Grade Alleviation
When a D, F, FW or NP is repeated, the units and grade points of the last grade will be used in computing the student’s grade point average at Citrus College. The previous grade will be alleviated as long as no more than two prior grades are alleviated. Please review the Course Repetition article for additional information.
The students transcript will show the prior substandard grade and indicate that the grade was alleviated. No action is required by the students, when GPA is calculated at the end of each term, Admissions and Records will automatically alleviate course work. If you believe there is an error on your transcript, please submit a help request.
A student who subsequently repeats a course at another accredited college may request to alleviate a final grade of D, F, FW or NP earned for the same class at Citrus College. The student must file a petition and verify the grade with an official college transcript. The students transcript will show the prior substandard grade and indicate that the grade was alleviated.
Grade alleviation does not apply when repeating for one of the following exceptions: cooperative experience, disabled student repeating a special class, student repeating a legally mandated course, and student repeating because of a significant change in industry or licensure standard. For repeatable courses, a subsequent passing grade shall alleviate an immediately preceding substandard grade.
Academic Renewal
Academic renewal allows for the alleviation of prior substandard work based on recent academic success. Students may request academic renewal as a means to achieve the educational goals of graduation from Citrus College, completion of certificate programs, and/or enable transfer to a four-year college or university. It is not applicable to students who wish to raise their grade point averages beyond these stated goals.
- Only units taken at Citrus College may be disregarded, not units from other colleges.
- A maximum of twenty-four units may be alleviated from not more than three semesters of work.
- A minimum of eighteen months must have elapsed since the end of the term of substandard work to be disregarded.
- In the most recent work completed, after the work to be disregarded, a minimum of 15 units must have been completed at any accredited college or university, with a grade point average of a 3.0, or 30 units with at least a 2.5 GPA, or 45 units with at least a 2.0 GPA.
- A student may only be granted academic renewal once.
- Only substandard grades of “D”, “F”, “FW”, “NC”, or “NP” can be disregarded.
- A student who received a degree or certificate at Citrus College may not academically renew those courses used to meet the graduation requirements for that degree/certificate.
In cases where the requirements has been verified, the academic renewal petition will be granted and the students academic transcript will be properly annotated.
Academic renewal by Citrus College does not guarantee that other institutions will honor the elimination of units from consideration in the grade point average. It is a student’s responsibility to confirm with a transfer institution whether academic renewal will be accepted. When academic renewal is approved, the student's permanent academic record shall be annotated in such a manner that all work remains legible, insuring a true and complete academic history.
If the student has been granted academic renewal by another accredited college, that renewal is honored at Citrus College. However, the number of semester units allowed to be disregarded at Citrus College will be reduced by the number previously disregarded by the other accredited college.
Please schedule an appointment with a counselor to begin the academic renewal process.