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Additional Bachelor’s Degree
A student who is on academic probation at the end of two successive regular semesters will be academically ineligible for the next semester. At the conclusion of the second semester, the Registrar will notify the student by email and mail that he/she/they are academically ineligible to return to Wingate the next regular semester. An academically ineligible student who wishes to apply for reinstatement must submit an appeal to the Academic Appeals Committee as directed in their suspension letter. Late submissions are not considered.
After a decision is made by the Academic Appeals Committee, an academically ineligible student may appeal to the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs, who will consider the procedural aspects of the appeal process ONLY in his/her review. No new documentation or information, outside of the procedural aspects of the appeals process, will be considered in the Vice Provost’s review of the appeal. The decision of the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs is final.
An academically ineligible student, who is not reinstated or has not submitted an appeal, may apply for readmission to the University after not attending Wingate for one regular term. As a part of the readmission process, the student will need to submit an appeal for academic reinstatement to the Academic Appeals Committee. Directions on how to submit the appeal will be sent from the Registrar or Academic Advising to the student. Financial Planning has a separate process for appealing to have financial aid reinstated. Both appeals processes require students to submit documentation of a change in circumstances that led to poor academic performance, evidence of good academic performance at a community college, and/or other experience or work that has led to a student’s academic maturation.
CO L L E G E CO U R S E S TA K E N W H I L E A ST U D E N T I S SU S P E N D E D
Successful completion of courses at a community college is one of the best ways to show evidence of academic maturation. Any courses taken at another college or university while the student is on academic suspension will not transfer until the student attains a cumulative 2.0 at Wingate University. A student should submit any college transcripts as part of the readmission process to avoid retaking courses that will later be eligible for transfer credit. After the cumulative GPA is a 2.0 or above, comparable courses with minimum grades of C- will receive transfer credit.
A D D I T I O N A L B A C H E L O R ’S D E G R E E
A student may only apply for a second (or subsequent) bachelor’s degree if it differs from any degree previously awarded by Wingate University. For example, if a student has already earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, the University will not award a second B.S. degree; it will, however, award a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. To receive an additional bachelor’s degree, a student must: • apply and be admitted into a second undergraduate degree program; • earn a minimum of 30 additional semester hours in residence after the awarding of the first degree; • complete all requirements for the second degree (Note: Two degrees may not be awarded at the same commencement exercise.), and • earn a minimum 2.0 in the second degree. (NOTE: The GPA for the additional degree will not be calculated into the GPA of the first degree.)
