REG 02.05.03 – Progress Toward Undergraduate Degree

Authority: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

History: First Issued: April 15, 2002. Last Revised: February 13, 2018.

Contact Info: Senior Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Services (919-515-2572)

1. INTRODUCTION

All undergraduate students, regardless of when they first enrolled in NC State University, will be subject to the conditions set forth in this regulation.

2. PROGRESS TOWARD DEGREE

2.1 Students are expected to be in a degree granting major before entering their fifth term (fall or spring).

2.2 Students are encouraged to maintain continuous enrollment in a minimum of 15 hours toward a degree every fall and spring term, the pace which leads to graduation from a 120 hour degree program in four years.

3. SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS

3.1. Satisfactory academic progress (SAP) will be evaluated for all students, including part-time students, at the end of each academic year (May). Students admitted mid-year (January) and those who attend only one term for the year will also be evaluated in May each year.

3.2. Satisfactory academic progress is measured by meeting the following two standards:

3.2.1 Pace of Completion: Students must pass at least 2/3 of all attempted hours, which means all hours for which a student is registered as of or after the official census enrollment date for the term, as well as transfer courses accepted for credit towards the NC State degree. Attempted hours include withdrawals, grade exclusions (REG 02.20.16), dropped courses, remedial courses (if countable towards a degree), repeated courses, courses with incomplete or failing grades, unreported grades (LA), and audited or no credit courses.

3.2.2 Academic Standing: Students must have an academic standing that allows for continued enrollment.

4. PROGRESS DEFICIENCY

4.1 Students failing to make satisfactory academic progress will have a Progress Deficiency hold placed on their record preventing enrollment and will have future term enrollments (summer, fall or spring) canceled.

4.2 Students meeting SAP but failing to make reasonable progress toward degree may be placed on Progress Deficiency by their College. Reasonable progress may be defined as completing courses required for the student’s major in a timely manner, maintaining the expected GPA for the major, or making timely progress toward degree completion.

4.3 Students placed on Progress Deficiency may submit an appeal to retain their schedule and continue enrollment in the next term. (For information about appeals, see RUL 02.66.01 Readmission of Former and Suspended Students)

4.4 Students with successful appeals will be placed on Progress Probation for one term (summer, fall or spring) and required to meet the satisfactory academic progress standards described above.