In undergraduate degree programs, each student's Academic Standing will be established from the student's formal course grades at the end of each academic term on the basis of the following categories and criteria for overall academic performance:

1. CLEAR - a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 (except where the student has violated an approved Department/School Standing variation or, while on Probation, the student has violated the terms of their Probationary Contract). Students with CLEAR Standing may continue their program studies with no restrictions except for the obligation to satisfy prerequisite requirements. 
   
   
2. PROBATIONARY - a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 1.00 to 1.99. Students with PROBATIONARY Standing may not continue their program studies until a Probationary Contract outlining a specific plan for studies and academic supports has been authorized by their Department/School, and signed by the student. Students who fail to have such a Probationary Contract by the last date to add courses for the semester will have their course enrollments and course intention requests cancelled for the term in question and will be REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW (RTW) from their program unless their Department/School determines otherwise.
   
   Students with a PROBATIONARY Standing at the start of any semester will be eligible to continue their studies in a subsequent semester as long as they achieve a term grade point average (TGPA) of 2.00 or higher and provided they meet the terms of their Probationary Contract and do not violate approved Department/School Standing variations. Failure to meet the terms of the Probationary Contract as set out by the Department/School will result in the students being REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW from their Ryerson program. 
   
   
3. REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW - Students will be REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW from their program for one of the following reasons:
   
   i. A CGPA of less than 1.00 (except students enrolled in their first semester); or
   
   ii. A term GPA below 2.00 while on PROBATION; or
   
   iii. Violation of any approved Department/School Standing variation; or
   
   iv. Violation of a Probationary Contract (including unauthorized changes to the contract or failure to negotiate a Probationary Contract). 
   
   No student in their first semester at Ryerson will be REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW (RTW) in December. Students with a GPA of less than 1.00 in their first semester will be advised about their prospects for success. Such students who continue in their program for the subsequent Winter semester will do so on PROBATION.
   
   Students REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW from their program will not be eligible for reinstatement in their program for 12 months. However, in cases where a further semester of study could result in a CLEAR Standing by the end of that semester, students may request the permission of their Department/School to continue to take courses on PROBATION in the immediately following semester (or a later semester with the permission of their Department/School). If the student fails to achieve a CGPA of 2.00 at the end of that semester, s/he will be REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW.
   
   Students who have been REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW from a Ryerson program may not continue their program studies. Applications for reinstatement to the student's original program or for transfer to another program will be considered.  In such cases a student may not return to studies until 12 months have elapsed following the REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW standing. No courses taken between when a student is REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW and reinstatement or transfer to another program will be granted Ryerson credit.
   
   Applications for reinstatement will be considered by faculty and/or program admission committees based on criteria, assessments and/or procedures developed by the faculty or program in consultation with the Registrar's Office. Past academic performance and space availability will normally be considerations. Students who are reinstated to their program will be reinstated on PROBATION, and will be required to have a Probationary Contract.
   
   Some programs may reinstate students with a Probationary Contract which may significantly restrict course load and require successful completion of specific program courses. Programs may also specify grades which must be achieved. Successful completion will allow the student to continue on PROBATION (or CLEAR Standing if a CGPA of 2.00 or higher is achieved). Students who are unsuccessful will be permanently withdrawn from their program. Normally a student may not receive more than one Probationary Contract of this sort.
   
   
4. PERMANENT PROGRAM WITHDRAWAL - Students will be permanently withdrawn from their program for the following reasons:
   
   i. Any academic performance that would result in 'REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW' Standing for a second time; or
   
   ii. Failure of a course required by their program for a third time; or
   
   iii. Failure to meet the terms of a Probationary Contract following return after a REQUIRED TO WITHDRAW Standing.
   
   Students who are permanently withdrawn from a program may not apply for reinstatement into that program. Students with a PERMANENT PROGRAM WITHDRAWAL Standing may apply to a different program for the Fall semester of the following calendar year. 
   
   
5. DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSION - Students who have been placed on DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSION (DS) for Student Code of Conduct violations will not be permitted to enroll in any course at the University during their period of DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSION. Students who have served their period of DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSION must contact their Department/School to make arrangements for reinstatement.