ACADEMIC POLICY
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Courses Repeated and Redeemed
Any course repeated is done with the understanding that the last grade
earned will take precedence over all previous grades earned. All work
attempted and all grades earned will be shown on the student’s transcript.
A student who has passed a course with a grade of “C” or higher may only
repeat the course on an audit basis. A student who has earned a grade
of “C‑” or below in a course may redeem the course under the following
conditions:
(1)
A course may be redeemed only by repeating the same course at
Birmingham‑Southern College.
(2)
Before a course taken elsewhere may be redeemed, the Dean of
Records and the chair of the appropriate department must approve the
choice of the course to be taken.
(3)
No credit will be granted for the first time the course was taken, and
the first course will be listed on the student’s transcript as “redeemed.” The
grade from the first course will appear on the transcript but will not be used
to compute the student’s grade point average.
(4)
A student may redeem a course a second time, but in such a case
both the second and third grade will be used to compute the student’s
grade point average.
(5)
A student receiving a grade of “C-” or below in a first-year
explorations in scholarship seminar may redeem the unit from the regular
curriculum. The course chosen to redeem the unit must be approved by
the faculty member whose course is being redeemed, the student’s advisor,
and the chair of the department of the faculty member whose course is
being redeemed. In the case of redemption, no credit will be granted for
the original course. It will remain listed on the transcript as “redeemed.” If
redeemed, the grade for the original course will appear on the transcript but
will not be used to compute the student’s grade point average. The first-year
explorations in scholarship seminar requirement will be satisfied by virtue
of enrollment regardless of the grade earned.
Grade Appeal Policy
Birmingham-Southern College supports the academic freedom of
faculty members in assigning students a final grade. If a student believes
an error has been made in the calculation or recording of a final grade, he
or she should immediately alert the professor. Beyond such errors, formal
appeals of
final
grades are granted only when there is
clear and convincing
evidence that the final grade was “arbitrary and capricious, irrational,”
or “made in bad faith” [Susan M. V. New York Law School, 556 N.E.
2
nd 1104, 1107 (1990), 76 N.Y. 2nd 241, 557 N.Y.S. 2nd 297]. Students
should understand that an allegation that a final grade was arbitrary and
