Remedial coursework prepares a student for study at the postsecondary level. Schools are permitted to count up to one academic year鈥檚 worth of remedial courses as eligible for federal financial aid.
For the purpose of this limit, that is 30 semester hours. Once a student has completed 30 TOTAL semester hours of remedial coursework, any additional hours of remedial courses cannot be included in financial aid eligibility.
At 含羞草研究所, any courses with a Developmental (DV) designation are considered to be remedial courses, for financial aid purposes.聽 After a student has completed 30 credit hours of Developmental Coursework, any further hours are deducted from the student鈥檚 enrollment in a term.
- Note: English as a Second Language (ESL) courses don鈥檛 count against the one-year limitation on remedial coursework mentioned above.
Example 鈥� a student, who has completed 30 Developmental Courses at 含羞草研究所, enrolls in 12 credits in any term. 6 of these credits are additional Developmental Courses and 6 are 鈥渞egular鈥� credits. For purposes of the Federal PELL Grant and Federal Direct Loans, the student can only receive awards for the 6 regular credits.
Important Note:聽In this example, the student would still have a tuition assessment for 12 credit hours.聽 The most likely scenario would be that the student will have a remaining balance from the term, as the financial aid permitted for the 6 鈥渞egular鈥� credits would not be sufficient to cover the assessed tuition for 12 credit hours. Enrollment in Developmental Courses can also impact your Satisfactory Academic Progress.聽聽Click here聽to review 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Satisfactory Academic Progress policy.