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current Chicago-Kent Bulletin and Chicago-Kent Student Handbook. It is the responsibility of all students to know and to adhere to relevant academic regulations and procedures outlined in these publications. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Article V of this Student Handbook and the referenced Bulletins and other materials, the terms and provisions of the referenced Bulletins and other materials shall control and govern. Illinois Tech retains the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, from time-to-time, any academic rule, regulation policy or procedure, which modification shall become effective upon the online publication thereof; this includes the absolute right to modify the means, methods and/or location of instruction, extracurricular activities and related Illinois Tech services and offerings
A. Academic Loads
1. Undergraduate Students: The average full-time academic load during the fall or spring semester is 15 credit hours. The minimum registration required for full-time status for those semesters is 12 credit hours. Full-time degree-seeking students who wish to enroll for more than 18 credit hours or part-time degree- seeking students who wish to enroll in nine to eleven credit hours must obtain permission from their academic dean.
Students who wish to enroll in more than two courses during the summer term at Illinois Tech must obtain permission from their academic dean. Non-degree students requesting a course overload (more than eight credit hours) must obtain permission from the Office of Academic Affairs.
2. Graduate Students: The minimum registration required for full-time status for the fall or spring semester is 9 credit hours. Non-degree graduate students are limited to a maximum of 9 credit hours prior to a formal admission decision. Graduate students who wish to enroll for more than 15 credit hours in a semester, or more than two courses during the summer session, must obtain written permission from the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
B. Academic Program Audit, Undergraduate
An academic audit provides a summary of a student’s academic status to date and lists the courses to be completed in order to receive a degree. Students can request an official academic audit from the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs after they have earned a minimum of 60 credit hours or 90 credit hours for architecture students and have completed at least one semester at Illinois Tech. Students may request an official academic audit through the Undergraduate Academic Affairs channel in the MyIIT portal (my.iit.edu).Students may also review academic progress towards their degree through Undergraduate Degree Works in the Undergraduate Academic Affairs channel in the MyIIT portal. Please note that Degree Works is not an official report for academic progress.
C. Academic Progress, Probation and Dismissal
The following are general Illinois Tech policies and procedures. Individual colleges and departments may have their own policies and procedures, which, if violated, may lead to probation or dismissal from the applicable academic program.
1. Undergraduate Students: All students who are degree candidates are expected to maintain satisfactory academic progress. This includes earning satisfactory grade point averages and maintaining a satisfactory rate of progress toward the completion of their degree programs. Students who do not earn at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA, a 1.85 term GPA, or a 2.00 major GPA are placed on academic probation. Further, degree- seeking students are required to maintain a satisfactory rate of progress as noted below.
Full-time students must earn a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester applicable to their degrees.
Part-time students must maintain a satisfactory rate of progress which will enable them to graduate within 12 academic years after achieving degree-seeking status.
Students who do not maintain a satisfactory rate of progress in a given semester may be placed on probation upon the recommendation of the student's academic advisor, department associate chair (or designee), and
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