Satisfactory Academic Progress. For students to receive financial aid (state, federal, institutional) they must meet satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards. This involves making the required GPA within a specified timeframe, successfully completing 67 percent of all classes attempted and not exceeding 186 attempted hours. Failure to meet all required parameters will result in a SAP failure and financial aid suspension until SAP requirements are met or the student has a granted appeal. For additional information, please visit Financial Aid eligibility requirements.

Re-Imagining your Sophomore-year Experience. A student success pathway of activities and involvement benchmarks for second-year students (31-59 credits).

Library-offered service providing research assistance.

Peer Supplemental Instruction. An academic support program consisting of regularly scheduled, voluntary, out-of-class study sessions facilitated by trained peer leaders who utilize collaborative activities to ensure peer-to-peer interaction in small groups.

Program plans assist in tracking academic progress for degrees and concentrations, minors, and certificate and certification programs. Pair this planning tool along with helpful advice from your mentor.

A prerequisite is a course that must be successfully completed before enrollment in another course.

Plagiarism includes copying material from unpublished or published sources, including electronic resources, and submitting that material as the student’s own work. Students are responsible for identifying the proper source and giving credit to that source anytime that they present ideas which are not their own.

No show. This attribute is assigned by instructors early in the semester to designate students who have never attended class but who are still on the official Banner roll for the course. NS students are eventually removed from the roll by the Registrar.

Nexus degrees prepare GGC students for in-demand careers through both traditional classroom and extensive hands-on experiences. A nexus degree requires fewer credit hours than a four-year degree – much like an associates degree – but includes some of the beneficial attributes of experiential learning and upper-division coursework typical of bachelor’s degrees.

A payment plan option a student can use to break up payments for tuition and fees over a specified number of months. Nelnet is a third-party vendor GGC uses to provide this service. There are deadlines for application for each semester. Depending on when the student applies determines whether a down payment is needed (and if so, how much) and the number of payments involved. See more information about Nelnet.