You will be Academically Dismissed under the following guidelines:

• If you have completed fewer than 40 credit hours and your cumulative GPA is less than 1.60 for two consecutive semesters
• If you have completed 40 or more, but fewer than 90, credits, and your cumulative GPA is less than 1.80 for two consecutive semesters.
• If you have completed 90 or more credits with an overall cumulative GPA of less than 2.0

You will be notified of your dismissal by the VP, Academic Affairs. If you are academically dismissed, you will not be readmitted for the following semester, unless so recommended by the Selective Retention Committee. You will be eligible for possible readmission for subsequent semesters. You will be encouraged to repeat a failed course or courses at SSC through the Evening Division to demonstrate your commitment and to improve your academic standing. Academic Dismissal will be noted on your transcript.

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At the end of each semester, you will be placed on Academic Probation under the following guidelines:

• If you have completed fewer than 40 credit hours and your cumulative GPA is less than 1.60
• If you have completed forty or more, but fewer than 90 credits and you cumulative GPA is less than 1.80

If you are on Academic Probation, you may not enroll for more than 12 credit hours and are required to meet with your faculty advisor and to participate in academic support activities as prescribed by Academic Advising. You are prohibited from participating in major extracurricular activities which require a significant amount of time, including but not limited to the SGA, intercollegiate and intramural athletics, the Program Council, academic student organizations, special interest groups, and the LOG. Students readmitted after an academic dismissal will be readmitted on Academic Probation (see Readmission After Academic Dismissal). Academic Probation will be noted on your transcript.

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At the end of each semester, you will be placed on Academic Warning under the following guidelines:

• If you have completed fewer than 40 credit hours and your cumulative GPA is greater than or equal to 1.60 but less than 1.80
• If you have completed forty or more, but fewer than 90 credits and your cumulative GPA is greater than or equal to 1.80 but less than 2.0

If you are placed on Academic Warning, you are to meet with your faculty advisor to discuss your academic problems and to plan a course of corrective action, and you’re urged to meet with a member of Academic Advising to get help in using SSC’s many academic support services. Students on Academic Warning are prohibited from participating in major extracurricular activities which include a significant amount of time, including but not limited to, SGA, intercollegiate and intramural athletics, , the Program Council, academic student organizations, special interest groups, and The LOG. Academic Warning will be noted on your transcript.

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All academically dismissed students have the right to appeal their dismissal to the Selective Retention Committee. You are encouraged to utilize the appeals procedures if you feel your academic deficiencies are the result of extenuating circumstances or due to computational errors that resulted in your cumulative GPA being below the required minimum.

Letters of appeal supporting your case for readmission the following semester should be sent to the Committee, c/o the Registrar's Office, on or before the date specified in your dismissal letter. The Committee will convene before the beginning of the following semester to consider all student appeals. The Committee will recommend for each appeal either that:

• The dismissal terms be upheld
• The student be readmitted the following semester on Academic Probation; or,
• The student be reinstated if the dismissal was due to a non-debatable computational error in their GPA.

The Academic Affairs Office will notify students of the results of appeals in time to allow readmitted students to register for the following semester.

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If you are dismissed from SSC for academic deficiencies, you may apply for readmission through Admissions [link] or through an appeal to the Selective Retention Committee (see Selective Retention Procedures). Students readmitted by Admissions, or by recommendation of the Committee, will be readmitted on Academic Probation and will be required to attain a temporary minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 at the end of their first two semesters following readmission. This temporary average will be used for the purpose of determining continuing enrollment or possible dismissal. In all instances, however, the regulations on minimum cumulative GPA will apply in all subsequent semesters (see Academic Dismissal). In addition, you'll be required to meet with a staff member in Academic Advising to discuss your academic problems and to plan a course of corrective action. Readmitted students on Academic Probation may not participate in SSC's extracurricular activities (see Academic Probation). Readmission after Academic Dismissal will be noted on your transcript.

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If you are identified by Fiscal Affairs as having unpaid debts for tuition, room, board, medical or other college- related charges, or have not submitted officially required forms including the Health Service form, you will be subject to administrative dismissal. If you are administratively dismissed you will not receive grade reports, be awarded any degree, be permitted to register for any program at any state college, nor be furnished certified copies of any State College Transcript (unless said transcript is needed for benefits related to service in the U.S. armed forces.) You will be permitted, upon written request, to inspect and review uncertified copies of your transcripts.

If you are administratively dismissed, you may apply for readmission by submitting the standard application and fee for admission. You will be considered for readmission only after outstanding debts are satisfied and/or other administrative requirements are completed.

