A comprehensive Student Education Plan (SEP) is a plan of every class a student will take until graduation an what term they will take it. SEPs are created with a counselor and require students to make an appointment—often weeks in advance during busy times of year.
There are two types of SEPs: abbreviated and comprehensive. All SAP appeals require your SEP to be comprehensive. For financial aid purposes, only comprehensive SEPs are acceptable.
We recommend notifying your counselor during your appointment that the purpose of your SEP is for a SAP appeal, and as such you will need it to be marked as comprehensive.
If you deviate from your SEP, you will need to make an appointment with your counselor to update your SEP and keep it valid. If you do not, your SEP will become invalid and you will become Ineligible for financial aid. Deviations from your SEP include, but are not limited to:
- Dropping a planned class
- Failing or withdrawing from a planned class
- Not enrolling in a planned class
- Taking a different class than planned, even if this class satisfies the same requirements for your course of study
- Excused withdrawals
- Not meeting your degree requirements at the end of your SEP
Deviations from your SEP do not include:
- Taking a planned class one or more terms early
- Taking an additional class
- Not passing a planned class which you attempted one or more terms early
Unfortunately, you can’t directly check the status of your SEP on FalconNest. We recommending requesting the counselor to email you a PDF of your SEP and/or printing out a copy for your records when you create it. You can also contact the Financial Aid Office at any time if you would like to check the status of your SEP and/or if you would like a printed or PDF copy for your records.