Leave of Absence Procedures
Students needing to spend time away from ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷or pursue other educational goals may request a leave of absence as follows:
- Students may request a leave of absence for a semester until the end of the add/drop period.
- Students should obtain the from ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷'s website.
- Students who are seeking a leave of absence should work with the Office of Retention and Student Success to review the leave of absence procedure and coordinate their leave.
- Students taking a leave of absence for medical reasons are required to complete the return process outlined in the Medical/Compassionate Withdrawal Policy (PDF)
- Students taking a leave of absence who intend to take courses while away from ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷ should submit a completed transfer course approval form (PDF) along with course descriptions to the Office of the Registrar. This will ensure the courses taken are transferable to ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷. Students are notified of the decision prior to registering for the course if they submit the transfer course approval in time.
- Ordinarily, 12 of a student’s last 24 credit hours are required to be taken at ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷. The student must petition to the associate provost for the undergraduate program for permission to go over this limit.
NOTE: Students receiving Title IV financial aid who take a leave of absence are treated as having withdrawn from the college for financial aid purposes. This means that the six-month grace period for Federal Direct Loans begins the day after the last date of academic activity at the college. If the student resumes enrollment at least half-time within that grace period, s/he will return to in-school status and will be eligible for the full six-month grace period when s/he leaves school or drops below half-time enrollment again. The repayment period for Federal Direct Loans begins on the day after the grace period ends.
