UMMC Policy and Procedure Manual E-GRAD-GEN-GEN-PO-00039
Subject: SGSHS Grade Forgiveness Policy
Revised Date: 4/11/2022 Effective Date: 10/30/2019
Prepared By:
Brianna Williams
Approved By:
Sydney R. Murphy

Reviewed By:
Shanna Moulds

School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences

DOCUMENT TYPE: policy

REVIEW PERIOD: 3 years

TITLE: Grade Forgiveness Policy

PURPOSE: To set forth guidelines regarding repeat coursework enrolled students of the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences.

POLICY: Enrolled students in the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences may retake a course once, and the last grade earned in the repeated course will be used in calculating the student’s overall University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) grade point average (GPA). Although the original grade will not be calculated into the student’s overall GPA, it will remain on the UMMC transcript.   

SCOPE: All SGSHS students.