Academic Standing

To be academically eligible to graduate from a certificate or diploma program at St. Clair College a student must pass all required courses and achieve a 2.00 Grade Point Average in the courses related to that program. To be academically eligible to graduate from a four-year degree program, students must have a minimum cumulative program G.P.A of 2.5 in order to continue to the final year of the program. In cases of sub-standard performance, students will receive one of the following standings: academic warning, academic probation, or academic dismissal.

A student on academic warning or probation may be required to successfully complete failed courses before proceeding in the program.

Provisions of this policy may not apply to certain programs. Any other exceptions to the regular policy for academic standing will appear in the program descriptions in the current issue of the handbook.

Students needing assistance with their academic standing or their academic pathway, can visit the Registrar’s Office in-person, or reach out to their Program contact:  https://www.stclaircollege.ca/sites/default/files/inline-files/RO-Chair-Contact-Info.pdf

Academic Standing: Good

A student will receive academic "good" standing at the end of their current semester when the student has successfully completed all courses and received their program minimum GPA or greater. In cases of substandard performance, students will receive one of the following standings:

Academic Standing: Warning

A student will receive an academic "warning" at the end of their current semester if the student has failed 1-15% of the program credit hours.

Academic Standing: Probation

A student will be placed on academic “probation” at the end of their current semester if the semester Grade Point Average falls below

Their program minimum GPA (ie: 2.0 or 2.5) or if the student fails 16 to 32% of the credit hours.

Academic Standing: Dismissal Mode (Dismissal 1, Dismissal 2, Dismissal 3)

A student will receive an academic "dismissal" if he/she:

1. fails 3 or more courses, or 
2. fails 33% or more of their current semester’s credit hours, or 
3. any student that has been previously placed on probation and their next consecutive semester calculates a 2nd probation, the student will automatically be placed on a Dismissal. 
4. fails the same course twice.
5. is on probation following re-admission to a program and fails to achieve their program minimum GPA (ie: 2.0 or 2.5) by the next evaluation period