Academic Renewal

Academic Renewal

Undergraduate students who have been admitted to Utah State University after an interruption in their collegiate education of at least one year may petition to have certain credits that are older than five years removed from the calculation of the GPA and credits earned. The renewal procedure allows the student’s academic records to be reviewed for the purpose of eliminating from grade point average computation all grades of D+ or below that were entered on the academic transcript five or more calendar years prior to the request, including transfer credit on the USU transcript. However, upon request, selected grades of D+ or below may remain on the student’s record. Petition forms are available in the Office of the Registrar and online. A $25 processing fee will be assessed.

Guidelines:

• Academic renewal does not apply to graduate students nor to students pursuing a second undergraduate degree. Once a certificate, associate, or bachelor degree is awarded by Utah State University or received from a transfer institution, any course(s) completed prior to the completion of that certificate or associate degree will not qualify for academic renewal. However, courses completed after receiving a certificate or associate degree, but before completion of a bachelor degree, are eligible for renewal if all other requirements are met.
• Academic renewal may be applied only once and is irreversible.
• An absence of one or more years must have elapsed between readmission and the last enrollment at an institution of higher education. (Note: Students must be currently enrolled at USU to apply for academic renewal.) Only credits older than five years (and taken prior to the one-year gap and readmission) may be considered for academic renewal.
• After readmission, but before application for renewal, the student must have completed a minimum of 12 semester credits with at least a 2.50 GPA at Utah State University.
• Academic renewal applies only to courses having grades of D+ or below and taken prior to readmission. All such courses will remain unaltered on the transcript with the appropriate notation added to the transcript to indicate academic renewal. Courses designated in the petition will not count for computation of GPA for earned credits, nor for satisfying any graduation requirements. Courses with a grade of C- (or P) or better will be carried forward.
• Students may apply for this renewal after they have met the guidelines listed above. They are strongly encouraged to meet with their academic advisor prior to submitting their request.