Course Attempts Limits for Graduation Eligibility

Students must have completed all course requirements within a certain percentage of course attempts to be eligible for graduation at the end of their program. This percentage is 150% of courses attempted vs. courses successfully completed. This includes any courses a student completed prior to changing their major, even if those courses do not apply to their current major. 

Course attempts include:

• Courses that a student withdraws from (grade is W).
• Any courses that a student completes (grade is A-F).
• Any current course or courses for which a student is on extension.

The following do NOT count as course attempts:

• Courses that a student has dropped (grade is DP)
• Course credit that a student transferred into the program as transfer credit, Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), or residential credit.

Maximum number of semester hours per academic level:

• Doctorate degree – maximum number of semester hours attempted is 86 semester hours or 28 courses.