2.05 Credit Completion

Overview:

Recognizing the value of credit completion for all students regarding retention, transfer and credential attainment, the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) has established the following practice and procedures for measuring and notifying students of their credit completion progress. This procedure is intended to be informational and helpful. It also establishes clear standards of credit completion progress that must be met and maintained to be a successful student in our colleges.

Process:

The college will monitor credit completion for students who have attempted fewer than 9 credits. These students are not subject to the Credit Completion Progress guideline.

Credit Completion Progress standards apply to all students who have attempted 9 or more credits at a CCCS college, regardless of the number of term credits they attempt from that point forward. Credit Completion Progress standards shall be applied consistently and uniformly within each CCCS institution. NJC determines Credit Completion Progress standards following the posting of the majority of term grades for each semester. Students placed on warning 1, warning 2 or warning 3 will be notified of their status. Credit Completion Progress status will be only noted on the advising and unofficial transcripts. The Credit Completion Progress status of a student is specific to NJC and does not impact a student’s enrollment at other CCCS colleges.

Definitions:

Credit Completion Progress: Includes all classes that award college credit (developmental and college level) used to calculate the percent of attempted credits passed. This includes summer term courses.

Only courses taken “in residence” will be used for this calculation; “In residence” means taken at the student’s home institution. Courses transferred in are not included in this calculation. Completion rates for this procedure will not necessarily match those used for financial aid or athletic eligibility.

Grades considered to be passing when computing the percent of attempted credits passed are as follows: A, B, C, D, P/A, P/B and P/C.

Grades considered to be failing when computing the percent of attempted credits passed are as follows: F, F/D, F/F, and I/F.

Course Completion Rate is calculated by dividing the total attempted credits by the number of credits successfully completed as per the definitions above.

Initial Standing: Student has attempted fewer than 9 cumulative credit hours will not be assessed for credit completion.

Good Standing: Student has attempted at least 9 cumulative credit hours and has a cumulative course completion rate of at least 50%.

Warning 1: Student has attempted at least 9 cumulative credit hours and has a cumulative course completion rate of less than 50% for the first time.

Warning 2: Student has attempted at least 9 cumulative credit hours and has a cumulative course completion rate of less than 50% for the second time.

Warning (continued): If a student on Credit Completion Probation passes 50% or more of their attempted term credits, but fails to raise their cumulative completion rate to 50%, they will be allowed to continue the next term, but will remain on Credit Completion Probation.

Warning 3: Student has attempted at least 9 cumulative credit hours and has a cumulative course completion rate of less than 50% for the third time.

Warning Rules:

• Students on Warning 1 will receive a communication regarding their credit completion status and will be given information on resources, best practices, etc.

• Students on Warning 2 will receive a communication regarding their credit completion status and will have a credit completion hold (which will impact registration) placed on their student account. The student cannot make any changes to their student account until they meet with an advisor.

• Students on Warning 3 will receive a communication regarding their credit completion status and will have a credit completion hold (which will impact registration) placed on their student account. The student will cannot make any changes to their student account until they meet with an advisor. The college reserves the right to limit the number of credit hours the student may take when a student is on Warning 3 status.