GRADE ADJUSTMENT POLICY

Effective Fall 2000, all regularly admitted undergraduate students who were enrolled during fall 2000 or after, with the exception of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, may delete a maximum of three (3) course grades of D or F (including FA or U) associated with their undergraduate degree program from the computation of their cumulative GPA. Grades or credit considered as transfer credit, courses earned in a previously awarded baccalaureate degree, or grades that have been assigned as a result of academic misconduct are excluded from this policy.

This policy does not offer exemption from academic requirements for Auburn University degrees; adjustment only applies to grades in individual courses. All core or major requirement must be met for graduation. All courses for which a grade is awarded at Auburn University will remain on the transcript. Courses for which a grade has been deleted from the cumulative GPA will have the grade recorded and a notation on the transcript that the grade has been excluded from the earned hours and the cumulative GPA. Deletion of grades is only available to regularly admitted undergraduate students who are either currently enrolled or who have been enrolled at AU in any term from the fall of 2000 forward (with the exception of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy ) and is not available to former students who have not been enrolled since the fall of 2000. A notation of “Grade Adjustment Policy Invoked” will be noted after the Career Statistics at the top of the transcript. A notation of “Course Excluded from Earned Hours and GPA” will be noted at the end of the term for which each grade adjustment is effective.

Students should be aware that D or F/FA/U grades in required courses may be deleted from the computation of the cumulative grade-point average prior to a repeat, but must be repeated at Auburn University before graduation. Once a request for deletion of a grade has been granted and that grade has been removed from the calculation of the cumulative GPA, the grade and credit can not be restored.

For questions on University Academic Policies, please refer to the 2007-2008 AU Bulletin for more information.