A student can be disqualified on the basis of overall GPA (see Academic Probation), or for receiving a grade of No Credit twice in LIBR 289 (see section on "Disqualification from the MLIS Program and Right to Appeal" at slisweb.sjsu.edu/current-students/courses/289-handbook-e-portfolio/standards-and-grading/disqualification).

Once a student is disqualified, they are no longer officially a matriculated student in the university. Disqualified students will be precluded from registering for future SJSU graduate courses either through regular or special session, or through Open University.

The School of Library and Information Science does not reinstate students who have been disqualified.