Grade Reports
Student grade reports are distributed at mid-semester and at the end of the semester. Only the semester grades are entered on permanent records. Semester grade reports can be accessed via your Student Account login. The student is required to notify, in writing, the Center for Enrollment Services immediately of any change in the student's local or permanent address.
Quality Point System
In addition to meeting course and semester hour requirements for graduation, students must maintain a specified academic level throughout a given curriculum as measured by quality points. The minimum number of quality points required for graduation is twice the number of semester hours of credit attempted. Pass/fail courses are not used in the computation of the quality point average. Work completed at other colleges and accepted as transfer credit is not considered in computing the quality point average.
The required quality point average for graduation is 2.0 or higher. Each semester hour grade is calculated as follows:
| A |
Excellent |
4 Quality Points |
| B |
Good |
3 Quality Points |
| C |
Fair |
2 Quality Points |
| D |
Poor |
1 Qualtiy Point |
| E |
Failing |
0 Quality Points |
Incompletes
The maximum time for completing course requirements to remove incomplete grades is one year from the end of the session in which the I grade was assigned. After that time, the I grade will automatically be converted by the Registrar to an E, F, or U. The student can then only earn credits for the course by registering for it again in another term. If a student applies for graduation in a session before the one-year period has expired, the course requirements must be completed by the end of that session, or the I grade will be converted by the Registrar to an E, F, or U. A faculty member who chooses to deviate from this policy will require the student to sign a contract specifying conditions necessary for course completion, which may include a time period for completion of less than one year or other conditions.
Auditing Courses
A student desiring to audit a course must complete a "Permission To Audit" card and secure the signature of the professor of the course. A change of registration from credit to audit or from audit to credit may occur only during the first week of the semester. Auditing students pay the same tuition and fees as students taking courses for credit.
Course Repeats
A student may not register to repeat a course in which the student has a grade, other than "W" or "Z," or in which that student is currently registered, until the end of the regular pre-registration period.
Scholarship Standing
Academic Good Standing: A student at East Stroudsburg University must earn a minimum quality point average of 2.00 in order to maintain satisfactory academic standing for graduation. (Individual departments may, however, stipulate higher requirements.) Students who do not meet the above requirement will fall into one of the categories listed below.
Academic Warning: Regular matriculated students who are below the 2.00 QPA, but who are not in academic jeopardy, as listed below, will be placed on academic warning. While on academic warning the student may not register for more than 13 credits in any semester.
Regular matriculated students who have a quality point average lower than the values listed below are in academic jeopardy and will be subject to the following actions by the university.
Minimum Cumulative Quality Point:
| Credits Attempted |
|
Average |
| Less Than 16 Credits |
|
1.000 |
| 16 – 30 Credits |
|
1.500 |
| 31 – 45 Credits |
|
1.750 |
| 46 – 63 Credits |
|
1.900 |
| 64 – or More Credits |
|
2.000 |
Academic Probation: Regular matriculated students who are in academic jeopardy for the first time will be placed on academic probation and will be granted one semester to raise the QPA to the required level. While on academic probation, the student may not register for more than 13 credits and must show documented evidence of academic counseling by their faculty advisor. Furthermore, students on academic probation are expected to curtail participation in extracurricular activities. Students participating in intercollegiate athletics are not eligible to compete or practice.
Academic Suspension: Students who are on academic probation and who fail to raise their QPA to the required level and who have a QPA of less than 2.20 for the semester on probation will be suspended from the university for a period of one calendar year. At the end of that year, the student will be eligible for readmission in Academic Probation status. The student will be able to register for no more than six credits per semester through the Continuing Education program during the suspension year.
Academic Dismissal: Students returning from academic suspension who fail to maintain a QPA of 2.20 or better each semester until their cumulative QPA has risen to the required level will be dismissed from the university for academic failure. At this time, they have the right to appeal to the Admissions Appeals Committee.
Appeal Process: A student who has been dismissed from the university for academic failure may appeal the dismissal by submitting a letter to the Admissions Appeals Committee. This letter must include why the student was unsuccessful in previous academic experiences and why he/she feels that future academic endeavors will be successful. The committee will review the letter and academic record and either uphold the dismissal, approve a reinstatement, or request an interview with the student in order to gain further information upon which to base a decision.
Transfer Students: Transfer credits will not be counted in determining academic jeopardy for a student's first semester on campus. That is, transfer students will not be in academic jeopardy following their first semester on campus unless their grade point average is below 1.00.
Dean's List
To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must complete at least twelve semester hours during a regular semester and receive a quality point average of 3.50 or higher for all course work for that semester. The Dean's List is publicized in regional newspapers and press releases are sent to students' hometown newspapers.
Graduation Honors
In order to qualify for graduation honors, (the only honors other than the University Leadership Award to be announced at commencement exercises), a student must have completed at East Stroudsburg University 60 credits in which the letter grades of A, B, C, D, or E are assigned. Students who have the appropriate grade point average at the time the honor's designation is determined, and who will have met the 60 credit minimum once the final semester is completed, will be granted graduation honors as follows:
| Summa Cum Laude |
|
Cumulative quality point average of 3.800 or above |
| Magna Cum Laude |
|
Cumulative quality point average of 3.600 to 3.799 |
| Cum Laude |
|
Cumulative quality point average of 3.400 to 3.599 |
Graduation honors are based on all work completed at East Stroudsburg University by March 15 of the academic year for May Commencement, and by November 1 for December Commencement.
The official university transcript will carry the appropriate honors designation based on all work completed at the university.
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