All students are required to maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. No more than 9 credits with a grade of C or C+ may be counted toward the master of arts degree in criminal justice.
Students are also expected to participate in the intellectual community of the campus by attending at least one academic talk, presentation, lecture, or event each semester.
Each semester, an academic review is committed by faculty of all enrolled students. Recommendations and notifications regarding an academic warning, academic probation, or academic dismissal from the program results from these reviews. The graduate program director informs students in writing of any action taken.
Warnings:
A student is warned if his or her total GPA falls below the minimum 3.0 before completing 12 credits of coursework and is required to meet with the graduate program director. Students may also receive an academic warning for failing to meet the intellectual participation requirement.
Probation:
A student is placed on probation if he or she has not earned a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 after completion of 12 credits of coursework. Students on probation are limited to a part-time load, and their course schedules must be approved by the graduate program director.
Dismissal:
A student is subject to dismissal if he or she has not earned a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 after completion of 18 credits of coursework.
Incomplete Grades:
All of the rules of the Graduate School–Camden regarding incomplete grades apply to the program in criminal justice. To replace an incomplete with a grade, students must make up the coursework within one year. Whereas a student may acquire two grades of incomplete, any student who acquires a third incomplete is placed on probation and is required to appear before the
faculty review committee.
Student Appeals:
If a student presents written evidence of technical error or the existence of extenuating circumstances that were not taken into consideration at the time the academic decision was made, an academic review of the scholastic standing decisions may be granted by a
faculty committee. The faculty committee has the option of requiring remedial work or setting other conditions for continuation in the graduate program.
Student Complaints about Grades: A student with a complaint about a grade for a course must submit the complaint in writing to the course instructor within one week of the receipt of the grade. In the event of an unsatisfactory resolution of the complaint, the student may appeal to the graduate program director. Such appeals must be made in writing no later than one week following the date of the unsatisfactory resolution. A further appeal within one week of the graduate program director's decision may be made to the dean of the Graduate School–Camden.
