Continuation Requirements

Policy

You must achieve a satisfactory record of academic performance each semester and make satisfactory progress toward graduation each year to continue in Trinity College.

Satisfactory Performance Each Term (Semester Continuation Requirements)

In the first semester of enrollment at Duke, you must pass at least 2.0 course credits.
After the first semester at Duke, you must pass at least 3.0 course credits each semester.
If you are granted permission by your academic dean to be enrolled in an underload of between 3.0 and 3.75 credits, you must earn a passing grade in each course.
You may not fail more than one full course taken during the summer.

If you fail to meet semester continuation requirements, you will be dismissed for academic reasons for a period of two semesters (see also Continuation and Study Abroad). Students dismissed twice for academic reasons are generally not readmitted to Duke.

Satisfactory Progress toward Graduation (Annual Continuation Requirements)

Prior to the beginning of fall term classes, you must have made satisfactory progress toward graduation to be eligible to continue at Duke. The number of credits you must pass to continue into the next academic year is listed in the table that follows. If at the end of the spring semester, you do not meet the requirements for entering the fall semester, you will be required to attend one or both summer sessions at Duke to make up the required credits. If you fail to satisfy annual continuation requirements before the start of the fall semester, you will be dismissed for two semesters. Note that courses in which F grades are earned do not count toward annual continuation and only two courses in which D grades are earned will count toward annual continuation.

To be eligible to continue into your...	You must have passed...
2nd semester at Duke	2.0 course credits at Duke
3rd semester at Duke	6.0 course credits at Duke
4th semester at Duke	10.0 course credits at Duke
5th semester at Duke	14.0 course credits at Duke
6th semester at Duke	19.0 course credits at Duke
7th semester at Duke	22.0 course credits at Duke, plus 2 additional courses (AP, IPC, transfer courses)
8th semester at Duke	26.0 course credits at Duke, plus 2 additional courses (AP, IPC, transfer courses)

Note: This table takes into account the fact that some students interrupt their study at Duke. In such cases, students may enter their fourth or sixth semester at Duke in the fall instead of in the spring.