Academic Renewal
Procedures
A student who wishes to qualify for a degree, certificate, or General Ed Certification may request that up to 30 semester units of substandard course work taken at Hartnell may be disregarded in grade point computation.
Approval of the request is subject to the following conditions:
1. The student completes and submits a written
Academic Renewal Student Petition form to a
counselor who verifies that the following conditions
have been met:
If the request is approved, the students permanent record will
be annotated to indicate that the discounted courses do not
apply toward the degree, certificate, or General Ed Certification
requirements concerned. However, all work remains on the
record. Note that this policy only applies to Hartnell degree
requirements and it may not be accepted at other institutions.
a. The work completed in the term(s)
under consideration is substandard and
not representative of present scholastic
ability and level of performance.
b. It can be demonstrated that the level of performance in the term(s) under consideration resulted from extenuating circumstances. Such extenuating circumstances shall be those acute medical, family, or other personal problems which rendered normal academic functioning unlikely or impossible. Such circumstances must be verified in writing.
c. Two years (4 semesters, excluding summer) have elapsed since the most recent work to be disregarded was completed.
d. The student has completed 30 semester units leading to a certificate, associate degree, or university transfer requirements at Hartnell with at least a 2.5 GPA since the end of the term to be disregarded. Work completed at another institution cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
2. The petition is then submitted to the Vice
President of Student Services, Counseling, and
Admissions for approval or disapproval. If the petition
is denied, the student may petition the Academic
Council.
b. It can be demonstrated that the level of performance in the term(s) under consideration resulted from extenuating circumstances. Such extenuating circumstances shall be those acute medical, family, or other personal problems which rendered normal academic functioning unlikely or impossible. Such circumstances must be verified in writing.
c. Two years (4 semesters, excluding summer) have elapsed since the most recent work to be disregarded was completed.
d. The student has completed 30 semester units leading to a certificate, associate degree, or university transfer requirements at Hartnell with at least a 2.5 GPA since the end of the term to be disregarded. Work completed at another institution cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
