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to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (or the office/designee of the Vice President
of Academic Affairs), send a copy to the instructor, and retain a copy.
The office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs (or the office/designee of the
Vice President of Academic Affairs) will conduct a records search each time a
disruptive behavior violation is entered. If three (3) or more violations of the
disruptive behavior policy (Academic Affairs Policy 113) are found, the Vice President
of Academic Affairs will direct an Expulsion Panel (Academic Affairs Policy 100) to
convene to decide if the student should be expelled. Disruptive conduct of a sexual
nature may require further action (Anti-Harassment and Anti-Retaliation Policy 425).
The student may appeal the instructor’s decision by delivering a completed Appeal of
Instructor’s Decision Form (Academic Affairs Policy 113) to the Department Chair
within five college instructional days of receiving the Disruptive Behavior Form. The
Department Chair will schedule a meeting with the instructor and the student within
five (5) college instructional days of receiving the appeal form. The Department Chair
will inform the student and the instructor of his or her decision, in writing, within five
college instructional days of the meeting.
The Department Chair’s decision may be appealed by delivering a completed Appeal
of Department Chair’s Decision Form (Academic Affairs Policy 113) to the Academic
Dean within five (5) college instructional days of receiving the Department Chair’s
decision. The Dean will schedule a meeting with the instructor and the student within
five (5) college instructional days of receiving the appeal form. The Dean will inform
the student and the instructor of his or her decision, in writing, within five (5) college
instructional days of the meeting. The decision of the Dean will be final.
GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) CALCULATIONS
Use the following steps to calculate a term GPA:
•
Multiply the number of credit hours for the course by the number of grade
points for the corresponding letter grade to get the number of quality points for
the course.
(Credit hours X Grade Points = Quality Points)
Repeat this for each course in the term.
Grade
Grade Points
A
4.0
B
3.0
C
2.0
D
1.0
F
0.0
WF (Withdrawal Fail)
0.0
Note: Courses with any other letter grade (i.e. W, V, etc.) or grades followed by %
(Learning Support, ESL, Regents' Prep), $ (Transfer Credit), # (Academic Renewal)
are not used in the GPA calculation.
•
Total the credit hours for each course used in the GPA calculation.
•
Total the quality points for each course used in the GPA calculation.
•
Divide the total quality points by the total credit hours to obtain the GPA.
(Term Quality Points / Term Credit Hours = Term GPA)
