All students are at least required to meet minimum department/college requirements (known as Critical Tracking Criteria). Critical Tracking usually includes a minimum GPA and completion of tracking/pre-professional courses. All incoming freshmen are monitored for Semester 1 critical tracking criteria, regardless of the number of hours earned by the student through dual enrollment and credit by examination. A student who is off-track (fails to meet the minimum criteria for a specific term) is notified by the university. An academic hold is placed on the student's record and the student must meet with an adviser before registering for the next term in order to 1) determine what is necessary to get back on track by the end of the next term or 2) change to a more appropriate major.

If a student is off-track for more than one term, the student must change to a major more appropriate to the student's goals and performance. Off-track students who have selected a new major should contact the college offering that major to schedule an appointment with an advisor to discuss changing the major.

Critical Tracking Criteria

• Computer Engineering
  • Catalog Years 2002 - Present
  • Catalog Years 1999 - 2001
  
  
• Digital Arts and Sciences
  • Catalog Years 2002 - Present
  • Catalog Years 1999 - 2001

• Courses can be dropped or added during the drop/add period without penalty. Classes that meet for the first time after the drop/add period can be dropped without academic penalty or fee liability by the end of the next business day after the first meeting. This does not apply to laboratory sections.
• After drop/add, a course can be dropped up to the date established in the university calendar. A grade of W will appear on the transcript, and students will be held liable for course fees.
• All drops after the drop/add period must be submitted to the Office of the University Registrar by the deadline and are subject to the following restrictions:
  • Students get two drops in their first 60 credit hours attempted at UF (hours carried plus S/U credits and repeats of satisfactory grades, not counting full-term withdrawals from all courses).
  • Students get two additional drops in the second 60 credit hours. Unused drops do not carry over from the freshman/sophomore years to the junior/senior years.
  • Students transferring to UF with an A.A. degree from a Florida public community college or with 60 or more transfer credits earned from another college or university get only two drops.
  • Students who can document extenuating circumstances may petition their college for additional drops.
  • After the deadline, students may petition to drop provided they can document sufficient reason, usually hardship or medical condition occurring after the deadline.
• Failure to attend a class does not constitute a drop.

The College of Engineering has an additional drop policy for engineering students: A student with an initial course load of 15 credits or more will be permitted to drop a course without penalty provided this is done prior to the end of the seventh week of class and the total credits remaining are 12 or more.

• Students who withdraw after drop/add and before the deadline for withdrawal will receive a grade of W for all courses.
• Any student who withdraws after the deadline will receive WF grades in all courses and will be subject to dismissal.
• Students who leave UF without withdrawing formally receive failing grades.
• Students on academic probation who withdraw from UF before the deadline will continue on probation until their grade point deficit is reduced to zero. Students on Admissions Committee probation must meet the terms of their probation.

• Earn a minimum of 14 credit hours during a semester or 12 credit hours during summer terms.
• Receive a 3.2 GPA or higher for that semester.
• Have no grade below C for the semester.
• No more than 2 of the 14 total credits can be exercise and sport science electives.

• Earned college grade point average of 3.30 or higher (college GPA is based on all work completed after being classified a junior);
• Completed at least 16 credit hours after being classified a junior;
• Been recommended by the department via faculty review of the student's record for satisfactory conduct and academic progress.

Graduation With Cum Laude Recognition Requires:

• Completion of all work required by the department,
• A college GPA of 3.30 or higher,
• Recommendation of the department, and approval of the college faculty.

• Completion of all work required by the department,
• A college GPA of 3.50 or higher,
• Written acceptance of the dean's invitation to participate in the program. Students should submit this no later than the end of the term before graduation,
• Completion of a high honors project and submission of a thesis based on the research,
• Approval of the student's committee,
• Recommendation of the department and approval of faculty.

• Completion of all work required by the department,
• A college GPA of 3.80 or higher,
• Written acceptance of the dean's invitation to participate in the program. Students should submit this no later than the end of the term before graduation,
• Completion of a highest honors project and submission of a thesis based on the research,
• Approval of the student's committee,
• Recommendation of the department, and
• Approval of the college faculty.

In planning the student's magna cum laude or summa cum laude recognition, the committee takes into account the student's academic and career goals. The committee supervises the research project and the oral examination. Upon satisfactory completion of all requirements, the candidate is recommended for magna cum laude (high honors) or summa cumj laude (highest honors) recognition.

When a magna cum laude or summa cum laude project is a part of the student's program, the student may receive credit by registering in a course carrying the prefix of the appropriate department.

*Title page for a students's high or highest honors thesis should have:

• Title of thesis
• Student's full name
• Department name
• Degree (Bachelor of Science in ......)
• Term and year of graduation
• Indication of either high or highest

All courses taken at the university to satisfy engineering admission and general education requirements must be taken for a letter grade, unless the course is offered only on an S-U basis. Nontechnical electives in the junior and senior years may be taken S-U. Students should check with their departments to determine department policy.

Engineering students cannot use freshman level courses for technical and nontechnical electives, although foreign language credits at the freshman level may be used as nontechnical electives, at the discretion of the department. At least two semesters of work in the same language are required, with a grade of C or better each semester. Physical education courses taken after being classified 3EG must be taken S-U.

CSC students need to see an advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• UF Cumulative GPA (C-GPA)
  A minimum C-GPA of 2.0 is required for all coursework attempted at UF. If a student drops below 2.0, then the student will be on Academic Probation and must sign a probation contract.
  
  • DAS, CSE and CEN majors must see an undergraduate advisor in E405 in the CISE building
  • CSC majors must see a CLAS Academic Advisor.
  
  
• Upper Division GPA (UD-GPA)
  A minimum UD-GPA of 2.0 is required for all coursework attempted at UF since classified 3EG or 3LS. If a student drops below 2.0, then the student will be on Academic Probation and must sign a probation contract.
  • DAS, CSE and CEN majors must see an undergraduate advisor in E405 in the CISE building
  • CSC majors must see a CLAS Academic Advisor.
  
  
• Critical Tracking GPA (CT-GPA)
  A minimum combined CT-GPA of 2.5 is required for all Critical Tracking courses. If a student drops below 2.5, then the student will be on Critical Tracking Probation and must sign a probation contract.
  • DAS, CSE and CEN majors must see an undergraduate advisor in E405 in the CISE building
  • CSC majors must see a CLAS Academic Advisor.
  
  
• Computer Science Courses GPA (CS-GPA)
  A minimum CS-GPA of 2.0 is required for all computer science courses attempted at UF. If a student drops below 2.0, then the student will be on Departmental Probation and must sign a probation contract.
  • DAS, CSE and CEN majors must see an undergraduate advisor in E405 in the CISE building
  • Not applicable for CSC majors.