Graduate Academic Forgiveness Policy

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Southeastern provides three Graduate Academic Forgiveness options to help eligible students overcome low academic standing. Although the transcript will remain a full and accurate reflection of the student’s academic history, the retention/graduation GPA will reflect any academic forgiveness. The three options are Repeated Courses, Academic Reprieve, and Academic Renewal.

A student may only receive one academic reprieve or renewal in their academic career, and only one option can be used. The repeated course provision may be used independently within the limits listed below.

Repeated Courses

A student may repeat any course up to four attempts, including the initial attempt, to achieve a higher grade. Only the highest grade earned of the four attempts will be used in the GPA calculation. Any attempt after the first four will be used in the GPA calculation. All attempts are recorded on the transcript with the earned grade. Exceptions to the limit on the number of attempts may be approved at the discretion of the Chief Academic Officer or their designee.

Academic Reprieve

An enrolled student may request an Academic Reprieve for a maximum of two consecutive semesters of enrollment at any institution, subject to the following guidelines:

  1. A minimum of one year must have elapsed since the end of the semester(s) being considered for reprieve.
  2. Prior to requesting the reprieve, the student must have completed at least nine semester hours of regularly graded coursework (excluding activity or performance courses) subsequent to the semester(s) for which the reprieve is being requested. This coursework may have been completed at any regionally accredited institution.
  3. The student must have earned no grade below “B” subsequent to the semester(s) for which the reprieve is requested.

Further information and appropriate forms are available in the Office of Graduate Studies.

Academic Renewal

An enrolled student may request an Academic Renewal of previous semesters of enrollment from any institution, subject to the following guidelines:

  1. A minimum of three years must have elapsed since the end of the semester(s) being considered for renewal.
  2. Prior to requesting the renewal, the student must have completed at least nine semester hours of regularly graded coursework (excluding activity or performance courses) subsequent to the semester(s) for which the renewal is being requested.
  3. The student must have earned no grade below “B” subsequent to the semester(s) for which the renewal is requested.

For the academic renewal, the student must indicate the semester from which all prior coursework is requested to be excluded from the retention/graduation GPA calculation. Further information and appropriate forms are available in the Office of Graduate Studies.