Academic Renewal

Academic Renewal allows a student who experienced academic difficulties during earlier attendance at Yavapai College to have grades for a particular period of time excluded from the calculation of the grade point average. All courses and grades remain on the student's permanent academic record.

Conditions

• Before applying for Academic Renewal the student must complete at least twelve credit hours of academic course work with a grade of "C" or better in each course.
• Application for Academic Renewal may be made after a two-year waiting period from the last semester to be considered for renewal.
• Academic Renewal is granted on a semester basis, not on a per course selection basis. The student may have a maximum of four consecutive semesters (including summer) of course work disregarded in calculations regarding academic standing, grade-point average, and eligibility for degree or certification completion.
• Academic Renewal may be granted only once during a student's academic career at Yavapai College and may not extend to other institutions.
• If a student's application for Academic Renewal is approved, the student's permanent record will be annotated to indicate that no work completed during the disregarded semester(s) or term(s), even if satisfactory, may be calculated in the grade-point average or applied to completion of certificate/degree requirements. Academic Renewal is not available to students who have already completed requirements for a certificate or degree. Since the student's complete record (before and after Academic Renewal) remains on the transcript, other institutions may consider all course work when a student transfers or applies to professional or graduate-level programs.

Procedures

• The student application for Academic Renewal must be made in writing on the form obtained from the Prescott Academic Advising Center or the Verde Valley Student Services Office.
• The student's academic advisor must sign the form and attach a copy of the student's transcript.
• The application must be approved by the student's academic advisor and the Chief Academic Advisor or designee. The Registrar will then sign and note the date the transcript has been updated to reflect Academic Renewal.

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