The Fostering Undergraduate Student Success policy was passed by the University of North Carolina system in an effort to improve consistency across North Carolina system campuses. The following policies comply with the UNC Fostering Undergraduate Student Success policy, which is available online in the UNC Policy Manual.
Course Repeat/Grade Forgiveness Policy
- The first four courses a student retakes will be automatically processed using grade forgiveness. In the past, students needed to petition to request each "repeat" they wanted processed using grade forgiveness.
- Students may elect to exclude one of these first four courses from this grade forgiveness policy if they submit a Grade Forgiveness Exception form by the drop/add deadline in the term in which they are retaking that course.
Academic Standing Policy
- To remain in Good Academic Standing students must maintain a:
- 2.0 cumulative GPA.
- 67% ratio or higher of cumulative earned credit hours to cumulative attempted credit hours.
- Students with a ratio less than 67% of cumulative earned credit hours to cumulative attempted credit hours will be placed on academic probation warning.
- Students on academic probation warning will be allowed to continue on academic probation warning as long as their cumulative GPA is above a 2.0.
- Students with a cumulative GPA below a 2.0 will be placed on academic probation.
- Students will continue to be limited to two semesters of academic probation before being suspended.
Course Withdrawal Policy
- Courses dropped after the drop/add period but before the end of the ninth week of a fall or spring semester will now be referred to as course withdrawals, formerly known as career drops.
- An undergraduate student is allowed to withdraw from a cumulative total of no more than sixteen (16) credit hours after the published “Drop-Add” period. (The phrase “cumulative total” should be understood to mean a total of sixteen credit hours of withdrawals over the student’s undergraduate career at Appalachian, excluding summer terms).
- A student who wishes to withdraw from a course after the published “Drop-Add” period must do so by no later than the ninth week of the fall/spring semester.
- Course withdrawals are recorded on the transcript with a W grade, count as attempted hours, do not count in GPA calculation, and are subject to all financial aid and SAP rules and calculations.
- Course withdrawal is performed through a student’s Self-Service account; no form is required.
- If you have compelling, documented extenuating circumstances, including but not limited to military deployment or hospitalization, you may complete the Request for Course Withdrawal Policy Exception form.
Term Withdrawal Policy
- Please visit the Withdrawal information page for more information on withdrawing from a semester/term.