Key Academic Policies and Procedures
*See the Undergraduate Catalog for additional policies and details
Academic Probation and Suspension
- A student will be placed on academic probation at the end of the fall or spring semester in which the Texas State GPA is less than 2.00.
- A student will be removed from academic probation at the end of any semester term if the Texas State GPA is 2.00 or higher.
- Students are given two probationary semesters (fall or spring terms) to raise the Texas State GPA to 2.00.
Graduation with Honors
- Must earn a minimum Texas State GPA of 3.40 or higher.
- Must earn a minimum of 48 semester credit hours at Texas State University.
Minimum Degree Hours and Advanced Hours
- All undergraduate degrees require a minimum of 120 semester hours, including 36 advanced hours.
Residency Requirements
- 25 percent of the minimum number of hours required for the degree must be completed at Texas State.
- At least 24 semester hours completed at Texas State must be advanced
- At least 24 semester hours of the last 30 hours completed for the degree must be taken at Texas State.
- Credit-by-examination may not be applied toward residency.
Maximum Transfer Hours Accepted
- Texas State will apply to a degree up to 66 hours from an accredited junior/community college.
Writing Intensive Hours
- Certain Texas State courses are designated as “writing intensive” and are labeled as (WI).
- Academic colleges require a minimum of 9 credit hours of these courses for graduation.
Course Repeat Policy
- When a course is taken more than once from Texas State, the second grade (first repeat) and all subsequent grades (repeats) are included in computing the Texas State hours attempted and GPA.
- If the last grade in a repeated course is lower than an earlier grade, the last grade is used to determine whether the course fulfills university requirements.
- A course taken for transfer credit must be repeated as transfer credit to count as a repeat.
- A course taken at Texas State must be repeated at Texas State to count as a repeat.
Former Student Policy
- Any Texas State student who does not enroll in the university for one long semester (fall or spring) but wishes to return must apply for readmission through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Undergraduate Excessive Hours
- Texas Education Code §54.014
- Excessive Hours – effective with undergraduates initially enrolling in the fall 1999 semester and subsequent terms, hours attempted by a resident undergraduate that exceed by more than 45 hours of the number of hours required for completion of the degree plan in which the undergraduate is enrolled. Effective with undergraduates initially enrolling in the fall 2006 semester and subsequent terms, hours attempted by a resident undergraduate that exceed by more than 30 hours of the number of hours required for completion of the degree program in which the undergraduate is enrolled. Effective fall 2009, hours earned by an undergraduate before graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school graduation requirements are not included in the calculation of excess hours. For purposes of excess hours, resident undergraduates include nonresident undergraduates who are permitted to pay resident tuition.
Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements (SAP)
- Federal regulations require students to meet certain minimum academic standards in order to remain eligible for financial assistance.
- Texas State GPA 2.0+, 67% completion rate, 180 maximum attempted hours
Federal Courses Counting Towards Degree-Financial Aid
- To be considered a full-time student for financial aid purposes, students must enroll in at least 12 credit hours as an undergraduate (or 9 credit hours as a graduate) that count toward your degree. Remember, to be eligible for most financial aid, you only need to be enrolled at least half-time (6 hours for undergraduates and 5 hours for graduates).
- See the above link for more information.
Occupational License HB 1508
- As a point of information required by the Texas Occupations Code, Section 1, Chapter 53, Sections 53.151 – 53.152, as amended in 2017 by HB 1508, if you are applying for admission to or currently enrolled in an educational program that may prepare an individual for an initial occupational license as defined under Texas Occupations Code Section 58.001 and/or if you later decide to change to an educational program that prepares you for an initial occupational license as defined under Texas Occupations Code Section 58.001, in accordance with state law, please be advised of the following:
- An individual who has been convicted of an offense may be ineligible for issuance of an occupational license upon completion of the educational program.
- Each licensing authority that may issue an occupational license to an individual who completes an educational program must establish guidelines that state the reasons a particular crime is considered to relate to a particular license and any other criterion that affects the decisions of the licensing authority.
- Local or county licensing authorities may issue additional guidelines related to criminal history. Applicants should contact their respective local or county licensing authority for more details.
- A person may request a criminal history evaluation letter regarding the personal eligibility for a license issued by a licensing authority under Texas Occupations Code Section 53.102.
Applicants are encouraged to review all applicable eligibility requirements related to the respective occupational license. Questions related to eligibility requirements should be directed to the applicable licensing authority.
Title IX Reporting
- Effective January 2, 2020, state law (SB 212) requires all university employees, acting in the course and scope of employment, who witness or receive information concerning an incident of sexual misconduct involving an enrolled student or employee to report all relevant information known about the incident to the university's Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Title IX coordinator.
