Academic Policies
Grade Replacement Policy
This policy allows approved undergraduate students seeking their first degree to repeat courses—a maximum of 15 credit hours, subject to school/division approval—in order to improve poor grades, including grades of F. If a student earns the same or a higher grade after repeating the course, only the second grade will be counted in the cumulative GPA. Replacement does not happen automatically, so students must notify the school recorder that the course has been taken a second time and that they wish to exercise this option. Certain restrictions apply, and the grade replacement policy may not be honored by some schools when considering admission to the school or in computing graduation honors. For more information, students should contact their school/division.
The 15 credit hour limit includes any course(s) previously replaced using the FX policy. A student may exercise the Grade Replacement Policy no more than two times for a single course, and once invoked, a student may not reverse the grade replacement granted in a particular course. The replaced grade will be excluded from the IU cumulative GPA, but the course and the replaced grade will remain on the student’s academic record with a notation indicating that the grade exists but is excluded from the cumulative GPA. The use of the forgiveness policy does not preclude a student from using grade replacement for course work taken subsequent to re-enrollment as defined by the forgiveness policy.
To use the grade replacement procedure for a course originally taken on another IU campus, that campus must be willing to place the replacement flag on the course at IUFW's request.
Not all units accept the general policy as stated above. If a student changes programs, schools, or campuses to a program that does not recognize the Grade Replacement Policy, the original grades will once again be averaged into the student’s GPA.
This policy is not available for graduate students or students seeking any second undergraduate degree.
Last updated 05/2014
