Institutional Academic Progress (IAP)
BMCC considers a degree-seeking student to be in good academic standing and making satisfactory academic progress if the student maintains at least a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) each term, maintains a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 each term, and successfully passes 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
Degree- and certificate-seeking students will be placed on academic progress notification for any of the following reasons:
- Single term GPA below 2.0
- Cumulative GPA below 2.0
- Failure to successfully complete at least 66.67% of attempted credits for the term
In this procedure, consecutive means two back-to-back terms of attendance separated by no more than one term. Examples:
- Spring and Fall (non-attendance during summer term)
- Fall and Winter
- Fall and Spring (non-attendance during winter term)
Guidelines:
At the end of each academic term the student success advisor (SSA) will evaluate the academic progress of degree- and certificate-seeking students to determine their academic status applying the criteria listed above. The SSA will send electronic notification, prior to the start of the next term, to each student placed on Academic Alert, Academic Warning, or Academic Suspension.
Good Academic Standing:
Criteria: Students are considered in good academic standing if they earn a minimum term GPA of 2.0, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, and pass at least 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
Action: Students will receive electronic notification of good academic standing.
Academic Alert:
Criteria: Students are considered on academic alert after the first term in which their term GPA falls below 2.0 or they do not successfully complete at least 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
Action: Students will be provided with a list of academic resources and referred to the SSA for guidance on those resources. The SSA will recommend that they utilize 10 hours of tutoring to assist them in subject matters in which they are deficient.
Students will be reinstated to good academic standing upon achieving a minimum term GPA of 2.0, and having completed at least 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
Academic Warning:
Criteria: Students are considered on academic warning if their term GPA is below 2.0 and they do not successfully complete at least 66.67% of attempted credit for each term, and/or if they have a cumulative GPA below 2.0 for two consecutive terms.
Action: Students will be required to enroll in a student success module or other accepted BMCC course and successfully complete it with a C or better grade for the next consecutive term. The SSA will recommend that they utilize 10 hours of tutoring to assist them in subject matters in which they are deficient.
Students will be reinstated to good academic standing upon successful completion of the student success module or other accepted BMCC course, achievement of a minimum term GPA of 2.0, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, and completion of at least 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
Academic Suspension:
Criteria: Students are placed on academic suspension when their term GPA falls below 2.0, and they do not successfully complete at least 66.67% of attempted credits for a third consecutive term, if they do not meet the requirements of the action taken for academic warning status, or if they have a cumulative GPA below 2.0 for three consecutive terms.
Action: The SSA will update a student’s suspension status with the notation of “Academic Suspension.” While suspended, that student may not register for classes.
Students have the right to appeal their academic suspension by submitting a packet including an Academic Suspension Appeal form, Written Plan for Academic Success, and Weekly Schedule Worksheet to the Pendleton Service Center. The Institutional Academic Progress Review Committee (IAP Review Committee), consisting of the SSA, registrar/director of admissions and advising, assistant director advising, testing and student disability services, and director student financial assistance, will review appeal packets on the third day of classes. If a student fails to submit the complete packet prior to the third day of classes, the student will be administratively dropped from all courses.
The IAP Review Committee may require that the student complete one or more of the following:
- Participate in 10 hours of documented tutoring through the Student Learning Center
- Limit enrollment with the requirement that the student take no more than 10 credits during his/her consecutive term of attendance
- Submit three-week progress reports from instructors
- Participate in any BMCC course or student success module recommended by the IAP Review Committee
In the event the IAP Review Committee rules the suspension valid, the student will have the right to appeal the decision to the associate vice president of enrollment management.
The IAP Review Committee has discretionary power to work within these guidelines to implement any step if warranted or to extend any step, as they deem appropriate.
A student will be reinstated to good academic standing upon successful completion of requirements set forth by the IAP Review Committee, attainment of a minimum term GPA of 2.0, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for two consecutive terms of attendance, and completion of at least 66.67% of attempted credits for each term.
A student academically suspended more than once will not be allowed to register for credit classes for one full academic year beginning the term after the second academic suspension. A student may ask to return in the corresponding term in the next academic year by submitting to the Pendleton Service Center an Academic Appeal packet consisting of the forms listed above.
