Grades and Completion Rate
Satisfactory Academic Progress is evaluated after grades are issued each semester. Only credits and grades of a student’s current program, and only the highest grade and credits of a repeated course will be included in the Satisfactory Academic Progress determination. When two or more courses meet the same requirement in the program of study, only the highest grade and credit will be used in the SAP calculation.
- Grade Point Average
- Students must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.0 (grade of “C” or higher) within the current program of study.
- Grades of “A”, “B”, and “C” are considered successfully completed while grades of “D”, “F”, and “WF” will negatively affect the grade point average. If a course has been retaken, only the highest grade is used in the calculation.
- Transfer courses that count toward the student’s program are not included in the GPA calculation.
- Learning Support courses, and ESOL courses are not included in computing GPA.
- Completion Rate and Maximum Time Frame
- Students must successfully complete two-thirds of credit hours attempted within their program of study and complete their program of study within 1.5 times the normal length of the program.
- Grades of "U", "W", “D”, and “F” are not considered satisfactory grades and are included in the total credit hours attempted.
- If a course has been retaken, only the credits from the highest grade are used in the calculation
- Grades of “TR%”, “EX”, “AU”, and “AC” are included in the total hours attempted and applied towards the completion rate and maximum timeframe.
- Incomplete grades, “I,” are not included in computing completion rate or maximum time frame. Grades submitted after the end of semester SAP evaluation will be included in the subsequent end of semester evaluation.
- Learning Support grades are not included in the Satisfactory Academic Progress calculation, however there is a maximum time frame of 30 attempted credits for Learning Support courses.
- ESOL courses are excluded from Completion Rate calculations.
- Transfer credits from other schools accepted and applied toward program requirements by Savannah Technical College will be counted toward completion as both hours attempted and hours successfully completed.
- A transfer student is considered to be making satisfactory academic progress during the first semester of enrollment at the institution.
- Students required to enroll in Learning Support courses may receive federal aid for up to a maximum of 30 attempted semester credits of Learning Support courses.