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ACADEMIC
FORGIVENESS POLICY
University of
West Alabama undergraduate students may delete up to three course grades
(maximum of twelve semester hours) from the computation of their cumulative
grade-point average. Academic Forgiveness can be granted only one time.
Deletion of
grades from the computation of the cumulative grade-point average is not
available in certain courses, including professional courses in the Division of
Nursing and other programs in which requirements are mandated by other
agencies.
This policy
cannot be used by a student who is currently on academic suspension from the
University in order to remove his/her suspension. The student must be currently
enrolled or eligible to return before the policy can be applied to his/her
academic record. The policy also cannot be used
to drop the grade of a course that was assigned due to academic misconduct, a
course applied toward a previously awarded baccalaureate degree, or a course
accepted as transfer credit.
If a deleted
grade is a required course for graduation and the same must be retaken, the
course must be repeated at UWA. Once a request for deletion of a grade has been
granted and that grade has been removed from the calculation of the cumulative
grade-point average, the grade and the credit cannot be restored.
Honor societies
or graduate/professional schools may or may not honor the Academic Forgiveness
Policy. The GPA for recognizing honor students at graduation will be based on
all coursework taken and will not take into consideration courses dropped by the
Academic Forgiveness Policy.
Although the
dropped course is not computed into the cumulative grade-point average, the
dropped grade will remain on the transcript with the notation that it has been
excluded from earned hours and the GPA.
If you wish to
apply for Academic Forgiveness, please complete the following form:
Academic Forgiveness Application
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