Academic Performance

Academic Achievement

At the conclusion of each semester, Cleveland State University recognizes those students who achieved high academic performance with an exceptional grade point average while enrolled in courses above the average full-time load. Reaching this level of academic excellence is a feat that requires diligence and discipline, and to do so while also taking additional classes is a testament to the determination of these students. 

President’s List

Students recognized on the President's List must have a GPA of 3.9 or higher after taking a course load of 15 credit hours in a semester. The President's List is calculated on course work for which grades of A through F are given, and credit earned in a course for which the grade of Satisfactory is achieved is not counted as part of the 15 semester-credit hour minimum.

Dean’s List

Students recognized on the Dean's List must have a GPA of 3.25 or better after taking a course load of 12 credits in a semester (or part0time student completing a 12-hour step). The Dean's List is calculated on credits earned in course work for which grades of A through F are given. Credit earned in a course for which the grade of Satisfactory is achieved will not be counted as part of the 12 semester-credit minimum for full-time status.

Congratulations to our undergraduate students in the Washkewicz College of Engineering who have made the Dean’s List for excellent academic performance!

Please note: Lists published only include students who have allowed us to publicly release this information, classified by The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as "Directory Information". 

Academic Integrity

University Student Code of Conduct

Academic Honesty

"Cheating" means intentionally misrepresenting the source, nature, or other conditions of academic work to receive undeserved credit. Cleveland State University affirms that acts of cheating debase the academic degree awarded, have no place in the University, and are severe offenses to academic goals, objectives and the rights of fellow students. CSU does not tolerate any type of cheating and will take disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.

Academic Misconduct

Obtaining unauthorized information. Information is obtained dishonestly, for example, by copying graded homework assignments from another student, by working with another student on a take-home test or homework when not specifically permitted to do so by the instructor, by looking at your notes or other written work during an examination when not specifically permitted to do so, or obtaining work from an online homework or exam warehouse.

Tendering of information. Students may not give or sell their work to another person who plans to submit it as his or her own. This includes giving their work to another student to be copied, sharing work when the instructor's directions were that work be completed independently, giving someone answers to exam questions during the exam, taking an exam and discussing its contents with students who will be taking the same exam, or giving or selling a term paper to another student.

Misrepresentation. Students misrepresent their work by handing in the work of someone else. Examples include: purchasing a paper from a term paper service; reproducing another person's paper, project, research, or examination (even with modifications) and submitting it as their own; having another student do their computer program, complete their design project, or complete their online quiz.

Bribery. Offering money or any item or service to a faculty member or any other person to gain academic advantage for yourself or another is dishonest.

Plagiarism. Unacknowledged use of the information, ideas, or phrasing of other writers is an offense comparable with theft and fraud, and it is so recognized by the copyright and intellectual work laws. Offenses of this kind are known as plagiarism.

Academic Regulations and Procedures
Information on the Grade Dispute, Academic Misconduct, Credit by Examination, Grade Reporting, Incomplete Grades, and Releasing Information about Students. 

Reporting Academic Misconduct