2020-2021 Student Catalog | Academic Policies & Procedures

Repeating Courses

A student who fails a course may repeat it once, but to do so must follow the guidelines below:

1. The student must consult with the instructor who assigned the failing grade to determine the causes for failure and to identify actions needed to avoid a repeat failure
2. Based on the outcome of the instructor-student consultation, the academic planning coordinator will oversee the signing of a contract outlining steps for the student’s successful second attempt of the course
3. All parties must sign off on the contract before a student may be registered for a repeat course

A student who wishes to repeat a course more than once must meet with the dean and submit a written petition to him including documentation relevant to steps one and two above. The dean, in consultation with the course instructor, will then determine whether taking the course a third time is an ethically responsible course of action.

When a course is repeated, the original grade will remain on the student’s transcript, but only the most recent grade for the repeated course will count toward the cumulative grade point average (GPA) even if it is a lower grade.