This standard measures a student’s quality of performance in terms of courses successfully completed and must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary.
This standard has two components: maximum time frame and course completion rate. The maximum time frame in which a student must complete a program of study cannot exceed 150 percent of the published program length, measured in credit hours attempted. Example: A student pursuing a program that contains 89 hours would be allowed to attempt a maximum of 133 hours [89 x 150 percent (1.5) = 133]. The number of hours attempted includes any transfer hours accepted from other institutions that are applied to the student’s program of study.
In conjunction with the maximum program length, students must successfully complete (measured as credit hours earned) at least 75 percent of all coursework attempted as they progress through their program of study. (Attempted hours include failed grades, ungraded courses, extensions, incompletes and withdrawals.) This is a cumulative process, illustrated as follows: A student has maintained satisfactory academic progress for the first two semesters of enrollment. However, at the end of the third semester the student’s academic transcript indicates 45 hours attempted and 27 hours earned. The course completion rate is 60 percent (27 divided by 45). The student does not meet the required 75 percent standard and thus will be placed on Financial Aid Warning for the following semester. Note: all enrolled courses (including incompletes, extensions and withdrawals) are included as attempted hours when calculating percentage of earned hours towards course completion rate.