Please see Articles 4.13 to 4.20 of the "Academic Regulations for Undergraduate and
Associate Degree Programs".
Honor and High Honor
Students achieving distinction by obtaining a semester GPA of 3.00 to 3.49 while
carrying at
least a minimum course load and having a CGPA of 2.00 or higher are designated "Honor"
students
on the transcript for that semester. Those achieving a GPA of 3.50 or above, under
the same
conditions, are designated "High Honor" students.
Satisfactory
Students maintaining a CGPA of 2.00 or higher at the end of a semester are considered
to have "Satisfactory" academic standing.
Probation
Students having a CGPA of 1.80 to 1.99 at the end of a semester are placed on academic
"Probation." Students on probation are expected to repeat courses of their choice
from among the courses in which they previously received a grade of C-, D+, D, F,
FX, FZ, or U.
Unsatisfactory
A student having a CGPA of below 1.80 at the end of a semester is considered to have
an "Unsatisfactory" academic standing. These students are required to repeat courses
of their choice from among the courses in which they previously received a grade
of C-, D+,
D, F, FX, FZ or U.
New Course Limitations
During course registrations at the beginning of each semester, all courses
for which a student has not received a letter grade (excluding W) in previous
semesters are considered to be "new courses" for that student.
Students on probation are required to take courses in which they received any of
the grades F, FX, FZ, U,
and W in previous semesters. They can also register for new courses with a maximum
total number of
credit hours that does not exceed 60% of the Nominal Credit Load for their program. Such students
can repeat courses
that they will select among those courses in which they received C-, D+, or D for
the purpose of
improving their CGPA. If a student on probation is registering for the second semester
in a program, he/she may register for new courses with a maximum
total number
of credit hours that does not exceed 85% of the Nominal Credit Load.
Unsatisfactory students cannot register for any new courses except for non-credit
courses. Such students
must repeat courses for which they have received F, FX, FZ, U or W grades, and are
also
expected to repeat
any of the courses they wish for which they have previously received C-, D+, or D,
for the purpose of
improving their CGPA. If an Unsatisfactory student is registering for the second semester
in a program, he/she may register for new courses with a maximum
total number of
credit hours that does not exceed 70% of the Nominal Credit Load for their program.
Repeating a Course
Students receiving a grade of F, FX, FZ or U in a course must repeat that course
within two semesters.
Students receiving a grade below a C in ENG 101, or an F, FX, FZ in ENG 102
must
repeat the course the next time it is offered. To improve their CGPA, students with
an
academic standing of "Satisfactory" may choose to repeat any course previously taken
in which they
received a grade of B- or lower within two semesters.
When a course is repeated, the new letter grade replaces the previous letter grade
in the CGPA calculation.
Under certain restrictive conditions, an elective course may be taken to replace
a previously taken
elective course from the same elective group.
A required course that is no longer offered may be replaced with an equivalent course
that is approved by the Faculty. In these cases, only the replacing course is included in the
CGPA calculations.
All grades, whether included in the CGPA calculation or not, will appear in the
transcript.
Duration of Study
The normal period for completion of undergraduate studies at Bilkent University is
four academic years. Students in four-year programs must complete the requirements
of their programs within
at most seven academic years (excluding studies in the English Language Preparatory Program).
Students who fail to graduate within that period or who will be unable to qualify
for such
graduation are dismissed from the University.
