BFA RETENTION
- Admitted students in BFA, Acting and BFA, Music Theatre must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in all major requirements and a 2.5 FSU cumulative grade-point average. Students who fail to meet these basic academic requirements will be placed on academic probation for the subsequent semester. During the probationary semester, students are required both to bring their GPA back up to the specified requirement and to retake any courses in which they did not achieve the minimum requirement. Students who fail to achieve the minimum requirements during the probationary semester will be dismissed from the BFA program.
- Students must comply with BFA policies.
- Students must attend all scheduled juries or reviews, and receive "passing" or "probational passing" assessments from their respective committees.
- Probational passing may result from the student's failure to maintain the required grade-point average or to perform at an expected level of achievement. Students receiving probational passing assessments have one semester in which to obtain good standing in the program. (Music Theatre students may be placed on probational status for an indefinite length of time. See the additional retention criteria for Music Theatre.)
- Areas of the assessment for all tracks include: (a) progress in completing course requirements, (b) academic achievement and progress, (c) student's potential for successful completion of the program, (d) student's potential for continuing in the field, (e) student's general attitude as displayed in the ability to work with others.
- Students dismissed from the BFA programs may be re-admitted only through re-application after the student has been out of the program for at least two semesters.
- Students who wish to take a temporary leave of absence must notify their track director and the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services beforehand. Students who are inactive or do not register for at least two consecutive semesters must reapply.
- Auditions/interviews are good for one (1) year only. Students selected for a BFA program who choose not to enter the program must notify the track director and the Student Services Director.