Course Program of Study Resources

• CPoS only affects students who have a FAFSA on file with SHSU and who are receiving Title IV financial aid.
• For a student's courses to count toward their enrolled hours for CPoS, the course must fill a spot on the student's degree plan, either naturally or by a processed course substitution. 
• CPoS is evaluated off DegreeWorks. If a course falls somewhere in the student's degree plan on DegreeWorks, the course should generally count toward CPoS hours. If the course does not and is not otherwise a required prerequisite for the student's program, it generally will not count toward CPoS hours.
• The final deadline for change of majors and degree exceptions to be processed each semester is census. Early submission is preferred, as students may otherwise experience delays in financial aid paying to their account.
• Students pursuing programs that require a track (such as thesis/non-thesis) per their catalog must have their chosen track officially attached to their current curricula to receive federal aid.
• "Unofficial" degree plans are not eligible for financial aid. Students admitted under an unofficial degree plan must have a change of major processed before they can receive financial aid. This includes the unofficial Dance, BFA; unofficial Music, BM; unofficial Theatre, BFA; unofficial Musical Theatre, BFA; and unofficial Theatre (with Teaching Certification), BFA.

This list is updated as of 9/18/25. If changes to a program's eligibility have occurred since then, they may not be reflected below.

If a student is enrolled in an eligible program and one of the programs listed below, the student would be eligible to receive aid for the courses that count toward their eligible degree program only.

Ineligible Programs

All certification programs:

• Educational Diagnostician Certification
• Principal Certification
• Reading Specialist Certification
• School Librarian Certification
• Superintendent Certification
• Teacher Certification

The following graduate-level certificates:

• Artist's Diploma Certification: Post-Master's
• Data Science
• Digital Literacies
• Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Special Education
• Health Care Quality & Safety
• Marriage, Couple, & Family Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Performer's Certificate: Post Baccalaureate
• Trauma & Loss

The following undergraduate-level certificates:

• Biosecurity & Pandemics
• Business Legal Analysis
• Business Negotiation & Communication
• Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice & Social Identity
• Investigative Forensic Science
• Jazz Studies
• Management & Leadership in Criminal Justice
• Occupational Health & Safety Technology
• Real Estate Analysis
• Security & Resilience in the Chemical & Energy Sectors
• Security & Resilience in the Healthcare Sectors
• Security & Resilience in the Transportation Sectors
• Sport Coaching
• Technical Communication
• Victim Studies
• Woodwind Performance Pedagogy

All SamPoly programs:

• Computer Support Specialist, Level 1 Certificate
• Computer Support Specialist, AAS
• Paralegal Studies, Level 2 Certificate
• Paralegal Studies, AAS
• Practical AI & Intelligent Automation, Level 1 Certificate