Academic Renewal Policy

Under certain circumstances, Ensign College allows students with a cumulative GPA below 2.5, who have not graduated, to petition for academic renewal. If approved, academic renewal disregards previous poor academic work at Ensign College from the student’s academic record.

Academic renewal may be applied to individual courses, across multiple semesters, once during an academic career, and may not be reversed.

To petition for academic renewal, a student must meet with an advisor and meet the following conditions:

1. Demonstrate academic progress by satisfying one of the following two requirements: 

a. During the period of time since the most recent semester in which coursework to be renewed was completed: 
i. a minimum of one year must have elapsed,
ii. the student must have earned a total of 9 credits, and
iii. the student must have an average GPA of 2.5 for the credits taken during this period.

b. The student must have met all degree requirements other than the minimum cumulative GPA requirement.

2. The semester(s) in which courses to be considered for academic renewal were taken must have a GPA below 2.5.

3. The course(s) to be renewed must have a grade of C- or lower.

If academic renewal is approved, the permanent academic record is annotated to indicate that the impacted course grades shall not be applied toward graduation requirements or GPA calculation. However, all work remains on the record to ensure a true and accurate academic history.

Students should be aware that this is an Ensign College policy and other institutions (e.g., graduate schools) are not obligated to honor it.