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Students who have completed two or more terms at OSU and have an OSU cumulative GPA below 2.0 will be placed on probation. Students who attain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better are removed from academic probation.

Students who are on probation and have a subsequent term GPA of less that 2.0 will be placed on suspension. A student who has been suspended from OSU is prohibited from enrolling in classes, and must fulfill specified criteria before being re-admitted to the university (see Academic Regulation #22. Academic suspension is recorded on the student’s a [..]

Students with a term GPA below 2.0 will be placed on academic warning.

The time period containing fall, winter, and spring terms.

Students may add or drop classes during the first two weeks of each term.

Advanced placement and/or credit may be granted to an entering student who has satisfactorily completed College Board Advanced Placement Examinations taken during high school.

A summary of courses and credits completed by a student at one postsecondary institution and accepted by another institution at the time of admission. The Advanced Standing Report is used to determine the number of required and elective credits needed to complete degree requirements.

A faculty member appointed by the department, school, or college to assist with the planning of academic programs.

The university’s general education requirements consisting of skills courses; perspectives courses; difference, power and discrimination courses; synthesis courses; and writing intensive courses. A baccalaureate core course is designated with an asterisk, *, a writing intensive course with a caret, ^.