Academic Dismissal

If a student is on academic probation, they will be reviewed for potential academic dismissal within 6 credit hours completed after being placed on probation for Master's level students or within 12 credit hours completed after being placed on probation for undergraduate students. If a student has not at least met the minimum required GPA based on the courses taken during their probationary period, they will be placed on suspension pending academic dismissal from the university within 30 days. During the 30 days, students will be able to continue in their current courses, and their progress in their current courses will weigh heavily in the decision for their appeal. However, students will be dropped from all future courses or courses in the first week. Notification of a student's suspension will be sent to their primary email address entered on their student record.

Appealing Academic Dismissal

All appeals of an academic dismissal must be submitted in writing within 30 days of notification of academic suspension to the Office of the Registrar. Appeals after the 30-day appeal period will not be reviewed.

Students must submit their appeal using the official Academic Appeal Request form in their campus, located in the Academic Plan & Forms section, under University Forms. All appeal decisions will be delivered to the student through email to the primary email address on file. If students are approved to continue their enrollment at APUS, they will be required to meet specific conditions, which will be outlined in the decision notification. These conditions may include a requirement to retake failed courses first, to be restricted to taking one course at a time, to change their major, or to successfully pass a specific course(s) first with a certain grade minimum. A student's continuance in courses at the university will assume they have agreed to the conditions of their approved appeal.

If a student's initial appeal is denied, they have another 30 days from the date of their denial decision to submit an appeal rebuttal for final consideration. If students do not submit an appeal rebuttal within 30 days of receiving their appeal outcome, the denial decision will be final, and no further appeals will be considered. All decisions of the Office of the Provost will be considered final.