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220.5 Fresh Start Program

    The Fresh Start Program makes it possible for students in participating Faculties to remain on campus while attempting to re-establish satisfactory standing and regain eligibility for readmission to the Faculty in which they were originally registered or to another Faculty.

    Students may not apply directly to Fresh Start, they must be recommended by their Faculty. Participating Faculties include Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences; Arts; Education; Engineering; Faculté Saint-Jean; Native Studies; Nursing; Physical Education and Recreation; and Science.

    Students who were registered in a first qualifying year within the Faculty of Engineering (students directly from high school or with less than 15.0 engineering units of transfer credit) may be recommended to Fresh Start.

    Students in these participating Faculties will be admitted to the Fresh Start Program if they

(1)

are recommended for admission to this program by their Faculty,

(2)

have taken less than *60, including the work completed during the academic year under review,

(3)

have a GPA of 1.3 - 1.6 at the end of the Fall/Winter term,

(4)

are assigned unsatisfactory standing and are required to withdraw (RTW),

(5)

have not been previously required to withdraw from any postsecondary institution, and

(6)

agree to comply with the requirements of the program.

220.5.1 Requirements of the Fresh Start Program

(1)

The Fresh Start Program runs each Fall/Winter and is completed at the end of Winter Term.

(2)

Students with a GPA of 1.9 or greater may be permitted to register for classes during Spring Term to re-establish satisfactory standing. Students who achieve the minimum GPA but, do not complete the required credit load in Fall/Winter may be permitted to register for Spring Term courses to make up the credit load deficiency. All Spring registration must be approved by the Fresh Start Academic Advisor and will be handled on a case by case basis.

(3)

Students recommended for the Fresh Start Program must meet with the Fresh Start Academic Advisor to receive information concerning the program’s policies, procedures, requirements, application form, and to plan their individual Fresh Start Programs.

(4)

Students admitted to the Fresh Start Program will be permitted only one registration in the program.

(5)

Students are required to enrol in the Fresh Start Program in the academic year following assessment of unsatisfactory standing and being required to withdraw from a Faculty unless other arrangements are made in advance with the Dean of that Faculty.

(6)

Students normally take a reduced course load with no more than *24 in one Fall/Winter. The Faculty from which the student was required to withdraw may specify a minimum and/or maximum number of courses to be taken in a given time period.

(7)

All students are required to take either a workshop entitled ”Cognitive Strategies for Academic Success" from the Academic Support Centre (for which a fee will be assessed) or EDU 200 (regular University fees apply). Remedial instruction or other assistance such as math help, effective writing, time management, study skills, EAP courses, etc., may be required as assessed by the Faculty from which the student was required to withdraw, the Fresh Start Program Academic Advisor and/or the Academic Support Centre.

(8)

In order to prepare the student for readmission, the recommending Faculty may provide a list of courses that the student should take while enrolled in the Fresh Start Program. Students who do not wish to reenroll in the program from which they were required to withdraw should, with the help of the Fresh Start Program Academic Advisor, select courses relevant to the program to which they wish to apply upon reestablishing satisfactory academic standing.

(9)

Students may not take more than a total *24 in the Fresh Start Program.

(10)

Upon completion of the Fresh Start Program, consideration for admission or readmission to any Faculty requires Satisfactory Academic Standing (see §220.5.2).

220.5.2 Academic Standing

    Assessment of Academic Standing is conducted for each student at the end of Fall/Winter regardless of whether the student was registered in one or both terms.

    Satisfactory Standing: Awarded to a student who obtains a GPA of 2.7 or greater on a minimum of *18 or a GPA of 2.0 or greater on a minimum of *24. In addition, all students must have successfully completed “Cognitive Strategies for Academic Success” or achieved a grade of D or greater in EDU 200.

    Unsatisfactory Standing: Students who do not maintain satisfactory academic standing will be required to withdraw and will not be considered for readmission to the University of Alberta.

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