Any currently enrolled full-time University of Pikeville undergraduate student who has returned to the university after sitting out at least one calendar year may petition the Faculty Executive Committee for academic amnesty (forgiveness) for course(s) previously taken at the University of Pikeville. Students may apply for amnesty at any time after the one-year break. To be eligible to apply for amnesty, a student must have earned “D” or “F” grades at the University before the year out. Amnesty requests will only be considered after the student has successfully completed 12 semester hours with a 2.5 GPA or better, or after the student has successfully completed at least 24 semester hours with a GPA of 2.0 or better.
Courses taken during amnesty semesters and passed with a grade of “C” or higher will remain on the transcript and may be used to satisfy prerequisites, major/minor, and/or General Education curriculum requirements. However, courses passed during the amnesty term(s) will not be used to calculate total GPA or to apply toward the minimum total hours required for the bachelor’s or associate degree. Academic Amnesty may be granted only once and once granted, is irreversible. Amnesty may not be used to improve the GPA for consideration for graduation with honors.
To apply for amnesty, a student will work with their academic advisor to develop an application to be submitted to the chair of the Faculty Executive Committee. The application must include: a letter to the committee explaining the need for amnesty and identifying courses/terms to be amnestied as well as a copy of the student’s University of Pikeville unofficial transcript.