APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT 1 AUGUST 1991
 
  A.   Policy
 
       It is the policy of the University of Maryland at College Park to
       allow undergraduate students returning to the campus after a
       separation of at least five calendar years to petition for the
       removal of a limited number of unsatisfactory or failing grades
       earned previously at UMCP.
 
  B.   Criteria
 
       In order to obtain academic clemency the following must be met:
 
       1.  The student must be readmitted or reinstated at UMCP.
 
       2.  The student must be registered for classes at UMCP.
 
       3.  The student must have been separated from UMCP and not
           enrolled in any other four year degree program for a
           period of at least five full calendar years.
 
  C.   Procedures
 
       1.  The student must file a written petition with the
           appropriate dean.
 
       2.  The petition must contain:
 
            a. the student's name and social security number;
           b.  the dates the student attended UMCP;
           c.  a list of the courses the student wishes to have
               removed from the calculation of the grade point
               average.  A maximum of sixteen credits may be
               removed.
 
       3.  The petition must be filed as soon as possible within
           the first semester of the student's return to UMCP.
 
       4.  The dean shall decide which, if any, of the courses
           should be excluded from calculation of the student's
           grade point average, and shall notify the student in
           writing of the decision. No more than sixteen credits
           may be excluded.  The decision of the dean is final, and
           approval is neither automatic nor guaranteed.  If the
           student subsequently changes to another college, the
           decision of the original dean remains in effect.
 
        5. Courses which are excluded are designated on the
           transcript with the notation E.C. (excluded credit) and
           are not counted toward graduation requirements, or in
           the calculation of grade point average.