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Students who are registered as DAY students on a full-time or part-time basis will be administratively withdrawn if they have not registered for day classes by the end of the ADD/DROP period. Taking an evening course does not exempt you from administrative withdrawal unless you take a leave of absence.

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If you would like to change your major, please come to Academic Advising and fill out a change of major form. Major changes are done twice a year: October 1 and February 1. Please be sure to submit the form prior to these deadlines. At the end of October or February, you will receive notification that you have or have not been accepted into the major. For more info, refer to the College Catalog.

Available Majors

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If you would like to declare or change a minor, please come to Academic Advising to fill out a declaration of minor form. A minor can be changed or declared any time of the year. It is your, the student's, responsibility to then bring the form to your Major Chairperson for a signature, and then it will be forwarded to the Minor Department Chairperson. Please see the College Catalog for details.

Available Minors

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Some majors have optional concentrations, some have mandatory, and some have none. To declare a concentration, please come to Academic Advising to fill out a concentration declaration, which can be done anytime of the year. The form must then be taken by you to the major chairperson of the applicable department, then it is submitted to the Registrar's Office. For more information, see the College Catalog.

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If you desire to transfer from the full-time day college to SSC's Evening Division, you may request such transfer in written form to the Registrar's Office, indicating your desired entrance period for transfer. Your request will not be considered unless you have cleared all fiscal obligations to the day college. The Academic Affairs office will inform you in writing of approval or disapproval of your request.

Students matriculated in Evening Division may apply for consideration for Internal Transfer to the Day College through the Registrar's Office. Deadlines for transfer application are February 1 for Fall and October 1 for Spring.

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• A leave of absence is a period during which you, having been formally admitted to SSC, maintain matriculated status, but are entitled to none of the services of SSC provided by the payment of tuition or fees. An application for a leave of absence may be filed at anytime during the academic year for the following semester. A leave of absence may begin during a semester, provided the completed application for leave is filed with the Registrar before the withdrawal deadline; in this case the entire semester is counted toward the leave.
• No refund of tuition or fees will be given except as provided by other existing regulations.
• The total leave allowed during your career at SSC is two semesters, which need not be taken consecutively.
• If you desire a leave of absence, complete a Leave of Absence form available from Academic Advising
• A date of return will be agreed upon in advance and stated on the form. If you fail to return on the agreed date, you will be considered to have withdrawn from SSC, in which case a formal application for readmission must be filed.
• When returning to SSC after a leave of absence, you must give notice in writing to the Registrar's Office no later than the following dates: the preceding December 1 for Spring semester the preceding July 1 for the Fall semester
• A leave of absence will be granted to any student complying with SSC regulations. However, such leave of absence will be revoked by SSC if you incur an academic dismissal subsequent to the granting of the leave.
• You are fully responsible for notifying the Registrar's Office of your intent to return on or before the specified notification dates. No reminders will be sent to you.

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When schedule conflicts or other reasons prevent you from enrolling in a particular course at SSC, an appropriate course offered at another institution may sometimes be accepted as a substitute. Permission to take such a course must be obtained on an Outside Course Request form available at the Registrar's. The form must be signed by the Department Chair of the subject area and must be filed with Registrar's prior to enrolling in the outside course. Failure to file this form may result in non-transferability of course credit.

Note that neither the grade nor the credits earned in a course at another institution are used in developing the student's GPA at SSC. (See also NECCUM cross registration in the SSC Catalog.)

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If you transfer to SSC, you must complete successfully a minimum of 30 credit hours here in order to receive the baccalaureate degree from the College. All curriculum requirements within your major must be met. Department chairps will review all transfer credit applications and have final approval of all transfer credits awarded.

The cumulative GPA for transfer students will be determined solely on the basis of courses completed at SSC or through NECCUM. Also, the cumulative GPA used to determine graduation with honors will be based on a minimum of two academic years of credit earned at SSC. Transfer students who have had the equivalent of two or more years of full-time study elsewhere will be required to conform to the regular requirements of SSC.

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You may officially withdraw from SSC at anytime by completing the special Withdrawal Form available from Academic Advising. Withdrawal from SSC implies withdrawal from all courses, and the regulations concerning grades set forth in Withdrawal from Courses are applicable. Unauthorized withdrawal will result in a grade of F* in all courses.

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To withdraw from a course, you must file an appropriate Student Action Form with the Registrar's Office. If you withdraw from a course after the ADD/DROP period and before the withdrawal deadline, as noted in the Academic Calendar, a grade of W will be assigned. If you withdraw after the withdrawal deadline, a grade of F* will be assigned unless extenuating circumstances warrant further consideration.

Requests for withdrawal after the announced deadline or which result in course loads below twelve (12) credit hours for full-time students must be reviewed by the Academic Affairs Office.

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