CIA-Honors College students enrolled prior to Fall 2022 must adhere to the contract they signed upon enrollment. With regards to the Academic Requirement, said contract spells out the following:

Scholarship recipients must adhere to the terms of the Honors Scholarship Contract.
At the end of each semester, the Honors College will send each Honors student an academic status letter indicating whether the student is in good standing in the Honors
Students who are not in good standing and/or violate the terms of the Honors Scholarship Contract are subject to the following outcomes:
First Violation: Letter of Warning
Second Violation: Scholarship Cancellation and Dismissal from the Honors College

Honors students whose scholarships are subject to reduction or cancellation may submit an application for appeal to the Director of the Honors College. The appeal and any supporting documents must be received by the Honors College within fourteen (14) calendar days of the issuance of the letter of cancellation.

CREDIT HOUR LOAD

Honors students must complete at least thirty (30) credits per academic year.
While the Honors College recommends a standard course load of fifteen (15) credit hours per semester, the program allows a certain degree of flexibility in the construction of academic schedules.
Honors students must maintain twelve (12) credit hours in order to be classified as full-time students and receive financial aid funding, including Honors
Taking fewer than twelve (12) credits will result in the immediate cancellation of an Honors Scholarship.

GRADES

Receipt of a failing grade in any course will result in a Warning Letter.
Receipt of an Incomplete (“I”) in any course will result in a Warning Letter.
A first occurrence GPA of lower than your required minimum with result in a Warning Letter
A cumulative GPA of lower than your required minimum will result in the immediate cancellation of an Honors Scholarship.
Receipt of three or more failing grades in a single semester or the receipt of a failing grade for two or more consecutive semesters will result in the cancellation of an Honors Scholarship.

REQUIRED GPA Minimum is as follows for students enrolled in the CIA-Honors College prior to Fall 2022:
1. Martin D. Jenkins Scholarship recipients - GPA minimum of 3.30
2. Granville T. Woods Scholarship recipients - GPA minimum of 3.30
3. Parren J. Mitchell - GPA minimum of 3.30
4. Tubman Scholarship - GPA minimum of 3.0
5. Clayton Stansbury - GPA minimum of 3.0
6. ALL other students not classified within any of the above scholarship groups - GPA minimum of 3.0