Overview

Academic Forgiveness provides an opportunity for students to recover from prior academic challenges thus improving their likelihood of completion.  The guiding principle is to preserve the integrity of the programme the student is expected to complete.

Eligibility Criteria

Academic forgiveness is normally applied to the following students upon re-admission to The UWI:

• Students who voluntarily withdraw and have remained out of the UWI system for at least one year
• Students who have been required to withdraw (RTW) by The UWI and have remained out of the UWI system for at least one year

Academic forgiveness is not normally applied to the following students:

• Students who transfer from another Faculty without remaining out of the UWI system for at least one year.  Such students will be considered continuing students.
• Students who have been required to withdraw but were granted a waiver to continue within the same academic year.  Such students will be considered continuing students.

Policies Governing Academic Forgiveness

• Students who have been re-admitted to UWI after a period of absence and are eligible for academic forgiveness will be advised by the Dean of the courses, if any, that may be used as transfer credits.
• The maximum number of transfer credits, which would normally be Level 1 courses.
• The Dean, with permission of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, may determine which Level II or Level III courses previously taken could be considered as transfer credits.
• The age of the courses previoulsy taken, the grade received, and the degree GPA of the student will be taken into account when determining the courses for transfer credit.