John Jay College Permit Guidelines
- Students who wish to take a course on permit must be currently enrolled as matriculated students and have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher. Students who have stop(s) on their record (e.g., Bursar’s, Financial Aid, Library, etc.) will not be considered for a permit until their stop(s) have been cleared.
- ROTC students taking courses specific to their ROTC program will be allowed a permit even in their first semester.
- Transfer students (other than for ROTC) may not take a course on permit until they have completed at least one semester at John Jay and have posted grades.
- Readmitted students may not take courses on permit the same semester they are readmitted.
If, after having been approved to take a course on permit, the student opts not to take the course, the student must cancel the permit on the CUNY Portal. Undergraduate Forensic Science majors seeking a permit for science courses must obtain written approval from the chairperson of the Department of Sciences before the permit is considered. A permit does NOT guarantee a student a seat in the class that the student wants to attend.