Faculty Association	November 5, 1998 Returned to Committee

Term/Grade Forgiveness Policy

The Academic Standards Committee recommends that this additional sentence be added to the section on Grade Forgiveness Policy and Term Forgiveness in the UNF University undergraduate catalog (page 28, as it appears in the 1998-1999 catalog). "This forgiveness policy does not override individual policies within academic programs." Grade Forgiveness Policy and Repeated Courses Under the Grade Forgiveness Policy of the Faculty Association, undergraduate students seeking their first baccalaureate degree may improve their GPA by repeating a course and requesting that the repeated grade be the one counted in the GPA calculation. Only two such requests are available to any student during their undergraduate career. The repeated course must be the same course as taken previously and must be completed at UNF. To invoke the forgiveness policy, the student must submit the requisite form to the Registrar's Office after completion of the repeated course. This forgiveness policy does not override individual policies within academic programs. Grade forgiveness request will not be processed after a student graduates. . . . Term Forgiveness An undergraduate degree-seeking student may request term forgiveness, which involves a student's petition to retroactively withdraw from one academic term of work because of personal or financial problems. This forgiveness policy does not override individual policies within academic programs. The following guidelines apply to a petition for Term Forgiveness: . . .

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