Academic Appeals

The undergraduate academic appeal form and instructions are available below. This is not an on-line form. You must print it, complete it, and return it to the Records Office by the deadline listed below. Academic appeal forms for graduate level students are handled in the Graduate Office, (615) 898-5897.

If you have attended another school during your suspension from MTSU, you do not need to complete this form. You will need to re-enroll through the Admissions Office. For additional information concerning re-enrollment requirements, refer to the MTSU Admissions web site and select Admission Standards. You may also call the Admissions Office at (615) 898-2235.

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TO: Students Appealing for Undergraduate Readmission, Summer 2008

FROM: Academic Appeals Committee

SUBJECT: Procedure for Undergraduate Academic Appeal

It is in your best interest to complete the Undergraduate Academic Appeal Form neatly and accurately. Documents from medical doctors or others in support of your appeal should be attached to the appeal form.

Return the form to the Window by the Records Office, Room 106, Cope Administration Building NO LATER THAN 4:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008. You may also mail your form to be received by Thursdaay, May 15, 2008 to: MTSU, Records Office, 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. No appeal forms will be accepted after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008. There are no late appeals.

The Academic Appeals Committee will meet on Monday, May 19, 2008 to review all applications. In addition to the written application, you may meet with a member of the Committee for a personal interview. If you desire the personal interview, you must be present at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 19 to sign the roster for an interview. The roster will be available at the location listed below. If you choose not to be interviewed, your appeal will be determined that same day based upon the written application you submitted.

Students suspended at the end of Spring semester who have pre-registered for Summer and/or Fall will have their classes deleted from Summer and/or Fall at the end of the Spring term. Suspended students who wish to attend Summer must appeal but will not be eligible for Full Term (May 12-August 8) or May Term (May 12-30). Students serving suspensions prior to the Spring term and who have not attended another school during the suspension may appeal to re-enter June Term (June 2-July3), July Term (July 7-August 8), or RODP (June 2-August 8) according to these same instructions.

Registration restrictions for students readmitted will be removed during the day on Thursday, May 22. You may access RaiderNet to determine if you are eligible to register. Beginning Friday, May 23 at 8:00 a.m., you may come to the Window at the Records Office, Room 106 in the Cope Administration Building, to receive written notification of the Committee's decision or you may call 898-2164.

Conditions, if readmitted, that this committee might impose could be limiting your hours to 8 or 14 for the semester and/or requiring you to see the College Advisor. The action of the Appeals Committee is FINAL and only valid for the Summer 2008 term. Readmission by the Academic Appeals Committee does not imply reinstatement of financial aid, if applicable.

If your major is undeclared or RODP and you want to meet with the Committee, you must meet with the Committee in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S330.

Otherwise meet in one of the following rooms according to your major.

Students pursing majors in the departments listed below meet in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S332:

• Aerospace
• Agribusiness/Agriscience
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Engineering Tech.
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Nursing
• Physics & Astronomy

Students pursuing majors in the departments listed below meet in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S334:

• Accounting
• Business Communication & Entrepreneurship
• Computer Information Systems
• Economics & Finance
• Management & Marketing

Students pursuing majors in the departments listed below meet in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S336:

• Criminal Justice Administration
• Elementary & Special Education
• Health & Human Performance
• Human Sciences
• Psychology

Students pursuing majors in the departments listed below meet in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S341:

• Art
• English
• Foreign Languages & Literature
• Geosciences
• History
• Music
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Social Work
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Speech & Theatre

Students pursing majors in the departments listed below meet in the Business and Aerospace Building, Room S343:

• Electronic Media Communication
• Journalism
• Recording Industry

Appeal Form for Summer 2008

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