Code of Campus Affairs & Regulations - Kankakee Community ...

fail option themselves or to designate a course as pass/
fail option only.
Students must request the pass/fail grading option
by completing a written request in the Office of
Admissions and Registration before the midterm of
the course. Students may elect to return to the regular
grading system by filing an amended written request in
the Office of Admissions and Registration before the
mid-term of the course.
Student performance at a level of “C” or better is required
in order to receive a satisfactory grade of S. Performance
below a “C” level will be assigned an F grade
which represents no credit earned and will be included
in the grade point average and hours attempted. Satisfactory
grades in pass/fail courses are not included in
the grade-point average but are included as part of the
total credit hours earned.
The repeat course regulation applies in the same
manner to the pass/fail option as in the standard grading
system. Students who receive an F grade in a course
may repeat the course only once for the purpose of improving
their grade. Only the latter grade will enter into
the computation of the semester/term and cumulative
GPA. If a course is designated as repeatable for credit,
all applicable grades will remain on the student’s permanent
academic transcript.
4.20 Grade Forgiveness
Students who officially complete a curriculum change
may file a petition with the Office of Admissions and
Registration to exclude the D or F grade from their GPA
in KCC courses which cannot be applied to the new curriculum.
The grade will remain on the transcript and an
“X” will appear next to the grade which was forgiven.
This petition will be considered after 12 hours have been
completed with a grade of C or better in each of the
KCC courses earned toward the new curriculum. Only
KCC D or F grades earned prior to the 12 hours of new
curriculum work can be changed to X grades. Though
grades may be forgiven, students’ suspended statuses will
remain on record.
4.21 Students may file a “Grade Forgiveness Petition” with
the Office of Admissions and Registration to request removal
of D and/or F grades from computation of their
KCC GPAs if they satisfy the following conditions:
(a) The student must have re-enrolled at KCC after a
lapse of two calendar years or longer since being enrolled
in a credit division course at KCC.
(b) The student must have completed a minimum of 12
semester hours of credit division coursework at KCC
since enrolling after the lapse. These additional semester
hours must apply to his/her current curriculum,
and the student must have earned a grade of C or
better in each course. Proficiency credit and transfer
credit do not apply.
If the petition is granted, the original grade(s) will
remain on the transcript, and an “X” will appear next
to the deleted grade(s) which no longer will be used to
compute the KCC GPA.
This forgiveness policy may be used only once by
a student and does not apply to non-credit division
courses such as those with course numbers from 0001
to 0999, Adult Education courses, Continuing Education
courses, or Corporate Education courses.
4.22 Students may petition their advisor for permission to
repeat a science course required for restricted health
programs, or an occupational or developmental course,
if he/she has earned a grade of C or higher, and there has
been a lapse of time or change in course content which
justifies a need to repeat the course.
5.0 Academic Honors
5.1 To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must
achieve a semester/term GPA of 3.80 or higher while
carrying six or more semester hours.
5.2 To be eligible for the Honors List, a student must
achieve a semester/term GPA of 3.25 to 3.79 while carrying
six or more semester hours.
6.0 Academic Warning and
Suspension for Poor Scholarship
6.1 A student will be informed of academic warning at the
close of any semester/term that he/she fails to maintain
a cumulative grade point average according to the following
progressive scale:
Semester Hours Minimum Cumulative
Attempted Grade Point Average
1-15 No Minimum
16-30 1.5
31-45 1.75
more than 45 2.0
6.2 A student who is informed of academic warning must
have a conference with an advisor before he/she may
register again, and he/she may be restricted as to the
number of hours enrolled.
6.3 Students who have received academic warnings will
be allowed to finalize registration by payment of tuition
and fees for the next term/semester but will
be institutionally withdrawn if they are academically
suspended prior to the start of the next term or
semester.
6.4 A student will be suspended for academic reasons if at
the end of a term/semester the student:
(a) has been on academic warning at the start of the
current term/semester and remains on academic
warning at the end of that term/semester; and
(b) does not attain a semester GPA of at least 2.0 during
that term/semester and would remain on academic
warning at the end of that term/semester.
6.5 Students may enroll in Academic Skills Center courses,
Adult Education courses, Corporate Education courses,
and Continuing Education courses while on academic
suspension.
7.0 Readmissions
7.1 Students may be required to file for readmission to the
college if they have not attended KCC for a period in
excess of three years.
7.2 Students academically suspended for the first time from
KCC are eligible for readmission after one semester.
7.3 Students academically suspended twice from KCC are
eligible for readmission after two semesters. The summer
term does not apply to the suspension period.
7.4 Students academically suspended more than twice from
KCC must petition the Academic Appeals Committee
for readmission following a one-year suspension and
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