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Course Repeat Policy - Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The course repeat policies listed below do not apply to a course(s) for which a grade(s) was issued as a sanction due to a violation of the University Academic Integrity Policy. If such a course is repeated, the course will not be designated as a repeat and both course grades will be averaged into the graduate cumulative grade point average. The course grade received as a sanction will remain on the student’s transcript.

Undergraduate Students

The Office of the Registrar will apply either the Summer Quarter 2011 (new policy effective June 13, 2011) or prior to Summer Quarter 2011 (old) repeat policy in the best  interest of the student’s record.

Effective June 13, 2011 (Summer Quarter 2011), the New Repeating Courses and Replacing Grades Policy

For courses in which a grade of B, C, D, F, or X has been earned, a student may repeat one or more courses with grade replacement up to a cumulative total of five grade replacements.

A course with fixed content can be retaken to affect the student’s cumulative GPA.  A course is considered a repeat with grade replacement when a student earns a grade of B, C, D, F, or X for the course and retakes the course resulting in a grade of A, B, C, D, F, or X.  All such courses will be counted toward the five-course maximum.  Withdrawals (W) are not counted as repeats.

During the term in which a student reaches the fifth repeat with replacement, should more than the fifth repeat be in progress, the course(s) with the greater number of credit hours will be applied toward the five repetitions.  If there is no difference in credit hours, the course(s) in which the grade has (have) improve the most will be applied.

For all courses repeated after a student has reached the maximum of five repetitions, each grade will be counted in the cumulative GPA.  Credit hours earned will be counted only once.

All courses repeated before the effective date of this policy will be counted toward the five-course maximum.  There will be no adjustment of GPA’s posted for previous terms.

All students subject to this policy effective June 13, 2011.  *However, continuing and returning students may petition/request to remain subject to the previous policy, and such requests will be approved for all courses repeated through Summer 2012.

*Registrar staff will automatically apply the previous repeat policy when it benefits the students without requiring the student to petition or request this action.

In calculating the cumulative GPA for the purpose of graduating with honors, only the first grade earned for a course will be counted.

Students may not repeat a course after graduation in order to alter their final GPA at the date of graduation.  A course may be repeated later, but the second grade will not affect the undergraduate GPA.

Transfer courses are excluded from the five-repetition replacement policy.  Students who have transferred courses with grades of B, C. or D may take equivalent courses at Wright State.  In those cases, the hours earned for Wright State course(s) will be counted and included in the cumulative GPA.  The hours for the transfer course will no longer be counted, but the transfer GPA will remain unchanged.Grades assigned as part of a disciplinary action may not be replaced.

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

Students in those program units whose repeat policy is more rigorous than that of the university shall follow the policy of that department, college, or school.

In some instances, repeating courses could affect financial aid or other assistance.  Student should consult with appropriate offices prior to registration.

Prior to Summer Quarter 2011 (old) Repeat Policy

**Students may repeat any course in which a grade of D, F, or X was earned, if the course was taken as part of the first 45 hours earned (including transfer hours). The course may be repeated until a grade of at least a C has been achieved. Only the last attempt for each course will be counted in the cumulative GPA as long as it is completed no later than the quarter in which the first 60 credit hours are earned (exception: or until the course is offered again, if ever, during the regular academic year). However, each grade received for a repeat will become part of the permanent record.

**Registrar staff will automatically apply this provision of the Prior to Summer Quarter 2011 (old) repeat policy when it applies to the student’s record.

***After the first 45 hours (including transfer hours), students may repeat any course in which a grade of D, F, or X was earned until a grade of C has been achieved. Each grade will become part of the permanent record and will be counted in the cumulative GPA.

***Students may repeat courses in which a grade of A, B, or C has been earned in order to increase knowledge or to meet program requirements, but the hours and points for the repeat will not be calculated in the hours earned or in the determination of the cumulative GPA. Neither will the hours or points be used to meet graduation requirements.

***These provisions of the old repeat policy are no longer relevant under the new repeat policy effective June 13, 2011 (Summer Quarter 2011).

Students may repeat courses after graduation, but the grade earned will not affect the undergraduate GPA as of the time of graduation.

Students in those program units where the repeat policy is more rigorous than that of the university shall follow the policy of that department, college, school, or division.

Graduate Students

Graduate students may repeat once any course previously taken for which the grade received was below a B. If repeated, only the hours and grade points earned the second time the course is taken will be included in the computing of the GPA and meeting degree requirements. Graduate students may repeat only two courses under these conditions. While graduate students may normally repeat once any course previously taken, they may repeat a repeated course a second time to satisfy completion of a required course. Under these circumstances, the hours and points are averaged with the hours and points received for the first repeat of the course in computing the student's GPA.