As a student-athlete, the primary purpose for attending Norwich University is to obtain a quality education. You must take direct responsibility for this goal. The Athletic Department at Norwich will assist you in achieving your academic goals and help with any problems you may encounter. If you should have any academic questions or difficulties, please advise your coach and academic advisor of these issues as soon as possible.
The Athletic Department at Norwich has instituted an academic monitoring system which tracks our student-athletes' progress throughout the school year. All freshmen and upperclass students who have a GPA below 2.00 will be monitored on a weekly basis. You will need to fill out academic schedules and a weekly academic report for your coach. Your coach will be in contact with your professors during the school year to check on your progress. If you fail to meet the requirements of this monitoring system, you may be removed from the team.
To be eligible to represent Norwich University in intercollegiate athletic competition, a student-athlete must be enrolled in at least a minimum full-time program of studies (12 credits or more), be in good academic standing, and maintain satisfactory progress toward a baccalaureate or equivalent degree. The Athletic department will monitor your academic eligibility throughout the school year. If you drop below 12 credits or are not in good academic standing (on academic notice/restriction), or are not making satisfactory progress, you will be dropped from your team's roster immediately. Listed below are criteria for academic progress for students matriculating for the first time in the fall of 1998 or thereafter. This chart is for Baccalaureate Degree Programs. To be eligible to enroll in good standing, the student in the degree credit range in column (1) must have a grade point average of not less than that in column (2).
Academic Probation - Students who fail to earn the accumulative grade point average required for good standing at the end of a semester are eligible to enroll for the following semester on Academic probation
Dismissal for Academic Deficiency - Students who fail to achieve the accumulative grade point average required for enrollment in good standing at the conclusion of two (2) successive probationary semesters, will be dismissed and not eligible to enroll until his or her GPA has been raised to the indicated minimum by attendance at the Norwich Summer School Session
Degree credits are all credits, exclusive of those in non-curricular ROTC and PCPP courses and courses numbered below 100.
Those students who matriculated prior to 1998 will need to use a different chart to determine their criteria for academic progress. Please check with the Registrar's Office for this information.
Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and laboratory sessions unless excused by proper authority. Except for sickness or emergency, a student is responsible for handing in on time all work prepared outside of class. In the case of any absence, the student is responsible for obtaining class notes or other materials handed out in class. The instructor will, in conjunction with the student, schedule a make-up exam or lab, or other appropriate work in lieu thereof, if a student has an excused absence. Contracted athletic events are excused absences. For this type of excused absence, detached service, an official of the university (coach or Director of Athletics) must submit a request, at least 72 hours in advance, to the Registrar. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY HIS OR HER INSTRUCTORS IN A COURSE AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THAT EXCUSED ABSENCE. Student-athletes can obtain a detached service list for all of their athletic contests home and away from the coach at the beginning of each sport season