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Compliance

General NCAA Progress-Towards-Degree Requirements for Student-Athlete Eligibility

1. Student-Athlete must be registered at all times for a minimum of 12 semester hours. If they fall below 12 hours they are immediately ineligible to practice or compete. Student-athletes in their final semester may take less than 12 hours but must take a minimum of 6 credit hours. Must register for graduation in the same semester.
2. A minimum of 24 hours in the major, minor or general education areas are required during the academic year. 75% or 18 semester hours must be passed during the fall and spring semesters. 6 semester hours may be taken and applied during the summer session to meet the 24 hour requirement.
3. A student-athlete does not have to declare a major until the start of their 5th full time semester. 
4. During the first 4 full time semesters student-athletes must take course work that would meet the general education requirements if they have not declared a major.
5. At Northwest Missouri State University only 4 PE skills courses and 4 credits for varsity sport  may be applied to meet progress-towards-degree. Students may take more but only 4 may be applied.
6. If a student-athlete changes their declared major they are required to have this documented with the registrar’s office. Course work of the old and new major may be utilized to satisfy progress-towards-degree in one academic year. A second change of major especially in the same academic year will most likely result in ineligibility.
7. Student-athletes are required to pass a minimum of 6 credit hours the previous semester to remain eligible. For example, a failure to pass 6 credit hours in the fall will result in ineligibility for the spring semester. Failure to pass 6 hours in the spring will result in ineligibility for the fall semester. Summer hours may not be utilized to overcome the deficit of the 6 hour rule.
8. NCAA cum GPA requirements are more lenient than Northwest Missouri State University requirement, but the stricter of the two must be followed. For example Northwest requires a minimum GPA of 2.0, the NCAA requirements are as follows:
1. After completing 24 hours – 1.80
2. After completing 48 hours – 1.90
3. After completing 72 hours – 2.0.

9. Transfer from a 2 yr college deemed a qualifier by the NCAA Clearinghouse (Eligibility Center) must average passing a minimum 12 credit hours (of transferable credits) and have spent one full time in residence at the 2 yr college, and have GPA of 2.0 or above.   If a deemed a non-qualifier or partial qualifier by the NCAA Clearinghouse (Eligibility Center) they must have spent 2 full time semesters at the 2 yr college.  They must average passing 12 credits hours (of transferable credits), and have a 2.0 GPA or above. If they do not meet the then a one year residency is required.
10. Transfer from a 4 yr college must be meeting progress-towards-degree at the previous institution with the required GPA.
11. All transfer that have not attended a NCAA DI or DII institution full time must also register with the NCAA Eligibility Center their amateur status.