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Academic Probation and Suspension

Academic standing is determined by students’ class rank and grade point average. Students are expected to maintain the following averages in each semester and cumulatively:

Students who do not meet the required average in any fall or spring semester will be placed on academic probation. Students who are currently on probation and do not earn the required average in the next fall or spring semester will be suspended for a minimum of one full semester. Additionally, if a student earns a 0.00 grade point average in any fall or spring semester, the student will bypass probation and will be immediately placed on academic suspension.

Please consult the current Academic Catalog for more information regarding probation and suspension.

Academic Suspension Review

Students who have been placed on academic suspension are not allowed to enroll at Coker College for one or more semesters (or any attached summer sessions). During this time, we expect these students to reflect on the choices, behaviors and other conditions that resulted in poor academic performance. We hope that each student will closely examine his or her academic and career goals, and will refocus his or her priorities in a manner that will lead to future success.

The administration of Coker College is aware that students occasionally experience extenuating circumstances (such as a significant injury, illness or family emergency) that are beyond their control. If such an event contributed to poor academic performance, a student may ask the College Provost to consider allowing him or her to continue enrollment, in spite of the academic suspension. A successful appeal does not remove the suspension from the student’s academic record; it does, however, allow the student to continue with classes.

To request a suspension review, download and complete the Academic Suspension Review Request form. Return the completed form, your required personal statement, and all other supporting documents to:

Robin L. Richardson Dir. of Learning Support Services
300 E. College Avenue
Hartsville, SC 29550
Fax - 843-383-8129

All materials must be received by the deadline specified in your suspension letter.

Students who do not appeal their suspensions, or whose appeals are denied, will have their course schedules, room reservations and financial aid cancelled for the subsequent semester(s).

Due to irregular mail delivery to the campus during the winter break, fall semester suspension appeals submitted by US mail might not arrive in time to meet the published deadline.

In order to provide timely notice of appeal results, students will receive a first notice via email, to be followed with a written verification letter from the Provost’s Office.