Repeating Courses

1. Repeating a course at UW-Stevens Point that was originally taken at UW-Stevens Point.

If you are an undergraduate student completing the first repeat of a course in which you received a D+, D, or F, you may do so without approval. If you are a graduate student and need to repeat a graduate course, you must have the authorization of your Program Director.

A second repeat of a course in which you received a D+, D, or F requires authorization from your adviser and the department chair (or equivalent) in which the course is offered, BEFORE you register for the course. Important Note: Repeating course work has an impact on financial aid - see policy below in Section D.

Adviser and department chair (or equivalent) permission is required to repeat any class in which you received a C- or better. Repeats of a C- or higher are typically reserved for extenuating circumstances. Repeat permission must be obtained BEFORE you register for the course. Important Note: Repeating course work has an impact on financial aid - see policy below in Section D.

If you repeat a course at UW-Stevens Point, which you had initially completed at UW-Stevens Point:

• The credit(s) and grade you earn in your most recent attempt will replace the previously earned credit(s) and earned grade.

• GPA Impact: Your UWSP GPA (cumulative GPA), UWSP & Transfer GPA (overall GPA) and any major, minor or certification GPAs impacted by the repeat will be recalculated using only the grade earned in the most recent attempt.

• Degree Progress Report (DPR): All GPAs impacted (see above) by the repeat will be updated on the DPR. The original and repeat grades will both appear on the DPR, under the Course History section.

• Transcript: The UWSP cumulative GPA will only include the grade earned in the most recent attempt. The original and repeat grades will both appear on the transcript, under the term in which the attempts were taken.

Any required repeat approvals should be authorized prior to registering for the course. Failure to obtain required repeat approval prior to registering may result in being unenrolled from the course.

B. Repeating a course at another institution that was originally taken at UW-Stevens Point.

• UWSP courses in which you received grades of D or better, that you repeat at another institution, will not be accepted as transferable courses at UW-Stevens Point.

• UWSP courses in which you received a grade of F may be repeated at another institution and will be accepted as transferable courses. The credit(s) and grade you earn in your most recent attempt will replace the previously earned credit(s) and earned F grade.

• GPA Impact: The original F grade will be removed from the UWSP GPA (cumulative GPA), UWSP & Transfer GPA (overall GPA) and any major, minor or certification GPAs. The earned grade from the repeat will be included in the UWSP & Transfer GPA (overall GPA) and any major, minor or certification GPAs. The grade earned in the repeat attempt will not be included in the UWSP GPA (cumulative GPA) since the repeated course was not taken at UW-Stevens Point.

• Degree Progress Report (DPR): All GPAs impacted (see above) by the repeat will be updated on the DPR. The original and repeat grades will both appear on the DPR, under the Course History section.

• Transcript: Courses repeated at another institution will not appear on your UWSP transcript. The UWSP GPA (cumulative) will be recalculated to exclude the original F grade. The original course and grade will appear, under the term it was completed.

C. Repeating a course at UW-Stevens Point that was originally taken at another institution.

• Grades earned at another institution may be repeated at UW-Stevens Point provided you follow the same approval process as if the original grade was earned at UW-Stevens Point.

• GPA Impact: Your UWSP GPA (cumulative GPA), UWSP & Transfer GPA (overall GPA) and any major, minor or certification GPAs impacted by the repeat will be recalculated using only the grade earned in the most recent attempt.

• Degree Progress Report (DPR): All GPAs impacted (see above) by the repeat will be updated on the DPR. The original and repeat grades will both appear on the DPR, under the Course History section. The original attempt will be statistically removed from the total number of transfer credits earned.

• Transcript: The UWSP cumulative GPA will only include the grade earned in the most recent attempt. Only the repeat grade will appear on the transcript, under the term it was completed. The original attempt will be statistically removed from the total number of transfer credits earned.

D. Repeated Courses and Financial Aid.

In some cases, repeated courses will not be funded by federal financial aid. Department of Education regulations specify the types of repeated coursework that are allowed for financial aid. The U.S. Department of Education defines a D or above as a passing grade and will fund only one additional attempt for a repeated course above a grade of D. (See the chart below for specifics). If you withdraw from a course you are repeating, the W received will count toward the calculation of Satisfactory Academic Progress. For the purposes of calculating repeated coursework funding and Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid, all repeats of courses are considered, whether taken at UW-Stevens Point with a grade received or transferred credit from another institution applied toward the completion of a degree.

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