Satisfactory Academic Progress

• Transfer Credit
  NSU will count transfer credits and advanced placement hours accepted toward a student's educational program as both attempted and successfully completed hours. These credits will be included in pace and maximum timeframe calculations, but excluded from the annual qualitative measurement calculation.
• Attempted Credits
  All credits are included in the calculation, including, but not limited to, repeat and incomplete coursework, transfer credits, and coursework completed for a prior degree, certificate or major for which a degree or certificate was not conferred, regardless of receiving financial aid. 
  
• Incompletes and Withdrawals
  Courses with incomplete and withdrawal grades at the time of the SAP review count as attempted hours that are not successfully completed. An incomplete grade that is converted after the SAP evaluation will be considered during the next annual SAP review.
• Repeat Courses
  Courses that are repeated will count in attempted hours. Repeated courses that are excluded from the academic record will not count as successfully completed hours or in the GPA calculation.
• Drop Courses
  Credits for courses that are dropped without attendance are not counted as attempted credits. All other credits for dropped courses will count as attempted credits. Dropped courses do not count as successfully completed credits.

• Qualitative Measure: Min. GPA 2.00
• Maximum Timeframe: 150 percent of the published length of your program. For most undergraduate students, this is 180 credit hours attempted.
• Pace: successful completion of at least two thirds, approximately 66.7 percent of all attempted credits

• Qualitative Measure: Min. GPA 3.00 for most programs. Please check with your program office to determine the GPA graduation requirements for your program. 
• Maximum Timeframe: 150 percent of the published length of your program
• Pace: successful completion of at least two-thirds, approximately 66.7 percent of all attempted credits

• Qualitative Measure (GPA)

  Program	Min. Cumulative GPA/Percent
  Dental Predoctoral, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy	2.00 or 70 percent
  Occupational Therapy - Hybrid in Tampa, Physical Therapy—Hybrid Entry Level and Entry Level	2.00 or 75 percent
  Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Nursing	3.00 or 80 percent
  Allopathic Medicine, Health Science	Passing grade in all coursework
  Dental Postdoctoral	70 percent or passing grade in all pass/fail coursework Students with a combination of grade types must meet both criteria.

• Maximum Timeframe: 150 percent of the published length of your program
• Pace: successful completion of at least two-thirds, approximately 66.7 percent of all attempted credits

• Qualitative Measure: Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25 
• Maximum Timeframe: 150 percent of the published length of your program
• Pace: successful completion of at least two-thirds, approximately 66.7 percent of all attempted credits

A special note about summer enrollment:

Summer credits and grades earned are always counted toward the future academic year in the state SAP calculation. In other words, credits taken during the previous summer are counted toward the calculation, but if a student has failed SAP for state aid during the fall and winter semesters, the student will not be able to impact those deficiencies with attendance during the following summer semester.