Extended-X (Expanded FX) Policy
Bloomington Faculty Council Action (May 3, 1994)
The council amended the F/X policy to read:
Any undergraduate student may retake a course for which he/she received
a grade below an A during the first 45 hours of coursework. A student may
exercise this option for no more than three courses, totaling no more than
10 credits. A student may use this option only once for a given course.
The student's transcript shall record both grades. For the course retaken,
only the second grade shall be counted in the determination of the student's
grade-point average (GPA). Any GPA calculated in accord with this policy
shall be marked with an asterisk denoting that a lower grade has been replaced
by a second grade in the course.
Note: This policy was implemented First Semester 2001-2002.
Courses taken prior to that term do not apply. See
Extended-X Implementation Policies. The record notation of an
"X" to the left of the course excluded from the GPA has been substituted
for an asterisk denotation mentioned in the original policy. Some schools
may not honor this policy for purposes such as school admission, graduation,
and probation requirements, and there may be other limitations on courses
eligible for the GPA exclusion; students should consult with their school
or University Division advisors before exercising this option.
The following decisions were made by the Bloomington Faculty
Council on March 6 and 20, 2001, with regard to implementation of the new Bloomington campus
grade forgiveness policy. A statement of the policy appears above.
- Only courses attempted during or after the Fall 2001 term will be eligible
for replacement under the new policy.
- Students may replace any course taken prior to or during the term in which
their forty-fifth credit hour* is earned.
- All IU coursework and any transferred course credits earned at another
institution will be included in calculating the "first forty-five hours."
- The following grades cannot be replaced under the expanded FX policy: S,
P, W, I, R, NC.
- GPA credit hours for the replaced course will be removed at the point at
which the course is replaced.
- Courses repeatable with different content are not eligible for replacement
under this policy unless a unit chooses to permit this by means of a specific
authorization procedure.
- A student may not request reversal after asking for and applying the GPA
exclusion.
- A student may not replace a grade with a second grade of W, I, R or NC.
- Students who re-enroll in a course must indicate to the school of their
major or to University Division, as appropriate, their intent to apply
the GPA exclusion policy to a specific course by the date of automatic
withdrawal.
- Initially, the Extended-X policy will adhere to FX policy (UFC documents 1975, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1987)
administrative practice and guidelines regarding
exceptional cases, where these are not in conflict with the provisions
of the Extended-X Policy nor with these Implementation Policies. A statement
of the applicable practices has been compiled and is on file with the Dean
of Faculties and with the Office of the Registrar.
- In initial implementation of the Extended-X policy, as under the FX policy
Bloomington joins all other campuses in honoring the principle that the
grade forgiveness policy on the degree granting campus is applicable for
each student. Hence, if an IUB student transfers to another campus with
more liberal grade replacement policies, IUB will honor requests from that
campus, on behalf of the student, to replace an IUB grade that may not
be replaceable under IUB policy. Were the student to return to IUB for
graduation, however, that course exclusion would not apply.
* While the grades are removed from the GPA calculation, the hours are not, and must
remain in the count towards the first 45 hours of enrollment (transfer or IU coursework)
limit set by the policy.
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