Payment Process

Make payments at the Cashier's Window (Administration Building, second floor) in one of the following ways:

• Payments may be made by cash, check, money order or credit card.
• All students are required to prepay 25 percent of estimated semester charges, less any financial aid that will be applied (excluding College Work-Study). For example: if total charges are $5,500 and financial aid is $3,500 (excluding Work-Study), the remaining amount would be $2,000. Twenty-five percent of $2,000 is $500, the amount the student would be expected to pay before attending classes.
• Students wishing to apply for financial aid must complete a "Free Application for Federal Student Aid" and ACU's "Financial Aid Application." Deadlines must be observed, and supporting documents may be required. Applications must be completed each year the student requests financial aid. Be sure to observe filing dates beginning with March 1 for the following school year. Students are notified periodically of documentation (if any) that is missing from their file. Students may call Student Financial Services for an update.
• If prior semester charges have not been paid in full, authorization to attend class will be withheld until satisfactory payment arrangements have been approved.

Billing Statement

A statement of account will be mailed monthly. Statements may be mailed to the parent or guardian if requested.

Add/Drop Period

Students may add and drop classes during the first three days of fall/spring term with no charge and 100 percent tuition refund. However, a fee will be charged for each schedule change after the add/drop period.

The add/drop period ends as follows:

Fall/Spring term	Third day of term
Summer Session	First day of term
Maymester	Day before first day of term
Intensive Course	Day before first day of term

Withdrawal from University

(contact the Campus Life office, Ext. 2067)

• ACU follows the Department of Education's Federal Title IV Policy 34 CFR 668.22 for refunds when a student completely withdraws from the university. Student are considered withdrawn from the university when they have dropped all courses. For more information specific to your situation, contact Student Financial Services.
• After a student withdraws from the university, room and board will be refunded on a pro rata basis. No refunds for board will be made for absences while enrolled in the university.

Withdrawing from a Class

• Fees are non-refundable after the add/drop period.
• Refund of tuition will be made according to the "Refund of Tuition Schedule."
• An advisor's signature is required for each withdrawn course.
• A processing fee is assessed.
• A withdrawal grade for the course will appear on the transcript.
• A student who enrolls in a class but stops attending and does not officially withdraw will receive no refund.
• No refunds for room or board will be made for absences while enrolled in the university.

Intensive Courses

A refund of tuition and academic enrichment and technology fees of 100 percent will be made prior to the first day of the term (regardless of when the class begins meeting in that term). Fees are not refunded after the term begins. Usually, travel course fees cannot be refunded.

Refund Schedule

Fall and Spring Terms:	Refund of tuition
Day 1-3 (No add/drop fee)	100 percent
Days 4-6	90 percent
Days 7-11	80 percent
Days 12-16	60 percent
Days 17 - end of term	None
Summer I and II:	.
Day 1 (No add/drop fee)	100 percent
Day 2	90 percent
Day 3	80 percent
Day 4	60 percent
Day 5 - end of term	None
Maymester:	.
Day 1	90 percent
Day 2	80 percent
Day 3 - end of term	None

Auditing Courses

Audit permits may be obtained from the Registrar's office and must be signed by the chair of the department of the course on the first day of class.

Course Load for Undergraduate Students

The standard course load is 16 hours for a fall or spring term.

Full-time minimum of 12 hours

Part-time minimum of 6 hours

Credit/No-credit Option

Students with at least 30 semester hours of credit and a GPA of at least 2.0 may take electives outside their major department for a credit/no-credit grade. Students who wish to do so must select this option by completing a form in the Registrar's office during the first two weeks of a fall or spring term.

Pass/Fail Option

Students may take Exercise Science activity courses pass/fail except for EXSC 100. Students who wish to do so must select this option by completing a form in the Registrar's office during the first two weeks of a fall or spring term.

Repeating Courses

If a student makes a low grade in an ACU course and chooses to repeat the course at ACU, only the more current grade will be counted in the student's GPA at ACU. The student must specify that the course is a repeat course at the time of registration. For graduate-level courses and undergraduate courses taken after the bachelor's degree has been awarded, both grades are counted in the GPA. Transfer courses are not included in the ACU grade point average.