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2012-2013 TMCC College Catalog A-13
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Policy
Students at Truckee Meadows
Community College must maintain
satisfactory academic progress toward
a degree, emphasis, or certificate to
remain in good standing. Students who
meet the satisfactory academic progress
requirements are considered to be in
“good standing” status.
The college has established and will
apply the following standard of academic
progress to all degree-seeking (program)
students. This policy applies to the general
student population. Additional progress
standards for millennium scholarship and
financial aid recipients are applied when
appropriate.
See Appendix D for additional
information.
Requirements
Grade Point Average (GPA): All TMCC
programstudents are required tomaintain
a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Students who fall below a 2.0 GPA will
be required to enroll in the Academics
Success Kit (ASK) Program. Contact
Counseling at 775-673-7060.
To review the policy in its entirety visit:
www.tmcc.edu/vp/acstu/polices/sap/
Semester System
Credits earned at TMCC are awarded on
the basis of semester credits. A semester
consists of 15 weeks. One semester credit
is earned through 15 hours of classroom
instruction or the equivalent.
Summer school is a self-supporting
program that offers access to transferable
and occupational courses, workforce
development and continuing education
and special summer activities. There
are two 5-week terms in which most of
the classes are offered although, due to
content and demand for out-of-classroom
work, some programs have a unique
schedule and/or format. For additional
information, please call the summer
school office at 775-674-7937.
Transcript of Record
Current and former students can request
copies of their official TMCC transcripts
by going to the Student Clearinghouse
website, www.studentclearinghouse.
org, clicking on the “Students & “Alumni”
tab at the top of the page, and following
the prompts to place an order. Current
students are able to access their unofficial
transcripts through their MyTMCC Student
Center. In the ACADEMICS box on the
Student Center page, click the arrow on
the “Other Academics” box. Select “View
Transcript” from the drop down menu.
Former students who wish to receive
an unofficial transcript must make their
request through Student Clearinghouse.
There is a charge for transcript processing;
please check the Student Clearinghouse
website for current information.
Refund Policy
If you do not attend or stop attending
classes and fail to personally drop online
within the full-refund period, you will be
held responsible for all tuition and fees.
Instructor withdrawals do not remove
charges.
Drops during the 100% (one hundred
percent) refund period remove class and
grade from transcripts.
Withdrawals that result in any monies
still owed will result in classes remaining
on transcripts and a grade of W.
Fall/Spring Terms - Regular/Dynamic
Extensive or DYE
A. 100% (one hundred percent)
refund if you drop your class online
by 11:59 p.m. on the Friday of the
first official start date of classes.
B. 50% (fifty percent) refund if you
withdraw online by 11:59 p.m. on
the Friday of the third week from
the official start date of classes.
Fall/Spring Terms - Dynamic or DYN
A. 100% (one hundred percent)
refund if you drop online by 11:59
p.m. on the first official start date
that the class meets.
B. 50% (fifty percent) refund if you
withdraw online by 11:59 p.m. of
the first 20% of the class period
starting from the first official start
date of classes.
Fall/Spring Terms - Dynamic Intensive or
DYI
A. 100% (one hundred percent)
refund if you drop by 11:59 p.m. the
day before the first official start date
of classes.
Summer Courses (lasting five weeks)
A. 100% (one hundred percent)
refund if you officially drop online
by 11:59 p.m. on the first official
start date of classes.
B. 50% (fifty percent) refund if you
officially drop your classes online by
11:59 p.m. of the first 20% of the
class period starting from the first
official start date of classes.
Cancelled Courses
A. No action is required by the
student, 100% (one hundred
percent) refund.
Refund checks are issued after the third
week of instruction.
Refunds related to credit card payments
are refunded back to the credit card that
was used to make the payment. Refunds
related to cash or check payments are
refunded to direct deposit, if set-up in
MyTMCC, otherwise a check is issued. All
check refunds are mailed to the student’s
current on-file address.
Refunds for Exceptional
Circumstances
• Students are responsible for either
paying for, or officially withdrawing
online from, each class in which they
register, even if they do not attend.
If a student fails to withdraw online
during the full-refund period, they
will be responsible for all tuition and
fees.
• In the case of exceptional
circumstance, upon presentation
of documentation and approval
of the president or the president’s
designee, a refund of the registration
fees and nonresident tuition for
a semester may be given upon
official withdrawal made at any time
during the semester in the following
instances:
1. Induction of the student into the
United States Armed Forces;
2. An incapacitating illness or injury
which prevents the student from
returning to school;
3. Death of a student;
4. Death of a spouse, child, parent or
legal guardian of the student;
5. Verifiable error on the part of the
institution; or
6. Other exceptional circumstances
beyond the control of the institution
or the student.
• Refunds are made to the student
or to the contributing party in
proportion to the payment of
original fees made by each.
• Students may apply for an
exception to the refund policy within
a semester, whether or not they have
dropped the class(es) online.
• Students may apply for an
exception to the refund policy within
90 days after the end of a semester
provided they have dropped the
class(es) online.
• Students may not apply for an
exception to the refund policy after
90 days from the end of a semester.
• Refund checks are issued at the end
of the sixth week of instruction.