Undergraduate Course Repeat and Grade Forgiveness Proposal

Course Repeat / Grade Forgiveness

Repeat Policy for Standard Graded Courses

Students may repeat a course to increase their knowledge of the subject matter, because a specific grade in the course is required, or because they need to improve their academic standing. There are circumstances under which repeating a course is advisable and to a student’s advantage. There are also circumstances where repeating a course may disadvantage a student and narrow a student’s options.

Courses with A or B grades may not be repeated. Normally, courses with a C grade may not be repeated.  Courses with D or F grades may be repeated once without written permission. Some colleges require students to discuss any plan to repeat a course with their academic advisor before they register to repeat the course. A course cannot be repeated after a subsequent course in a sequence has been completed.

To repeat a course more than once requires written permission from the student’s college dean.  In all cases the original grade for the course and the grade for each repeat will appear on the transcript. Only one registration for the course counts toward the total number of credits required for graduation.

Students who have been dismissed may not appeal on the grounds of intention to repeat courses.

Certain courses may not be repeated; consult your college before repeating a course.

 

Repeating a course with Grade Forgiveness

Undergraduate students are allowed grade forgiveness in up to four repeated courses. Under the course repeat policy, all courses taken and their grades appear on the transcript in the semester in which they were taken. Under the grade forgiveness policy, the grade earned the first time the course is taken will be dropped from the calculation of the cumulative GPA and the grade(s) earned when the course is repeated will be used in the calculation.  This rule holds, even if the second grade is lower than the first.  If a course is repeated more than once, the first grade is not counted in the GPA, but all other grades for that course are calculated in the cumulative GPA.

For the grade forgiveness policy to apply, a student must declare to his or her college the intent to repeat a course for a change of grade before re-enrolling in the course.  The course must be repeated within three semesters of the receipt of the original grade, and it must be taken at UIC. Only one registration for the course counts toward the total number of credits required for graduation.