In addition, students receiving federal financial aid are reminded to take only courses that are required to complete a specific degree or certificate program at TCC or courses required as part of a transfer degree program at a four-year university. Students must also make satisfactory academic progress. The full policy is available in the Financial Aid Office and given to the student with each disbursement sheet and institutional application. Each student is expected to complete a required course load with at least a C average each semester. A student may take developmental courses and receive financial aid in order to help pay for these courses.
Developmental coursework is limited.
A student who makes a grade of NC in a developmental course has technically completed the course unsatisfactorily and has not earned credit hours. Federal guidelines require that some type of penalty be imposed against future financial aid because a student has not earned the hours credit for which he was paid. It is important for a student to understand that while no academic GPA penalty is incurred by a grade of NC, there could be a penalty regarding receipt of future financial aid. A student failing to attend classes will be subject to financial aid suspension. TCC does not discourage students from repeating courses, however, federal guidelines state it must be done at the student's own expense.