Students on Dean's Hold

RULE:

A Dean’s hold is placed on a student’s record when his/her GPA is below 2.0 in a semester. At this stage the student is placed on Warning for the next semester.

Students on Warning

Students who are required to withdraw (RTW)

If a student’s GPA drops below 2.0 a hold is automatically placed on their account. The student must meet with an advisor to have a Dean’s Hold Form completed. It is normally recommended that these students do no more than 3 courses until their GPA increases to 2.0 or above.

Once completed, the Dean’s Hold Form will be forwarded to the Dean’s Office where the hold will then be removed within 48 hours and the student will receive an alert by email to proceed to register.

Exercise: Create an Academic Plan

Download the academic advising form for your respective programme;
Check off the compulsory courses you have completed and passed;
Type in the electives you completed and passed;
List the courses you plan to do in Semesters 1 and 2
This will give you a clear idea of the courses you have remaining to complete the degree.

Instructions:

Complete Section 1 of the Dean’s Hold Form and in Section 2, list the 3 courses you plan on doing in Semester 1.
Submit your Dean’s Hold form and academic plan to Pavitra.Mohammed@sta.uwi.edu to have your hold removed.

If a student’s GPA is less than 2.0 for two (2) consecutive semesters they are placed on RTW (required to withdraw) and are administratively ‘withdrawn’ from the system for one year. These students may apply for re-entry when applications open reopen or write to admis@sta.uwi.edu for guidance.

If a student wishes to make an appeal for the RTW to be rescinded in the current term they are to email the Deputy Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Dr. Karene Nathaniel-DeCaires at karene.nathaniel-decaires@sta.uwi.edu. This process is a lengthy one and the candidate may be required to attend a meeting with the Deputy Dean after which a recommendation will be sent to the Deputy Principal for consideration. If the appeal is approved by the Deputy Principal, a recommendation is submitted to the Examination Section and the student is reinstated.

Only after being reinstated can a student proceed to register as follows:

Exercise: Create an Academic Plan

Download the academic advising form for your respective programme;
Check off the compulsory courses you have completed and passed;
Type in the electives you completed and passed;
List the courses you plan to do in Semesters 1 and 2
This will give you a clear idea of the courses you have remaining to complete the degree.

Instructions:

Complete a Dean’s Hold Form listing the courses you plan to do in Semester 1 of the 2023/2024 academic year.
Submit your Dean’s Hold form and academic plan to FSS-deptmgmt@sta.uwi.edu to have your hold removed.