Some factors considered when students are dismissed are failure to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 (IUPUI’s GPA of good standing) or the school’s GPA of good standing after being placed on probation, a lack of progress toward the degree requirements in the judgment of the faculty, or a lack of acceptable ethical or professional behavior. Dismissed students are required to sit out for at least one semester following their first dismissal, and at least one full year following their second dismissal in most schools. See individual programs for more information about dismissal and readmission. Individual departments/schools may refuse to readmit students on the basis of their academic records.
Students already enrolled in and even attending classes will be administratively dropped from those classes and their money returned if they are dismissed.
Schools will notify students of their readmission status. Students may be approved for readmission, approved for a conditional readmission (e.g., for part-time but not full-time study), or denied readmission.
Students who have been dismissed but can show compelling evidence that they have corrected the problem may be allowed to return to school without delay. Petitioning for readmission between the fall and spring semesters may not be possible, however, if the school requires that the petition go to a faculty committee. Check with the recorder of individual schools to determine the school’s policy.
The 15 credit hours limit includes any course(s) previously replaced using the FX policy. A student may exercise the Grade Replacement Policy no more than two times for a single course, and once invoked, a student may not reverse the grade replacement granted in a particular course. The replaced grade will be excluded from the cumulative GPA, but the course and the replaced grade will remain on the student’s academic record with a notation indicating that the grade exists but is excluded from the cumulative GPA. The use of the forgiveness policy does not preclude a student from using grade replacement for course work taken subsequent to re-enrollment as defined by the forgiveness policy.
If the original course was taken on another IU campus, that campus must be willing to place the replacement flag on the course at IUPUI’s request.
Not all IUPUI units accept the general policy as stated above. If a student changes programs, schools, or campuses to a program that does not recognize the Grade Replacement Policy, the original grades will once again be averaged into the student’s GPA.
This policy is not available for graduate students or students seeking any second undergraduate degree. For a copy of this policy, contact the Office of the Registrar.
Audited courses do not apply toward any academic degree and do not count as part of a student’s full- or part-time load for purposes of financial aid or for loan deferments.
The tuition for an audited course is the same as that for a credit course.
Students considering this option should discuss it carefully with their academic advisor to see if this is the best choice or if another grading option, such as the Pass/Fail option, may be more appropriate.
In some cases, schools do not allow students to register for a class for credit after taking it on an audit basis. Students should consult their school recorder about this, especially before auditing a required course.
Students must pick up the audit forms from their school or division, secure the appropriate signatures, and submit the form to the Office of the Registrar by the deadline specified in the Schedule of Classes or visit registrar.iupui.edu/auditcrs.html.
Once invoked, the student may not reverse the credit status for the course.
The Forgiveness Policy is not available to students in all schools. A student granted forgiveness in one unit might have that forgiveness revoked upon transferring to another IUPUI school. This option only exists at the IUPUI campus and not at any other campus of Indiana or Purdue universities.
The general campus policy appears below. Students should contact school recorders to determine whether or not this option is available and appropriate for them. Please note that the university computer system has not yet been modified to reflect changes made to the student’s official record as a result of this policy.
Students must invoke this policy upon application for admission to a degree-granting school or submit a notification of intent to petition for academic forgiveness if not yet accepted by a school.
If the forgiveness petition is accepted, all courses previously taken will remain on the transcript, but only courses with grades of A+, A, A–, B+, B, B–, C+, C, P, and S may be counted toward degree requirements, though these grades will not count in the student’s GPA. In effect, the student will start with a cumulative GPA of 0.0, after which all the rules of academic probation and dismissal will apply. Forgiveness may be invoked only once, and it does not preclude a student from using other grade replacement options available for course work taken after forgiveness is granted. Forgiveness is only available for courses taken at Indiana University.
Visit the registrar’s Web site to see the entire policy.
Students must drop classes officially; stopping attending a class or even never attending the class does not cause the student to be dropped from the class. After the middle of the semester, students need the advisor’s and instructor’s signatures. In the final quarter of the semester, classes can only be dropped with the approval of the dean of the student’s school. Such late withdrawals are usually approved only if illness or emergencies are involved.
Dropping classes is done using the Schedule Adjustment forms, which are available at University College and the offices of most schools. The forms must be filled out, signed, and returned to the Office of the Registrar, Cavanaugh, CA133.
While Ws do not change a student’s GPA, more than ten withdrawals without well documented medical or other serious reasons will trigger the Federal Government’s definition of “not making academic progress” and may result in the loss of eligibility for certain types of aid.
Refunds are based on the following schedule:
Courses Scheduled for 9-16 Weeks
For Withdrawal during:
| 1st week of classes | 100% of course fees |
| 2nd week of classes | 75% of course fees |
| 3rd week of classes | 50% of course fees |
| 4th week of classes | 25% of course fees |
| 5th week of classes and after | NO REFUND |
Check the Schedule of Classes for exact refund dates. After the 4th week, if you decide not to attend a class, don’t just walk away from the class without officially withdrawing from the class or from the university since you will receive Fs in undropped classes.
The Office of the Bursar does not usually withdraw students from classes if they fail to pay their fees. Every student must officially withdraw from a class before the class is dropped from the student’s record. If students do not withdraw, they will be awarded a grade of F and they will be required to pay for the course before they can register for additional courses in future semesters. Neither faculty nor advisers are authorized to withdraw students from classes.
If students follow the above procedure and are still dissatisfied with the grade recorded, they may obtain a Change of Grade form in student affairs offices in all the schools. The form should be submitted to the school offering the course with documented reasons—reasons as serious as medical problems or military obligations—for altering the grade. Schools have special procedures and committees to consider petitions. The Office of the Bursar will not consider requests for refunds until a grade of W appears on a student’s record.