ACADEMIC RENEWAL POLICY AND
PROCEDURES
ACADEMIC RENEWAL BOARD POLICY 4240
It is the policy of El Camino College to allow previously recorded substandard academic
work to be disregarded if it is not reflective of a student’s more recently demonstrated
ability and if repetition is not appropriate to the current objectives of the student.
A student may petition to have up to 24 semester units of substandard work (D, F or WF
grade assigned) taken at El Camino College disregarded in determining the student’s
grade point average. Procedures for implementing the policy will be developed with
collegial consultation with the Academic Senate, as defined in CCR Title 5, Section
53200.
This policy supersedes the section of BP 4220 dealing with Academic Renewal.
Academic Renewal Academic Procedure 4240
A student may petition to have up to 24 semester units of substandard work (D, F or WF
grade assigned) taken at El Camino College disregarded in the determination of the
grade point average (GPA), subject to limitations as follows:
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The student must have earned a GPA of 2.25 or higher in the last 30 units of
graded work, or 2.5 or higher in the last 24 units of graded work, completed at any
regionally accredited college or university;
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At least two years must have passed since the end of a semester with a grade to
be disregarded;
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A student may be granted academic renewal at El Camino College only once;
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Units disregarded by other institutions shall be deducted from the 24 semester units
maximum of course work to be disregarded by El Camino College; and
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Course work with disregarded grades may not be used to meet degree or certificate
requirements.
Academic Renewal actions are irreversible.
Students requesting Academic Renewal may obtain an Academic Renewal Petition in
the Records Office at the Torrance campus location.
The student’s permanent academic record shall be annotated to indicate all disregarded
course work, but all grades shall remain legible to ensure a true and complete academic
history.
If another accredited college has removed previous course work from associate in arts
or bachelor’s degree consideration according to terms of that institution’s policy, such an
action shall be honored by El Camino College.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that any institution or program to which he or
she is applying will accept Academic Renewal from El Camino College.
These procedures supersede the provisions of BP 4220 dealing with Academic Renewal.
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