Satisfactory Academic Progress

These are the academic standards all financial aid applicants and recipients must meet:

1.	Students must maintain the minimum GPA requirements needed for continued enrollment as shown in the University catalog. Students whose grade point averages place them on academic probation are eligible for financial aid if they meet the hour requirements specified below.

2.	Students are encouraged to plan their course load in order to complete approximately one-fourth of the graduation requirements each year. The financial aid eligibility is 150 percent of the published length of the program or 192 credits (at least 128 credits are required for graduation).

3.	a)	Full-time students must register for and should successfully complete a minimum of 12 credit hours for each semester of enrollment for which full-time aid is received.

	b)	Three-quarter time students must register for and should successfully complete a minimum of nine (9) credit hours for each semester of enrollment for which three-quarter time aid is received.

	c)	Half-time students must register for and should successfully complete a minimum of six (6) credit hours for each semester of enrollment for which half-time aid is received.

4.	Students must successfully complete the minimum number of hours each semester and also each year.

	a)	Full-time students must successfully complete at least six (6) credits for one semester and 24 credits for the academic year.

	b)	Three-quarter time students must successfully complete four (4) credits for one semester and 18 credits for the academic year.

	c)	Half-time students must successfully complete two (2) credits for one semester and 12 credits for the academic year.

		Repeated courses or courses with a grade of I (incomplete), DG, F, AF, NA, NE or W (withdrawal) do not count toward the earned hours required for satisfactory program determination.

5.	Every student's progress will be evaluated as grades become available at the end of each semester. Financial Aid Probation will go into effect when the following occurs:

	a)	Full-time students complete less than 12 credits but at least six (6).

	b)	Three-quarter time students complete less than nine (9) credits but at least four (4).

	c)	Half-time students complete less than six (6) credits but at least two (2).

6.	At the end of each semester, academic records are reviewed for all financial aid recipients to identify those who have not met the satisfactory academic progress standards. Students will receive notification if they are being placed on financial aid probation or suspension.

7.	Financial Aid Probation allows a student one semester of continued aid at the end of which the total of hours successfully completed must equal the minimum required for both semesters of aid (i.e., FT=24, QT=18, HT=12). Students passing the requisite number of hours by the end of the semester of probation will be fully reinstated and the probationary status dropped.

8.	If students fail to successfully complete the minimum hours by the end of the semester of probation, they are placed on Financial Aid Suspension. Students not passing the minimum of any single semester of funding (i.e., FT=6, QT=4, HT=2) are placed on financial aid suspension immediately.

	Students placed on financial aid suspension may submit a written appeal within two weeks of notification to the Director of Financial Aid stating the reasons they believe there were extenuating circumstances that affected their academic performance and an academic plan to correct the failure to progress satisfactorily. The Director of Financial Aid will refer the appeal to the Financial Aid Appeals Committee that will review the student request and statement of extenuating circumstances. The student will receive written confirmation of the Appeals Committee's decision, which is final.

9.	Students on financial aid suspension may be reinstated on probation after one year if they document satisfactory progress at Maryville or at another college or university during that period of time.

10.	At the end of each academic year, the Financial Aid Office will survey each student not making satisfactory progress.

11.	Students receiving institutional scholarship funding which carries an additional GPA requirement will be reviewed for credit hours progress each semester; however, the GPA will be monitored at the end of each academic year to determine renewability for the next academic year.

* The use of the full-time specification throughout this document refers to the academic requirement of a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours and not the pricing requirement for Weekend & Evening College students, which establishes full-time charges for students taking 13-18 credit hours.