Retroactive Semester Withdrawal

AS OF 9/2/22 THIS POLICY IS IN MORATORIUM IN PERPETUITY.

More information is available in the Important Policy Update Pertaining to Withdrawals notification sent to campus by the Office of the Provost. 

  • Course Repeats
    • Initial grades will be marked as repeated and remain on the transcript, but they will not be used in the GPA calculation
    • All courses repeated remain on the permanent record but only the last grade received is used to determine credits earned and in calculating the grade point average.
  • Academic Forgiveness
    • Allows a student who returns to the university after a minimum absence of 3 years and completes 30 credits, with a minimum GPA of 2.5 across those 30 credits, to select prior semester(s) they wish to have excluded from their GPA.
  • Grade Change for Single Courses from NF to W
    • Students can have NF grades changed to a W on their transcript by emailing grading@mso.umt.edu from their UMontana email with their 790# and paying the $10 fee charged to their student account.