General Regulations 1. Up to 18 units may be alleviated from a Mt. San Jacinto College transcript; however, units taken from another college(s) will not be alleviated. 2. Units alleviated may be requested for one or multiple academic terms in any combination. 3. A minimum of twelve (12) months must have elapsed since the most recent coursework to be alleviated was recorded. 4. A minimum of twelve (12) units must be completed at any accredited college or university, with a grade point average of 2.0 in all units since the last semester of requested renewal. Official transcripts are required for units completed at another institution. 5. Courses used in the major in awarding an Associate Degree cannot be alleviated. 6. A student may be granted academic renewal only once and is irreversible once posted to the transcript. Units alleviated will remain on the transcript and will be annotated appropriately but will not be calculated into the overall grade point average. 7. Academic renewal by Mt. San Jacinto College does not guarantee that other institutions outside the District will approve such action. This determination will be made by the respective transfer institutions. 8. All alleviated unit totals will count as attempted units for financial aid purposes. 9. Only substandard grades (D, F, NC and NP) can be alleviated. 10. Academic Renewal may be accomplished by submitting a petition to the Enrollment Services Department. No part of the regulations and procedures shall conflict with (a) Education Code, §76224, pertaining to the finality of grades assigned by instructors, and (b) Chapter 2.5 of Division of Title 5 (commencing with section 59020), pertaining to the retention and destruction of records, and particularly section 59023 (c) relating to the permanency of certain student records.
Course Repetition A student may repeat any course taken in an accredited college or university for the following reasons only: • The student is repeating the course to alleviate substandard work, which has been recorded on the student’s record. The term “substandard” shall be defined as course work for which the grading symbol “D,” “F,” “NC” and/or "NP" has been recorded; or • The district finds that the student’s previous semester grades are, at least in part, the result of extenuating circumstances beyond control of the student; or • The district has determined that a student may repeat a course because there has been a significant lapse of time since the student previously took the course. This applies only when substandard work has not been recorded. When a course is repeated due to a
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significant lapse of time, the District may disregard the previous grade and credit when computing a student’s grade point average. Special circumstances will be considered for course repetition in courses that a grade of “C” or better was earned when the student must meet a legally mandated training requirement as a condition of continued paid or volunteer employment. Such courses may be repeated any number of times whether or not a substandard grade is earned and each grade will be computed in the student’s grade point average. Course repetition may require prior written permission. Forms may be obtained in the Enrollment Services Office.
Procedures for Repetition of Substandard Work Students may repeat courses designated as “non-repeatable” up to a total of two (2) times (third attempt) in which substandard grades (less than “C”) were awarded. Students must submit a Petition to Repeat to Enrollment Services prior to enrolling in the course. Upon completion of a repeated course, subsequent to substandard coursework, the most recent evaluative grade earned will be computed in the cumulative grade-point average and the student’s academic record so annotated. Students may petition for a third repetition (fourth attempt) of the course if there are extenuating circumstances that justify an additional repetition. Extenuating circumstances are verified cases of accidents, illness, or other circumstances beyond the control of the student. Students must receive prior permission for the fourth attempt from the Academic Standards Committee. If the district finds the circumstances are justified, the previous grades and credit will be disregarded when re-calculating the student’s GPA after each repetition. When course repetition occurs, the permanent academic records shall be annotated in such a manner that all work remains legible, ensuring a complete and true academic picture.
Equivalent Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades Students may replace an unsatisfactory grade by repeating a course that has been revised in one of two ways: (a) the units of the revised course must be more than the units of the previous course; or (b) the units of the revised course must be one unit less than the units of the previous course. If the units of the revised course are two (2) or more units less than those of the previous course, then the student may not replace the unsatisfactory grade.
Repeatable Courses Certain activity, performance, and skill courses have been designated as repeatable courses and are identified in the catalog’s course descriptions. A student may repeat a course where substandard academic work has not been recorded when repetition is necessary for a student to meet a legally mandated training requirement as a condition of continued paid or volunteer
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