PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Academic Renewal Petition
Birthdate
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Name: Last First MI Student I.D. No.
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Address: Street City State Zip Telephone Number
The purpose of Academic Renewal is to disregard students’ previously recorded substandard academic
performance when such work does not reflect current demonstrated ability.
Students may request academic renewal as a means to achieve the educational goals of graduation from
Pasadena City College, completion of certificate programs, and/or enable transfer to a four-year college or
university. It is not applicable to students who wish to raise their grade point average beyond these stated goals.
• Students may petition to disregard previously recorded substandard coursework in no more 30 units of
substandard coursework accomplished at Pasadena City College once they meet the eligibility criteria.
• For the purpose of Academic Renewal, substandard coursework is defined as grades of D and F.
• Academic renewal may not be applied to any course that has been used to satisfy associate degree
requirements or CSU-GE transfer general education requirements or certificate requirements.
• Academic renewal will not remove courses from the transcript but, once approved, will not count the
courses and grades as part of the GPA.
To qualify for academic renewal, students must do all of the following:
• Wait for twelve (12) months after the course work to be disregarded is completed;
• Demonstrate recent academic ability based on the coursework they have completed at any regionally
accredited college taken after the coursework that is being petitioned for exclusion through academic
renewal. Evidence of recent academic ability includes the following:
• Completing at least 12 semester units with a minimum of 3.000 cumulative GPA, or
• Completing at least 24 semester units with a minimum 2.500 cumulative GPA, or
• Completing at least 36 semester units with a minimum 2.000 cumulative GPA
• Submit official transcripts of all college coursework attempted if from regionally accredited college or
university other than Pasadena City College;
Academic renewal by Pasadena City College may not be honored by other colleges outside of PACCD. That
determination will be made by the respective transfer institution(s).
Courses excluded through academic renewal still count as an enrollment attempt for purposes of course
repetition and financial aid considerations.
It is recommended that students see a counselor before submitting a petition for Academic Renewal.
Once a Petition for Academic Renewal is granted, the student’s permanent academic record shall be annotated
by an Admissions and Records designee in such a manner that all work remains legible, insuring a true and
complete academic history. Academic renewal actions are permanent and irreversible.
