CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

A.	Mandatory study hall of four hours per week is required for all student-athletes with a cumulative CSUF grade point average (GPA) of less than 2.0 or those who earned less than a 2.0 GPA in the previous semester.  Individual teams may have additional study hall requirements.

B.	Any semester a student-athlete falls below a 2.0 CSUF GPA automatically results in the student-athlete being placed on athletic department academic probation.

C.	Two consecutive semesters below a 2.0 CSUF GPA shall result in the student-athlete being declared academically ineligible for competition unless the cumulative CSUF GPA is at least 2.25.

D.	If a student-athlete is in his/her last year of eligibility or anticipated last season of competition and if in the first semester of that year is below a 2.0 GPA, the cumulative CSUF GPA must be above 2.0 to remain eligible for competition.

E.	With prior approval by the Faculty Athletics Representative, and within the limits established by NCAA policy, student-athletes who have been declared academically ineligible for competition may use coursework taken at CSUF during intersession and summer school to improve their semester GPA.  Intersession work will be factored into the Fall Semester GPA, Summer School work will be calculated into the Spring Semester GPA.  If the coursework taken results in the student achieving above a 2.0 for the appropriate semester, that semester will than no long count as a “below 2.0 GPA semester” for the purposes of this policy.

F.	Student-athletes declared academically ineligible shall have their eligibility reinstated upon completion of a semester’s coursework at CSUF (12 units minimum) with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

G.	For the purpose of implementing this policy, semester grades will be considered official on the day transcripts are available from the Office of Admissions and Records.  After review of transcripts, students subject to loss of eligibility for competition will be notified of their academic deficiencies.  Ineligibility for competition will become effective 14 calendar days after grades are official.

H.	Procedures for filing appeals for continuing eligibility:

1.	Should student-athletes wish to be considered for continued eligibility based upon serious extenuating circumstances, they must complete an Athletic Department appeal form and return it to the Director of Athletic Academic Services by the date specified on the form.

2.	Appeals will be reviewed by the Academic Standards Sub-Committee of the Athletics Council, which will make decisions concerning reinstatement of eligibility.  Students shall remain ineligible during the appeals process.

I.	Normal NCAA satisfactory progress rules will govern the total number of units a student-athlete must earn each year, with the following exception:  Of the 24 units required by the NCAA a minimum of 18 units must be either General Education courses, courses required for the major, or courses that are electives within the major.

I have read and understand the above academic requirements.

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