Improving Your GPA: Academic Bankruptcy /Repeating Courses

Academic Bankruptcy
Are of you aware of the University’s academic forgiveness policy, Academic Bankruptcy, which allows eligible undergraduate students the opportunity to replace earned grades with a WB for the approved semester(s) in which they performed poorly? Students can retake those courses if they are needed to fulfill requirements for their degree. Courses that are bankrupted will not be used in calculating the students’ GPA. One year must elapse between the time grades were earned and the Academic Bankruptcy request. Note that only students who are pursuing their first baccalaureate degree are eligible to apply for Academic Bankruptcy.

I am encouraging seniors, especially graduating seniors, to come by the Office of Academic Support Services now for a comprehensive Academic Record Check. The Check will help seniors to determine if submitting an Academic Bankruptcy application will positively benefit their GPA or help them to clean up the appearance of their transcript by removing failed courses that have been repeated. Academic Bankruptcy must be requested prior to the end of the student’s graduating semester and will be awarded only once in the student’s career at AAMU.

If you want to learn more about the University’s Academic Bankruptcy policy, please visit Dr. Leatha M. Bennett in 105 Buchanan Hall. She can be reached at 256.372.5491 or send her an email at leatha.bennett@aamu.edu.

Repeating Courses
Did you know that students can retake courses and have the second grade earned count (if it is a higher or the same grade) in your GPA calculation? To receive more information about repeating courses, please visit Dr. Bennett in the Office of Academic Support Services in 105 Buchanan Hall.