Crop & Soil Sciences: Academic Programs: Graduate

Academic Performance, Dismissal and Appeal

SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE

Satisfactory Academic Performance means maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Satisfactory Performance in Assistantship Duties means timely and adequate completion of assigned duties as evaluated by the student’s supervisor.

Adequate progress towards degree means: 1) satisfactory academic performance, 2) compliance with departmental deadlines for submission of advisory committee, program of study, and research proposal, and 3) adequate research progress as assessed by the student’s Advisory Committee.

DISMISSAL AND APPEAL

Dismissal from graduate program: A student failing to make adequate progress towards degree may be dismissed from the graduate program by the Graduate Coordinating Committee of the department in consultation with the student’s major professor.

Request for Reconsideration by Graduate Coordinating Committee: A student dismissed from the graduate program may submit a letter to the Graduate Coordinating Committee to ask for reconsideration if the letter provides new information regarding reasons for the failure to make adequate progress towards degree.

Dismissal Appeal to the Department: A student dismissed from the graduate program may submit an appeal letter to the department head. Upon receipt of the appeal letter, the department head will appoint a committee of three faculty members (different from those serving in the Graduate Coordinating Committee) to handle the appeal. The appointed committee will make a decision based on information obtained from the student, his/her major professor, and the Graduate Coordinating Committee.

Dismissal Appeal to the Graduate School: Dismissal by an academic department may be appealed to the dean of the Graduate School after all avenues of appeal have been exhausted at the departmental level.When students are terminated by a department, but not simultaneously by the Graduate School, they may apply for admission to another graduate program, if they wish to do so.