Please refer to the specific section for each course/credit below. The following table is a breakdown of how each type of course or credit is treated in the review.
| Cumulative GPA Component | Completion Rate Component | Maximum Time Frame Component | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repeat Courses | Y | Y | Y |
| Transfer Credits | N | Y | Y |
| Consortium Credits | N | Y | Y |
| Developmental/ Remedial/ESOL | Y | Y | Y |
| Incompletes | Y | Y | Y |
| Audit Courses | N | N | N |
| Non-Punitive Grades | N | Y | Y |
| Pass/Fail Grades | N | Y | Y |
| Withdrawals | N | Y | Y |
Repeat Course
For one time only, financial aid will cover a repeated course that has been previously passed. For this purpose, passed means any grade higher than an “F,” regardless of any school or program requiring a higher qualitative grade or measure to have been considered to have passed the course. A student may be repeatedly paid for failing/withdrawing from a course. However, if a student passed a course once, then is repaid for taking it, and fails or withdraws the second time, that failure counts as their paid retake, and the student may not be paid for retaking the course a third time. If a program of study requires students to retake all of the coursework for a term in which a student fails a course, any courses retaken that were previously passed in this case are not eligible for Title IV aid.
Transfer Credits
Credits that are transferred in from another institution and apply to the most current major will be excluded from the student’s cumulative GPA. However, they will be included in the calculation for the maximum time frame and completion rate components.
Consortium Credits
All courses taken at an institution other than the home institution through an official consortium are included in the calculation for completion rate and maximum time frame components, but are excluded from the student’s cumulative GPA component.
Developmental/Remedial/ESOL Credits
Credits from these courses may be included in the calculations for all three components of the satisfactory academic progress review. A student is eligible for up to 24 credit hours of federal Student aid in this category. ESOL credits are not counted against the 24 credit hour limitation.
Incompletes
All incompletes must be resolved by the end of the third week of the semester following the receipt of the incomplete grade. If not, the grade is either automatically changed to an "F" or is considered to be an "F" for all components of the satisfactory academic progress review. Financial Aid can be withheld until Incompletes are resolved.
Audit Courses
Financial Aid does not cover any courses a student audits. Furthermore, audit courses are not included for any of the calculated components.
Credit By Examination
Financial Aid does not pay for credit by examination. Credit by Examination is included in the maximum timeframe and completion rate components of Satisfactory Academic Progress but is not included in the cumulative GPA component.
Non-Punitive Grades
Non-punitive grades will not impact the cumulative GPA component of a student’s SAP status. However, they will be included in the calculation of the maximum time frame and the completion rate components.
Pass/Non-Pass Grades
Pass/Non-Pass grades will not impact the cumulative GPA component of a student’s SAP status. However, they will be included in the calculation of the maximum time frame and the completion rate components.
Withdrawals
Withdrawals will not impact the cumulative GPA component of a student’s SAP status. However, they will be included in the calculation of the maximum time frame and the completion rate components. For further information about the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress policy, please contact the Financial Aid Office.