The University of South Florida's Grade Forgiveness Policy permits you, as an undergraduate or non-degree seeking student, to repeat a course and have that grade computed in your grade point average in place of your original grade. The repeated course grade must be a "D" or higher. Once you are awarded a bachelor's degree, however, USF's Grade Forgiveness Policy cannot be applied to courses you took toward that degree, and you are limited to three Grade Forgivenesses with no more than one repeat per course. Also, a student receiving an "FF" grade indicating academic dishonesty cannot use the Grade Forgiveness Policy subsequent to course repetition.

All attempts at courses and grades will remain on your USF academic transcript. To indicate a course where your original grade nor accompanying credit hours earned are computed in your grade point average and that you subsequently repeated that course, an "E" will appear next to it. The repeated course will be annotated with an "I" to indicate a subsequent attempt at earning a higher letter grade.

Under unusual circumstances, a different but similar USF course may be used, if the substitute course has been previously approved by your college Dean and meets these conditions: no substantive change in original course content when the substitute course is under another prefix, number or worth a different number of credit hours or in case the substitute replaces an original course no longer offered by USF.

A subsequent attempt at earning a higher letter grade by repeating a course that is assigned the grade of "F" will result in both grades calculated into your grade point average. Repeat courses must be taken under the standard letter grading system (A-F). No repeat course taken on the S/U grading basis can have the Grade Forgiveness Policy applied. All attempts and all grades on all courses taken are computed to determine honors at graduation, and individual colleges may have further restrictions. You should consult with you college before repeating any course for grade forgiveness.

As an undergraduate or non-degree student, to apply for the potential advantage of the Grade Forgiveness Policy, you must submit a completed Grade Forgiveness Request Form (click here to download now) after grades are posted. Submit separate forms for each course you wish to have the Grade Forgiveness Policy considered.