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Grade Replacement Policy
The purpose of the Grade Replacement Policy is to allow an IU South Bend
student who has done poorly in a course to repeat the course and remove the
weight of the earlier grade from the student's cumulative grade point
average. You may exercise
the Grade Replacement option no more than once for a given course. The
Grade Replacement Policy is
limited to three courses totaling no more than 10 credits.
If you want to use the Grade Replacement Policy, come to the General
Studies Office to fill out an application or download a copy
here.
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Academic Forgiveness
The academic forgiveness policy
avoids placing an excessive burden on you if you have previously made an
unsatisfactory start at Indiana University. The policy is not
intended to enable you to stay in school if you have chronically poor
academic performance or to raise false expectations if you are not making
progress toward your degree.If you have successfully completed 12 credit
hours in the General Studies Degree Program (with a minimum GPA of 2.0),
you may request to use the following policies: |
- At your option, grades of D or F earned at Indiana University five
years or more before you were admitted to the General Studies Degree
Program may be deleted from our internal record. The cumulative GPA
on the Indiana University transcript will not change.
- You may request forgiveness of a unsatisfactory semester or 12 credit
hours of part-time work at Indiana University if the semester/12 credit
hours is/are within a five-year period before your admission to the
General Studies Degree Program. Although all Indiana University
courses remain on your permanent record, we can exclude all credits you
attempted and grade points you earned during this unsatisfactory
semester/12 credit hours when computing your School of Continuing Studies
GPA.
- If you exercise this option, none of the grades and credits you
earned during the unsatisfactory semester/12 credit hours are applicable
to your general studies degree. Therefore, you are advised to
consult with your general studies advisor about this policy's
advisability.
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| Important: Although
the options above allow unsatisfactory grades to be removed from our
internal record, the grades remain on the official record maintained by the
Office of the Registrar. The internal gpa will be reflected on your
final transcript as your Degree GPA. |
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