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Part 1: General Regulations

505. 
Repetition of Courses
Repetition for credit of courses not so authorized by the appropriate Committee on Courses is allowed subject to the following limitations:
  • 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. Am 11/24/81, Rt by Assembly 5/26/82, Am 5/24/83, Rt by Assembly 5/9/84
  • 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. Am 5/29/79
  • 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. Am 11/24/81, Rt by Assembly 5/26/82
  • 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. Am 5/29/79, Am 11/24/81, Rt by Assembly 5/26/82
  • 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. En 11/24/81, Rt by Assembly 5/26/82, Am 4/25/95
  • F)
    The first 16 units of courses that have been repeated by an undergraduate student and for which the student has received a grade of D, F, or NP shall not be used in grade‑point calculations unless the course is repeated by a student who has admitted to or been found guilty of academic dishonesty; in which case the units for both the initial course and the repeated course shall be counted in grade-point calculations. Am 4/1/75, Am 5/29/79, Am 11/24/81, Rt by Assembly 5/26/82, Am 4/25/95, Am 11/25/03