Following each enrollment term, a student’s academic progress will be measured by comparing the cumulative number of attempted credits with the cumulative number of earned credits. This will include any course for which the student has remained enrolled past the add/drop period. A student will be expected to earn at least 67% of the cumulative credits attempted throughout the program in order to maintain satisfactory academic progress and complete degree requirements within the maximum time allowed.
The following will be considered when evaluating a student’s completion rate:
- Withdrawals, incompletes, and failures are considered attempted, but not earned.
- Passing credits received for pass/fail courses are considered attempted and earned credits. Failing grades in pass/fail courses are considered attempted, but not earned.
- Repeated courses are included in the calculation of both attempted and earned credits.
- Audited courses are not considered credits attempted or earned.
- Transfer credits used to meet Bellin College degree requirements are included in the number of attempted credits. Courses accepted for transfer into Bellin College will be counted as attempted and earned credits. See General Guidelines above for more information related to transfer courses.
- Concurrently enrolled credits at another institution for the purpose of transferring those credits to be used to meet Bellin College degree requirements (while enrolled in a Bellin College program) will be used in the Completion Rate and Maximum Time Frame calculations. Courses not successfully completed will be counted as attempted but not earned. This applies only to transfer courses attempted while concurrently enrolled in a program at Bellin College. Transfer courses accepted at the time of admission (prior to enrollment at Bellin College) will be counted as both attempted and earned.
- Periods of enrollment when a student does not receive federal aid (such as less than half-time or on financial aid probation) are included in the SAP calculation (Bellin College or transfer courses).
- Students who re-enter Bellin College will be reviewed for SAP based on all courses (transfer and previous Bellin College courses) accepted toward the degree program at the time of readmission. The Bellin College GPA will be used. Therefore, it is possible that a student who has been readmitted to Bellin College may be immediately placed on financial aid warning or probation.