NSU Student Handbook 2024

enrollment verification purposes, full-time graduate enrollment is 9 semester hours; three-quarter enrollment is 7 to 8 semester hours; and half-time is 5 to 6 semester hours. All enrollments for interim and summer sessions are combined when determining enrollment status for summer school. The maximum for summer is 6 credits per session; 7 for Counseling Graduate Plan of Study. ACADEMIC PROBATION AND SUSPENSION Probation Students will be placed on academic probation at the end of a term (including summer) in Which the student’s cumulative grade point average falls below the minimum progression standard based on class level: ClassCredit Hour Range GPA Standard Freshman0-29.99 1.8 Sophomore30-59.99 1.8 Junior60-89.99 2.0 Senior 90+ 2.0 Students enrolling in the Regental system for the first time with prior credit, including internal and external transfer students and dual credit students, shall not be placed on probation by their designated home institution until they have been enrolled at a Regental university for one (1) academic term. Re-entry transfers who left Northern on academic probation and return at a later time with a good academic record from another accredited institution will no longer be on probation. Students will remain on probation until their cumulative GPA reaches the standard. Suspension A student on academic probation who fails to maintain a term grade point average that meets or exceeds the GPA standard required for his/her class level is placed on academic suspension for a minimum of two academic terms (including summer). A student on academic suspension will not be allowed to enroll for any coursework at any Regental university except when an appeal has been approved by the Regental university from which the student is pursuing a degree. An approved appeal granted by one Regental university will be honored by all Regental universities. STUDENT ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT 2:9.2 A. PURPOSE To establish the expectations of student conduct in academic programs, the process for determining when academic misconduct has occurred, and the appeals process when a violation is found. B. DEFINITIONS 1. Academic Misconduct: means Cheating or Plagiarism. 2. Cheating: includes, but is not limited to, the following: 2.1. Using any unauthorized assistance in, or having unauthorized materials while, taking quizzes, tests, examinations or other assignments, including copying from another’s quiz, test, examination, or other assignment or allowing another to copy from one’s own quiz, test, examination, or other assignment; 2.2. Using sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; 2.3. Acquiring, without permission, tests or other academic material belonging to the instructor or another member of the Institutional faculty or staff; 21 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2024-25

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