Senate Regulation 505

Repeating courses

Repetition of Courses

Repeating a course: which grades may be repeated, how many units, how the GPA is recalculated

Area

Grades & academic standing

Supersedes

Nov 25, 2003

Effective

May 19, 2020

Issued by

Academic Senate

Read the official policy

Clause by clause

7 clauses in 1 section

§A – §F.2ClausesA student may not repeat a course for which a grade of A+, A, A‑, B+, B, B‑, C+, C, C‑, I, P, or S is recorded on his or her transcript, with the exception that a student who receives a grade of C- in a course that is approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement may repeat the course as provided in Regulation 600(L).7

§A
A student may not repeat a course for which a grade of A+, A, A‑, B+, B, B‑, C+, C, C‑, I, P, or S is recorded on his or her transcript, with the exception that a student who receives a grade of C- in a course that is approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement may repeat the course as provided in Regulation 600(L).
§B
Courses in which a grade of D or F has been awarded may not be repeated on a P/NP or S/U basis.
§C
Undergraduate students may repeat a course in which a grade of NP has been awarded for a P/NP or letter grade, if applicable. Graduate students may repeat a course in which a grade of U has been awarded on an S/U basis only.
§D
Repetition of a course for which a student's transcript bears two or more entries with grades among D, F, NP, or U requires the approval of the appropriate provost or dean, with the exception that a student who receives a grade of D, F, or NP in a course that is approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement or its prerequisite may repeat the course in accordance with Regulation 600(L) without approval of the appropriate provost.
§E
All grades received by a student shall be recorded on the student's transcript unless changed in accordance with Regulation 500(H). A student may receive degree credit for a course only once, unless the course has been approved for repetition.
§F.1
The first 16 units of courses, excluding courses approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement or their prerequisites, that are repeated by an undergraduate student after receiving a grade of D, F, or NP shall not be used in grade‑point calculations. In the case that a course is repeated by a student who has admitted to or been found guilty of academic dishonesty, both the units for the initial course and the repeated course shall be counted in grade-point calculations.
§F.2
Courses that are approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement (see Regulation 600(L)) and their prerequisites that are repeated by an undergraduate student in which they receive a grade of C-, D, F, or NP shall not be used in grade-point calculations. In the case that a student has admitted to or been found guilty of academic dishonesty for one of these courses, the units for that course shall also be counted in grade-point calculations. If a student completes more than one of the courses approved to satisfy the Entry Level Writing Requirement, only the course in which the student earned a grade of C or above shall be used in grade-point calculations.