Graduate Grade Forgiveness

Individual colleges and/or specific graduate degree programs may allow a student to appeal to petition to repeat courses under “grade forgiveness.”  An petition for “grade forgiveness” depends on and is governed by the individual Program and College Accreditation requirements.

Graduate students should refer to the specific grade forgiveness policy for their Program and College for details including the maximum number of courses grade forgiveness can be applied if allowable.

If allowable by the college and graduate degree program, the required procedure and other guidelines for the grade forgiveness policy are as follows:

1. The student must consult with their academic advisor regarding the specific appeal process in the College and Program in which the student is seeking a degree. The advisor will inform the student about the specific request process for their College and Program.
2. The student must complete and submit a written Request for Grade Forgiveness to the appropriate Committee in the College and Program in which the student is seeking a degree.  
3. All grades remain on the student’s transcript. The original course attempted will have an annotation indicating that the course has been repeated for forgiveness. Only grade earned on the second attempt will count towards the student’s GPA.
4. Both the forgiven course and the repeated course must be taken at The University of Tampa under the standard grading system (A–F, including NF and WF); forgiveness of S/U courses is not permitted. If the student withdraws from the course being repeated, the withdrawal or “W” grade cannot be used for grade forgiveness.
5. A student may apply grade forgiveness to only one course in their enrolled graduate degree program.
6. Without utilizing grade forgiveness, the student who repeats the same course at UT will receive credit only once for the course, and all grades in the course will be averaged into the student’s cumulative grade point average.
7. Students who earn an Academic Integrity violation as part of a course grade may not use forgiveness on the course.
8. The student is responsible for tuition costs related to the repeated course.