Freshman Privilege

Freshman Privilege is intended to help students recover from major-direction choices that turned out not to match their real interests or talents.  As a result, such students may have done poorly (D or F) in courses required by those intended programs.  To improve their chances of success, these students may petition the dean in writing to have such courses excluded from the calculation of their overall Quality Point Average.  Courses for which the privilege has been granted remain listed on the student’s transcript with a FP designation.  Students will select a major not requiring the course for which they have used Freshman Privilege. 

In general, the following courses are NOT privilegeable:

1. Those courses required for completion of all undergraduate degrees, e.g., FYS, CO100, EN103 through EN116, courses in one of the languages, PL101, RL101, and those courses intended for the completion of the University Core requirements.
2. Those courses not required for completion of any undergraduate degree (AR, CE, FA, MS, or PE). 

Please complete the Academic Petition including your request, signature, your advisor’s signature, and department chairperson’s signature before bringing the petition to the Assistant Deans Office for approval.

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