Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Policy statement and purpose
The academic forgiveness policy
pertains only to former Bowling Green state university (BGSU) students
returning to the university as undergraduate students after a significant
absence and prior to earning any degree at any institution. This university
policy is part of the undergraduate catalog. The undergraduate catalog provides
university academic policies and information about program requirements. The
undergraduate catalog is updated each semester and can be found at http://www.bgsu.edu/catalog/academic-policies.html. Students are advised to become familiar with the
undergraduate catalog as well as specific requirements and policies related to
their degree program.
(B)
Policy
A student who returns to the university
after an extended absence and who demonstrates the ability to do well
academically, as described below, may use academic forgiveness to remove the
effect of earlier unsatisfactory grades. Such students are strongly encouraged
to meet with an advisor in their college office to develop an academic plan and
to discuss this policy.
(1)
To be eligible, a student must
(a)
Be readmitted to
the university after an absence of at least three calendar years;
(b)
Have
attempted* at least twenty-four letter-graded hours since readmission;
(c)
Have
earned at least a two point five GPA in all courses attempted* since
readmission;
(d)
Request academic forgiveness in writing from the office
of registration and records.
(e)
This request must
be made before the end of the semester immediately following the one in which
requirement letter b was met.
(2)
After the student
elects academic forgiveness and after eligibility is verified, the following
adjustments are made to the student's academic record:
(a)
All grades earned
at BGSU prior to reentry are excluded from the calculation of the GPA (i.e.,
forgiven);
(b)
Credit hours earned for courses prior to reentry with
the grade of at least "S" or "C" are retained;
(c)
Credit hours
earned for courses prior to reentry with a grade of "D" are not retained;
(d)
Each
grade that is subject to this policy will remain on the official transcript but
will be noted as "forgiven."
(3)
All grades,
including those that have been forgiven, are used in calculating eligibility
for membership in honor societies and graduation with honors.
(4)
A student can
have the academic forgiveness policy applied to his or her academic record only
one time, and academic forgiveness must be prior to the award of the degree for
which the hours and grades involved will be applicable. (For example, a student
who is pursuing a baccalaureate degree and has earned an associate degree from
BGSU cannot apply the policy to any credit earned prior to the completion of
the associate degree.)
(5)
Students are not eligible for GPA improvements under
the course retake policy after academic forgiveness has been applied.
(6)
A
student who has been granted academic forgiveness must earn a minimum of thirty
credit hours from the point of readmission to be eligible to receive a
baccalaureate degree.
(7)
Any academic probations, suspensions, or dismissals
from forgiven semesters will not be forgiven. They will count when the
unsatisfactory academic progress policy is applied to the student's record
after readmission.
(8)
Any punitive grades awarded as the result of an
academic honesty case will not be forgiven. Grades of A, B, C, D, F, or WF will
continue to be used to calculate the student's cumulative grade point average.
Grades of S or U will not have any impact on the student's grade point
average.
*Attempted hours include all courses
that contribute to the GPA, including those for which the student received
credit by earning grades of A, B, C, or D or for which the student did not
receive credit due to grades of F, WF, or I.
Date: August 2001
