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The Registrar may issue a visiting student letter to a student who maintains legal domicile outside theMethodist University service area (Cumberland County and its contiguous counties) and who wishes tocomplete course work during the summer from an institution near his/her domicile. A visiting student letterwill not be issued to a student to attend an institution within the Methodist University service area(Cumberland County and its contiguous counties).A student may also enroll in an online course provided the legal domicile of the student and theaccredited institution are outside of the Methodist University service area. Online course credit will not beaccepted if Methodist University is offering an equivalent course online.Any one visiting student letter will not authorize more than nine semester hours of credit and will not beissued to replace the grade of a course previously taken at this institution.A student seeking teacher licensure only or lateral entry must complete all courses listed on theIndividualized Education Plan (IEP) prepared by the Education Department at Methodist University.GUIDELINES AND AIDS FOR STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIESA student at MU may have one of five official standings: Good Standing, Academic Warning,Academic Probation, Academic Suspension, or Academic Expulsion. For the purposes of the followingpolicies, the Fall semester included the day program and the corresponding Fall evening terms and onlineprogram. Likewise, the Spring semester includes the day program and the corresponding Spring eveningterms and online program. The summer session includes the day and evening terms and the online program.Academic standing is assessed at the end of the Fall and Spring semester. A student in Good Standing has acumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher. A student with a cumulative GPA of 1.999 or lower will be placed on ofthe following standings: Academic Warning, Academic Probation, Academic Suspension, or AcademicExpulsion.Course Repeat PolicyAny single course may be repeated up to two times, meaning that a student may take any course a totalof three times. Cross-listed courses are considered to be one course and can only be repeated twice in anycombination. Special topics courses covering the same topic can also only be repeated twice. The exceptionto this repeat policy is for applied classes in music and theater where performances and lessons continue toenroll students in the same course to gain increased proficiency. Examples include ensembles, chorales,workshop classes, and applied proficiency lessons.Students who fail a course required in the core three times will not be eligible for graduation in anyprogram. If a student fails a required course for any major, minor or concentration three times, the studentwill be ineligible to graduate with that major, minor, or concentration.Any graded course will be considered a formal attempt at repeating a course except WP, WD, and audits.Consult program graduation requirements for any applicable time limitations. Grades originally awarded atthis institution must be repeated at this institution if the new grades are to be recorded on a MethodistUniversity transcript. Pass/fail, CLEP, DANTES, Directed Studies, Independent Studies, and coursechallenges cannot be used to replace previously earned academic grades. A transfer grade cannot replace agrade earned at Methodist University.Grade Forgiveness PolicyGrade forgiveness means that when a course is repeated, the highest grade is the grade of record. Astudent may repeat any course or combination of courses twice and the highest grade will be the grade ofrecord, and the other grades are not included in the GPA. The other attempts will remain on the student’stranscript. Grade forgiveness is allowed for only three single courses or combination of courses for a totalof three letter grades that can be forgiven. After a student exceeds the forgiveness policy, all future gradesfor any course or combination of courses will count in the calculation of the GPA.25