Once School Starts
- Confirm with your professor that you are on the class roster on the first day of class.
- Your achievement will be assessed at five weeks for early intervention.
- If you have a D or F at eight weeks, you will be dropped from the course and placed in a high school-level class.
- It is recommended that you meet with your instructor and high school counselor during the semester if you are struggling.
- If you wish to drop or withdraw from a dual credit class, you are required to meet with your high school counselor first. The high school will then submit the drop/withdraw documentation.
College Level Expectations
Dual credit courses are university courses. Expectations are higher, so students must be adaptable and resilient.
The challenges posed by dual credit will vary by student and course. But some generalizations apply:
- Note-taking and good study habits are critical.
- College-level reading—both amount and complexity— is challenging.
- College-level writing requires attention to detail and longer preparation time.
- Balancing high school and college obligations is essential.
- Material presented in class may challenge personal belief systems.
- College courses deal with controversial or difficult topics and while dual credit instructors know they are working with high school students, they may have different beliefs or opinions on issues of the day. Their aim is to help their students learn and grow.
- Academic freedom protects such exploration so long as it is legitimately connected to course content.
- The university expects respectful classroom behavior and a mature approach to personal technology.
- Grades are not negotiable and grading systems for university courses are stringent.
- College courses have fewer assignments, so each is worth more to the course grade.
- Smaller assignments may exist but have less of a cumulative impact on the course grade.
- East Texas A&M has a strict policy regarding cheating (academic dishonesty). Expect that, within the parameters of East Texas A&M's procedure, dual credit instructors may establish and enforce their own policies regarding cheating.
Scholastic Probation and Suspension
To maintain a high level of scholarship among the students of East Texas A&M, standards of scholarship must be maintained. Policy 13.99.99.R0.41 Undergraduate Academic Probation, Suspension, Appeal and Readmission delineates the process afforded to undergraduate students for probation, suspension, appeal and readmission.
A satisfactory level of academic achievement is determined on the basis of each student’s institutional grade point average calculated on the basis of all college level academic work attempted. To be eligible for continued enrollment in good standing in the university, a student must maintain a minimum institutional grade point average of 2.00.
Academic Probation Intervention Process
Should any dual credit student fail to maintain satisfactory progress as specified by these regulations, the student will be permitted to enroll for further work under our Academic Probation Intervention Process. The goal of this intervention process is to educate dual credit students and our high school partners on the effects of not remaining in good standing academically and to keep students from progressing to academic suspension. This academic intervention process coupled with our early intervention and mid-term grade reporting, tutoring resources and high school interventions will ultimately assist students with staying on track for timely completion of their dual credit courses.
Starting with students enrolled for fall 2024 and after, East Texas A&M will begin grade checks at the end of each semester, reviewing students' final grades. For students earning a D or F in a course, if allowed to continue taking dual credit per school district guidelines, the next term, the student will be required to:
To qualify for continued enrollment while on probation, however, the student must maintain a semester grade point average of at least 2.00. A student on academic probation will remain subject to the requirements of probation until such time as their institutional GPA rises to a 2.0 or higher.
- Repeat courses failed the following semester (if offered) or as soon as available (exceptions will be determined if extenuating circumstances).
- Meet with high counselor before being registered for next semester.
- Meet during the second week of August (fall terms) or second week of January (spring terms) after the start of the term with an ETAMU representative from Secondary Partnerships and high school designated personnel to discuss their academic probation and review of ETAMU policy 13.99.99.R0.41 Undergraduate Academic Probation, Suspension, Appeal and Readmission and signing of the Academic Probation Intervention Contract.
- Complete at least 9 documented hours of tutoring by the end of the semester in the respective course(s).
Academic suspension ensues when a student already on academic probation fails to earn and/or maintain at least a 2.0 institutional semester GPA. Students on academic suspension are no longer eligible to be enrolled at the University. If already registered for the following semester, their course schedule will be dropped.
Should the student fail again to maintain an adequate 2.00 semester grade point average in academic courses attempted during that semester, academic suspension ensues. Students on academic suspension may appeal that status. Appeals are heard at the conclusion of fall and spring only after grades are posted. The student will be required to leave the university on academic suspension for up to one calendar year as specified above. After the period of academic suspension, the student will be permitted to enroll again on academic probation.
A student must be in residence at East Texas A&M to remove the conditions of probation. If the student comes out of school for any intervening period, either voluntarily or as required by the regulations of the university or attends another college or university, the conditions of probation will not be removed.
Student Resources
Students Rights & Responsibilities includes Student Code of Conduct and Student Concerns & Incident Reporting.
Student Resources at ETAMU
- MyLeo online (D2L Brightspace) including tips and tools
- Download Microsoft 365
- Brightspace Pulse App
Lion Card
The Lion Card Office produces the official campus identification card for East Texas A&M University. Simultaneously, the Lion Card also functions as a debit card accessing prepaid Lion Cash accounts. All students are required to obtain and carry their Lion Card with them at all times while on campus. Students have the option to choose to carry either a physical card or a digital card that will go with them anywhere they have a compatible smart phone or smart watch. Students will not have the option to have an active physical card and digital card at the same time. Dual Credit students who take classes on campus at one of our physical locations must obtain a Lion Card. There is a semester fee of $10.00 that goes towards the campus ID card.
Student Resources
East Texas A&M is committed to full equality of educational opportunity. Just as public schools are bound by the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA, 1975), the university must comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and Americans with Disabilities Act (1990).
Section 504 and ADA are applied differently at the University level. At the university level, ADA requires proof the disability, its extent and appropriate accommodations. Students must initiate this process.
The Student Disability Services Office serves as a resource for the individual student, and if need be, an advocate. As university students, participants in dual credit are entitled to access to university disability services. East Texas A&M's Office of Student Disability Services can be reached at 903.886.5150 or [email protected]. Students with disabilities should be connected with this office to start the process of seeking accommodation(s) as quickly as possible. Once accommodations are approved, it is the student's responsibility to request and provide a letter of accommodation to their instructor.