Skills includes courses that provide hands-on training in technical programs leading to employment. Skills programs have been discontinued or reclassified as Credit programs at all campuses except Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College
Grade Point Average (GPA)
All students, regardless of payment method, are required to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA to remain in good academic standing.
Skills Programs/Plans with 30 Skills Hours or Fewer
| 1 to 15 |
1 to 450 |
1.75 |
| 16 to 30 |
451 or more |
2.00 |
Skills Programs/Plans with 30 Skills Hours or Fewer
| 1 to 30 |
1 to 900 |
1.75 |
| 31 or more |
901 or more |
2.00 |
- The cumulative GPA includes remedial courses as well as college-level courses
- Not factored into the GPA calculation: pass/fail courses, no-show withdrawals (NSW), student-initiated withdrawals (WTH), incompletes (I), and administrative withdrawals (ADW)