Building an Academic Career:
Requirements, Policies and
Special Opportunities

Guidelines for Academic Advisory Committee Actions and Financial Aid Eligibility

Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid Eligibility

Four-year Degree-seeking Students

To receive financial aid, students must be making minimum satisfactory progress toward their degrees, as determined by the above Advisory Committee guidelines. The following chart lists, in simplified form, the minimum GPA and credit expectations for a full-time degree-seeking student in two-semester increments. (Part-time and special students are usually not eligible for financial assistance.)

Minimum GPA Requirements
Cumulative
Credit
Hours
Cumulative
GPA
• end of 2nd semester
18
1.45
• end of 4th semester
45
1.65
• end of 6th semester
75
1.85
• end of 8th semester
105
2.00*
* For continuing students only; students graduating at the end of semester 8 must have a GPA of 2.00 or better.


Transfer Students

The progress of transfer students will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. After the Registrar has evaluated transfer credit hours, the student will develop an academic plan with the faculty adviser. This plan then represents the maximum number of semesters of aid permitted to the student and progress toward a degree will be evaluated accordingly.