Course Retake Policy (Extended-X)
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 Any GPA calculated in accord with this policy shall be marked with an asterisk denoting that a lower grade has been replaced by a second grade in the course.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.
On April 21, 2009, the Bloomington Faculty Council amended the Extended-X Policy as summarized below. The amendments are in effect beginning with the Spring 2010 academic term::
- Eliminated the rule restricting eligible courses to those taken in the first 45 hours.
- Modified the Implementation Policy related to the timetable for student application, changing the deadline to the Pass/Fail deadline for the retaken class (previously, the Automatic W deadline.) See Implementation Policy 7, below. The Extended - X / Pass/Fail deadline is generally in the third week of a regular, sixteen-week term, but is adjusted for sessions of shorter duration, such as first eight-week and second-eight week sessions. To determine the Extended - X application deadline for a specific class, consult the Official Calendar, Bloomington Campus, as found in this Bulletin.
Note: Undergraduate courses beyond the first 45 hours retaken prior to Spring 2010 will not be eligible for Extended - X due to the policy restrictions in effect at the time the course was retaken, and also due to the application deadline for the retaken course being past.
Below is the revised Extended-X Implementation Policies, as approved by the Bloomington Faculty Council, April 21, 2009. The Implementation Policies have been renumbered into a newly-consolidated list.
Extended-X (Amended-FX) Implementation Policies
Bloomington Faculty Council Action (Circular B37-2001; March 6 & 20, 2001; amended Circular B23‐2009, April 21, 2009)
- Only courses attempted during or after the Fall 2001 term will be eligible for replacement under the policy. Provisions approved April 21, 2009, go into effect for the Spring 2010 term.
- The following grades cannot be replaced under the Extended‐X 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 Extended-X policy to a specific course by the Pass/Fail deadline specific to that course.
- 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 Vice Provost for Undergraduate Edcation and with the Office of the Registrar.
- In implementation of the Extended-X policy, as under the FX policy, Bloomington joins all other campuses in honoring the principle that the grade forgiveness/course retake 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.
Note: Some schools may not honor this policy for purposes such as school admission, graduation, and probation determination.
