Academic Warnings
Academic Warnings and Dismissal for Poor Student Performance
1 - If a student in the Department of Sharia, or in the Department of Law (Bachelor of Sharia and Law program), obtains a cumulative GPA below (2) points (70%) after calculating the GPA for two semesters from the date of commencing study, equivalent to the completion of (34 or 36) credit hours, the student receives a first academic warning approved by the Head of the academic department. The warning aims to raise the cumulative GPA in the following semester, and the student's credit load is reduced to the minimum of (14) credit hours.
2 - If the student in the Department of Sharia or the Department of Law (Bachelor of Sharia and Law program) is unable to remove the first academic warning during the following semester by raising the cumulative GPA to (2) points (70%), the student receives a second academic warning approved by the Dean. By decision of the Department Council, the student's credit load in the following semester may be reduced to the minimum of (10) credit hours.
3 - If the student in the Department of Law (Bachelor of Sharia and Law program) is unable to remove the second academic warning in the following semester, the student is compulsorily transferred to the Department of Sharia, provided that the student's cumulative GPA in Sharia courses and shared courses is not less than (2) points (70%). If the cumulative GPA in these courses is below this level, the student is given two semesters to raise it to (2) points. If the student is still unable to do so thereafter, the student is dismissed from the College.
4 - If the student in the Department of Islamic Sharia is unable to remove the second academic warning in the following semester, the student is given two semesters to raise the cumulative GPA to (2) points. If the student is still unable to do so thereafter, the student is dismissed from the College.
5 - The Director of the College may, in accordance with the requirements of the public interest and the students' likely cumulative GPAs, grant students who have received an academic warning for the second time a third semester to remove the academic warning during their regular study, before transfer.
6 - The Student Affairs and Admissions Department shall notify the student and the student's guardian of the decision of academic warning, compulsory transfer, or dismissal from the College, notify the relevant parties within the College, and in all cases keep copies of these decisions in the student's file.
Repeating Courses
1 - A student must re-register for compulsory courses in which he obtains a grade of (E), i.e., below (60%), which carries (zero) points. If the courses in which the student failed are elective, he may choose either to re-register for them or to select an alternative in accordance with the approved study plan.
2 - For the purpose of raising the cumulative GPA, a student may re-study a course he has passed, but only once, provided that his grade in the course on the first attempt did not exceed (2.5) points. If he repeats it, the higher grade from the two attempts is counted, up to a maximum of five courses in the study program.
3 - The Student Affairs and Admissions Department shall in all cases record all grades, with their dates, obtained during the study of courses in the student's academic record, with special marks placed against failing grades and repeated grades that were removed through the student's own effort when calculating his semester and cumulative GPAs.
Remedial Programs
The College establishes remedial programs, under a special study system supporting the bachelor's program, to which students are referred once they have exhausted their opportunities to remove academic warnings without succeeding. These programs aim to enable students to resume their studies in accordance with the required standards, by identifying their weaknesses and gaps in achievement, helping them overcome these, and assisting them in removing the academic warning within one or two semesters. This is carried out by assistant instructors of proven competence.