Definitions of Terms
Drop and Add Period
The three school days immediately following Late Registration are designated for Drop and Add. During this period students may drop or add courses to their schedule after receiving approval from their advisor.
Full-Time Status
A student who is enrolled in 12 or more semester hours of credit courses is considered full-time.
Three-Fourth Time Status
A student who is enrolled in 9, 10, or 11 semester hours of credit courses.
Half-Time Status
A student who is enrolled in 6, 7, or 8 semester hours of credit courses is considered half-time.
Registration Period
Two days at the beginning of each semester when all students should complete the registration process.
Late Registration Period
The two school workdays immediately following the two-day Registration Period. All students who failed to complete the registration process should do so during Late Registration. Students registering during Late Registration will be required to pay a late fee of $25.00 in addition to all other fees. Students will not be allowed to register after late registration without permission from the Dean of Support Services or Dean of Instruction.
Withdrawal Period
The two school days immediately following Drop and Add starts as the regular Withdrawal Period and continues through the mid-semester time frame. During this period students may withdraw from courses and receive a grade of “W”. A grade of “W” does not affect a student’s GPA standing.
Clear Academic Status
The status of a student whose cumulative GPA is at or above the level required by the policy for the number of credit hours attempted at the institution.
Academic Warning
- The status of a student whose academic status the previous semester was CLEAR and whose cumulative grade point average balls below the level required by the policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution and whose semester GPA for the semester was below 2.00; or
- The status of a student who was on Academic Probation the previous semester and whose cumulative GPA for that semester remained below the level required or the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution but whose semester GPA for that semester was 2.0 or above; or
- The status of a student who has reentered the institution after being suspended for one semester or one year (or after being granted readmission upon appeal).
One Semester Academic Suspension
The status of a student who was on Academic Probation the previous semester but who has never been suspended or who, since suspension, had achieved Clear Academic Status and whose cumulative GPA that semester was below the level required by this policy for the total number of credit hours attempted at the institution and whose semester GPA for that semester was below 2.00.
One Calendar Year Academic Suspension
The status of a student who was on Academic Probation the previous semester, and who had been previously suspended without since having achieved Clear.