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Standard Period of Non-Enrollment (SPN)

Colorado Technical University (CTU) provides students the opportunity to apply for a Standard Period of Non-enrollment (SPN) allowing eligible students to take a full or partial session break from actively attending class or classes without formally withdrawing from the University.

Interested students must contact their Student Success Coach to discuss their eligibility for an SPN. The Student Success Coach will review the student’s qualifications for an SPN. Students granted an SPN must resume courses immediately in the following session.

To qualify for an SPN students inquiring for time off must meet the qualifications in the table below.

To qualify for an SPN for a full session a student must:
• Initiate the request for the SPN before the end of the Add/Drop period of the current session
• Earn a passing grade in at least one course in the previous grading period

To qualify for a SPN-W a student must:
• Actively attended a course in the current session after the Add/Drop period
• Earn a passing grade in at least one course in the previous session

Campus-based students enrolled in an undergraduate and graduate (Masters only) degree program, may elect to take a SPN for the full summer term.

To qualify for a Summer Term SPN a student must:
• Initiate the request for the SPN before the end of the Add/Drop period of the current term
• Earn a passing grade in at least one course in the previous term

Once eligibility for the desired SPN is determined, a student must complete and sign the Confirmation to Return Form confirming their intention to resume attending CTU the following session. The deadline to request and submit the Confirmation to Return Form for the full session off is before the expiration of the Add/Drop period. A student with posted attendance during the Add/Drop period and who is approved for a full session SPN will be unregistered from all courses found in the session.

A student requesting a partial session off in the current session that has not exceeded the University’s Attendance Policy will need to submit the Confirmation to Return Form for approval. The deadline to submit the Confirmation to Return Form is before the end of the fourth week of the session. A “W” grade indicating withdraw is posted to all courses in the session and will calculate into the student’s Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Commitment Grant students sitting out a session due to the employer's final grade policy or pending the results of an incomplete grade will need to submit the Confirmation to Return Form by the end of the Add/Drop period for the requested session. A Commitment Grant student should work with their Student Success Coach to review their circumstances as a result of their final or incomplete grades to determine if a full SPN is required for the following session.

An international student attending CTU on an F-1 Visa may request up to a full quarter off to take their SEVIS approved annual break. A signed Confirmation to Return Form and approval from the campus Primary Designated School Official (PDSO)/Designated School Official (DSO) are both required before the end of the Add/Drop period.

A student on any type of SPN who does not return to the following session is administratively withdrawn from the University.

A CTU student electing to take a session off may apply for a Standard Period of Non-Enrollment (SPN) without formally withdrawing from the University. The student must initiate the request and sign a Confirmation to Return form prior to the first day of the session that the student will be taking off.  Commitment Grant students sitting out a session due to the employer's final grade policy must submit the Confirmation to Return form by the end of the Add/Drop period for the requested session.  Prior to the end of the SPN period, a student attending a physical campus must register for classes for the subsequent session, or be automatically withdrawn from the University. Students that are enrolled at CTU’s Virtual Campus must return in the session following the SPN or be automatically withdrawn. Additionally, a student attending a physical campus may also elect to take the summer quarter off by following the same process.

An international student attending CTU on a F-1 Visa may request a quarter off SPN to take their SEVIS approved annual break.  A completed Confirmation to Return form and approval from the campus PDSO/DSO is required.