College of Engineering undergraduate students are required to meet the following academic expectations in order to remain in good standing:

Students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average (or higher) at all times in these four areas:

• Term
• CPSLO
• Higher Ed
• Major

Students are expected to complete 40 degree applicable units (or more) per academic year.*

Students are expected to enroll in and complete each major or support course (with passing grades) during the first enrollment. (Note: F and WU grades are not passing grades).

Students are expected to be enrolled in six (or more) major and/or support units each quarter.

Students are expected to contact their department office to verify when major courses will be offered each academic year.

Students are expected to take a math course each quarter until their math sequence has been completed. Likewise, they should also complete their physics sequence as early as possible.

Students are expected to graduate very close to the unit value required for their degree.

Students are expected to limit their non-degree applicable units to 4 units per quarter at most. Students wishing to pursue minors must submit a graduation plan for approval to the Advising Center staff for review. Students in good standing who elect to take minor courses or other non-degree applicable courses are expected to carry high unit loads each quarter.

Students under academic/administrative-academic probation should refer to their letters for their specific requirements.

Students who do not meet these expectations are subject to academic/administrative-academic dismissal. Students who have low grades or fail to make progress can be dismissed after one or two quarters. Students in good standing who have exceeded their graduation unit requirement will be placed under "agreements" to ensure a timely graduation.

* Students who are planning to graduate in four years should be aware they will need to average between 15-17 units per quarter depending on their major.

Addresses
Students are required to use and check their Cal Poly e-mail account often since e-mail is an official means of communication. They are also required to keep their portal addresses current.

Summer Quarter
Summer quarter is a regular quarter, but due to lower student demand fewer courses are offered (approximately 20% of our students attend summer quarter). Students who are in good academic/administrative standing and they want to be waived from meeting minimum progress requirements (those students meeting the academic expectations mentioned above) may request a minimum progress waiver form once their spring grades have been posted if they are planning to attend summer quarter at Cal Poly.

Students on contract (students not in good standing) must meet the minimum progress requirements stated above if they enroll for summer quarter at Cal Poly (students with questions should make a "sit down" appointment to see Kim or Dawn in the Advising Center). Students under contract should carefully consider their options before attending summer quarter. Students appealing a dismissal letter can appeal to attend summer quarter if they are able to register for a minimum of 15 degree applicable units with a minimum of six units of major/support coursework. Otherwise, these students should appeal to attend fall quarter. It should be noted that appeals for summer quarter are treated the same as those received for fall, winter, and spring quarters.

Minimum Progress Waiver Form
Students unable to enroll in 6 units of major/support coursework need to demonstrate they attempted to enroll in all major/support coursework they are eligible to take based on prerequisites, and show that they did enroll on time based on their registration date. These waivers will be considered after reviewing the student's registration audit trail and open courses at the time of initial registration and ending registration. Students under contract are not eligible for a Minimum Progress Waiver. Students in good standing can request a Minimum Progress Waiver for summer quarter. Minimum Progress Waiver forms are due no later than the last day to add/drop of the quarter in question.

Multiple Enrollments
An enrollment is defined as a course registration past the add/drop period. Students in the College of Engineering are expected to enroll in each course only once. In some cases, we acknowledge that some students will fail a course or receive a grade that is lower than the required prerequisite for a sequential course and need to retake it. However, students who repeat multiple courses, withdraw from multiple courses, or fail to pass an individual course twice are subject to academic/administrative probation. Students who fail to meet their contract requirements will be dismissed from Cal Poly.

Grade Changes
Students in the College of Engineering should not assume that grade changes made after the initial grades are posted will remove them from academic/administrative probation. When grade changes occur, students should send an e-mail to eadvise@calpoly notifying the Advising Center of the grade change (your e-mail will be forwarded to the appropriate advisor), why the grade change was made, why the grade change was done, and what type of academic/administrative probation letter they are currently under for the quarter. Dismissed students should not wait for a possible grade change, but should follow the appeal information outlined in the dismissal letter.

Change of Major
Students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor in the College of Engineering Advising Center if they are interested in changing their major. Students who receive an administrative probation contract do have the option to take courses outside of their major as long as they realize they need to change their major outside of the College of Engineering by the end of the contract quarter.

Dismissal Letters

Dismissal letters are mailed at the end of each quarter once grades have been posted and files have been reviewed. There is also an e-mail sent at the time the registration hold is placed. Dismissals occur when students do not meet our published academic expectations.