associate degree program - Instituto de Banca y Comercio

Minimum Required Percent of Completed CreditsFor each specific Evaluation Point, every student is required to complete a minimum of 66%, 75%, 83%or 100% of the intended credits to date or at the payment period, according to each particular case. * Seetables.Repeated courses are counted as intended every time they are taken. Transferred or validated credits areconsidered as intended and completed for the purposes of the calculation of the satisfactory academicprogress.For example: The calculation of the academic progress within an Evaluation Point requiring a 66%approval of the intended credits, for a student who intended 18 credit- hours, must be 12 credit-hours.A student who intended 9 credit-hours must have completed 7 credit-hours (rounded to the closest wholenumber).Minimum Cumulative AverageFor each specific Evaluation Point, every student is required to maintain a cumulative minimum average(GPA) between 1.50 and 2.0 points.Courses with the following grades: withdrawal (W), failed (F), incomplete (I), not approved (NP),unreported grades (NR), or course in progress (PC) will not be considered in the calculation of thesatisfactory academic progress.In the case of repeated courses, only the highest grade will be considered.Maximum Time to Complete a ProgramStudents who at the end of their academic program have not approved the graduation requirements willhave additional time to complete their requirements one point five (1.5) times the normal amount ofrequired credits to complete the program (extended period).Students who have intended the maximum of credits or time allowed will have all their financial aidsuspended. Remedial courses will not be considered in this calculation. Repeated courses and validated ortransferred credits are included.[52]