension
- Academic Dismissal
Good Standing
To be in good academic standing, a freshman student must have a cumulative grade point average of 1.80 or higher. Upon attaining sophomore classification (27 hours), the student must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0. Students who fall below these requirements are placed on academic probation.
Academic Honors: Dean’s List/Provost’s List
Dean’s and Provost’s List recognize full-time students (12 or more grades hours) who have successfully completed a full load of semester credits with the requisite grade point average (3.5-3.00 for Dean’s list: 4.0 for Provost’s List). Students who receive incomplete grades do not qualify for such recognition in that semester.
Academic Warning
A student whose semester GPA falls below 2.0, but whose cumulative GPA is at least 2.0, will receive an academic warning from the Registrar. This letter serves to alert the student to possible difficulties in the future if a 2.0 GPA is not achieved. No entry is made on the student’s permanent record.
Academic Probation
A student is placed on academic probation if the student has a cumulative grade point average below 2.0 (for sophomore, junior or senior students) or, for freshmen students (those with fewer than 27 semester hours earned) a cumulative grade point average below a 1.80. The cumulative GPA is based only on credit hours attempted at Texas Lutheran University.
Students placed on probation must, in the next semester (including the summer session, if enrolled) earn a cumulative GPA better than the previous cumulative GPA. Students must achieve good academic standing after two consecutive semesters on probation (including the summer, if enrolled) or they will be suspended.
A student is removed from academic probation when the cumulative GPA rises to a 2.0 (for sophomore, junior, or senior students) or, for freshman students, rises to a 1.80.
Academic Suspension
A student on academic probation whose cumulative GPA does not improve is placed on academic suspension for one or more long semesters. Academic suspension also occurs if the student does not achieve good standing after two consecutive semesters or sessions (including the summer, if enrolled) on probation. The first suspension is for one long semester. A second suspension is for one year.
These regulations also apply to any student who is admitted to Texas Lutheran University on academic probation.
Students on academic suspension from Texas Lutheran University generally are not eligible to present credits earned at another institution during the period of suspension for transfer credit upon their return to TLU.
Academic Dismissal
Students who receive a third academic suspension will be academically dismissed from the university. Students who receive an academic dismissal may not return to Texas Lutheran University.
Appeal Procedures
Students who are academically suspended from TLU may appeal their suspension to the Admissions, Advising and Academic Standards (AAA) Committee, whose decision is final. The appeal should detail the reasons for thinking the circumstances of the case warrant special consideration. The appeal must be filed no later than two weeks prior to registration for the following semester. The appeal will be reviewed by at least three members of the AAA Committee. If the appeal is denied, one semester must elapse before students suspended for the first time may apply for readmission; one year if the student has been previously suspended. A third suspension will constitute academic dismissal. Requests for readmission from students who left TLU on academic probation or who were suspended are also considered by the AAA Committee.
