FINANCIAL AID
GRADUATE SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS (SAP)
Graduate student loan borrowers must maintain satisfactory
academic progress toward completing their degree. Only courses required
for the completion of a student’s degree count toward enrollment
status. Students must submit a copy of all approved courses
for their program to the Financial Aid Office; the copy must be signed
by their advisor.
PLEASE NOTE that preparatory course work required
for enrollment in a graduate program cannot be counted toward a student’s
enrollment status.
Graduate student borrowers must complete and receive a
passing grade for the number of credit hours for which loan funds were
given. Failure to complete and receive a passing grade may put a student
on academic progress.
A WORD ABOUT INCOMPLETE CLASSES.
“I” indicates incomplete and is given when a student’s work in a course is not finished because of circumstances beyond her or his control. An “I” grade must be removed by the close of the following semester, and it does not count in the computation of grade point average. Incomplete courses which are not satisfactorily completed by the deadline become “F”s on the transcript.
Although students have one semester to turn their grade of an “I” into a passing grade, this refers to their academic transcript and not academic progress. Students who receive a grade of an “I” at the end of any semester, will be considered as not making academic progress.
MAT is a 15 month program. Progress will be checked at
the end of each semester. FUTURE LOAN DISBURSEMENTS WILL BE
CANCELLED IF STUDENTS FAIL TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THE SPECIFIC COURSES AND CREDIT HOURS THEY
ENROLLED IN FOR THE SEMESTER.
Example:
| Semester |
Enrollment hours |
Progress standard |
| 2008 summer |
12 credit hours |
Must achieve 12 credit hours of specific courses. |
| 2008 fall |
6 credit hours |
Must achieve 6 credit hours of specific courses. |
| 2009 spring |
9 credit hours |
Must achieve 9 credit hours of specific courses. |
Students can appeal their SAP status by submitting a written
appeal explaining why they were not able to complete the course(s).
Appeals must be submitted no later than 14 days after the student is
notified. Appeals will be reviewed, and the student will be notified
by mail of the findings.
Students should submit their appeal to the following address:
Oakland City University
Attn: SAP Appeal
138 North Lucretia Street
Oakland City, IN 47660-1038
