General Policies and Procedures (through summer 2009)
I, IP, N, W, F, FN, FW, U, X, and Z Grades: Courses for which you receive a letter grade of I (incomplete), IP (in-progress), N (no grade reported), W (withdrawal), F (failure), FN (failure for npn-attendance), FW (failure for non-completion), U (unsatisfactory), X (in-progress) and Z (no grade reported) will be treated as credits attempted but not successfully completed.
Academic Forgiveness: Credits for which students have been granted academic forgiveness will be included when determining your cumulative GPA, percentage of credits completed, and maximum time frame calculations.
Audits: Classes taken for audit purposes only will not count as credits attempted or credits earned.
Consortium Agreements: If you are an SCSU student and enroll in credits at another college or university through a consortium agreement, these credits will be treated as SCSU credits when determining your cumulative GPA, percentage of credits completed, and maximum time frame calculation.
Remedial/Developmental Courses: Classes in these categories will be included when determining both your cumulative GPA and your percentage of credits completed. Up to 30 remedial/developmental credits shall be excluded from the maximum time-frame calculation.
Repeats: Repeated credits will be treated as credits attempted but no additional credit will be allowed. The SCSU Academic Policy may limit the number of times you may repeat a course. When an undergraduate course is repeated, the highest grade earned will be the official grade used to calculate GPA. When a graduate course is repeated, both grades are used in determining the cumulative grade point average.
Transfer Credits: Transfer credits accepted by SCSU will not count as credits attempted for calculation of your cumulative completion percentage and grades associated with these credits will not be used to calculate your cumulative GPA. However, transfer credits accepted by SCSU will be used to determine the credit range for the minimum cumulative GPA requirement and will apply toward the maximum time frame calculation. A transfer student initially will be eligible to receive financial assistance at SCSU whether or not the student was maintaining satisfactory academic progress at their previous institution as long as the student has not exceeded the maximum time frame for receiving aid as an undergraduate student. If you are transferring to SCSU with a significant number of credits, you should determine how many credits of remaining eligibility you have. Then plan your coursework accordingly to ensure graduation within the maximum time frame, including accepted transfer credits and attempted SCSU credits.
Common Market: Common Market credits taken at another state university will be treated as SCSU credits.
Credit by Examination: Courses which appear on a student's SCSU transcript as credit-by-examination will not count as credits attempted but will count as credits earned.
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