Academic
Catalog August 2008 - August 2009 Undergraduate
and Graduate
To be eligible to receive federal or state financial aid, you must maintain satisfactory academic progress. For detailed information, see nau.edu/finaid/sap.
Please note that federal and state financial aid include Pell Grants, SEOG (Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants), LEAP (Leveraging Educational Assistantship Partnership), University Grants, Tribal Funds, the Financial Aid Trust, Special Need Waivers, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loans, Federal Direct Stafford Loans, PLUS loans, and Alaska Loans.
We monitor your cumulative grade point average. If this grade point average falls below published standards, you are placed on academic probation or suspension in conjunction with our academic continuation policy. (For more information, see the Undergraduate General Academic and Graduation Policies section of this catalog). If you are on academic suspension, we also consider you to be on financial aid suspension.
The Office of Student Financial Aid awards financial aid based on what you report on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and monitors how many units of credit you complete each term. If you indicate you plan to attend full time, you must enroll full time before your funds are disbursed. (If you are an undergraduate student, full-time is at least 12 units; if you are a graduate student, it’s at least 9 units.) You must complete at least 75 percent of these units to remain in good financial aid standing.
While we expect you to be aware of your own progress as it relates to this policy, we do attempt to notify you of any academic deficiencies at the end of each term. We send this courtesy email notification to your student email account. For this reason, you should check your student email account regularly and keep your address information current in NAU’s LOUIE system.
Federal regulations limit financial aid to 150 percent of the published length of your academic plan. This limit includes all units of credit earned, including transfer courses, completed courses, audits, incompletes, withdrawals, and repeated or failed courses.
The Office of Student Financial Aid monitors your units of credit at the end of each term. After you exceed the maximum for your academic plan, you are no longer eligible for federal or state financial aid for any future term.
The limits are as follows:
If you are working toward your first or second undergraduate degree or post-degree teacher certification, you are eligible for financial aid for up to 150 percent of your degree requirements, based on what is published in this academic catalog.
If you are a graduate student, you are eligible for financial aid for up to 75 units, including transfer units.