COURSE REPEAT POLICY

GENERAL: Courses may not be taken for credit more than once unless they are identified in the Catalog as "Repeatable."  If a course is repeatable, the limitations on the number of times or maximum number of credits that may be applied to the major/minor, degree or graduation credits will be inidctaed.  This policy also applies to transfer courses: a student may not take a course for credit at UW-Whitewater if the student has received transfer credit for taking that course at another institution unless the UW-Whtiewater Catalong lists the course as repeatable (except as describe below for grade point average adjustment).

REPEATS FOR GRADE POINT AVERAGE ADJUSTMENT: At the undergraduate level, students mya repeat for grade replacement any course in which they earned a grade of D or F, under the following conditions.  

1. The Student has not received credit for a higher level course in the same department for which the course to be repeated is a prerequisite or corequiste (e.g., a student who has received credit for English 102 may not repeat English 101).
2. The grade and the crdits earned in the first repeat of a course will replace those earned in the initial attempt for purposes of calculating grade point average and credits toward degree (e.g., if a student repeats a course in which a grade of D was earned and receives a B in the repeat, only the B and the credits earned in the repeat will be included in the gpa and credits to degree; if the student receives an F, only the F will be included in the GPA and the student loses the credits for the course).
3. In situatins where a course has a change i the number of credits offered (e.g., a 5-credit course beomes a 4-credit course), students who repeat for grade replacement will have credits and grades for the first replaced by credits and grades for the second attempt (e.g., a 5-credit D would become a 4-credit C, or a 4-credit D would become a 3-credit A).
4. Only the first repeat of a course may be applied to grade replacement; if the student does not earn credit for the course on tthe first repeat, any additional attempts in the course will be included in the GPA calculation until the student does earn credit for the course.
5. All repeats must be taken for conventional grades, not satisfactory/no credit.
6. Courses taken initially at UW-W may be repeated only at UW-W; they may not be taken at another institiution to replace the UW-W grade.
7. Students may repeat a D or F grade earned at a transfer institution if the course has a direct UW-W equivalent and the course was attempted only once prior to transfer to UW-W.  Students who repeat a transfer course will receive the UW-W course credits regardless of the number of credits the course carried at the transfer institution (e.g., a student repeating a 4 credit transfer course with a 3 credit UW-W course will receive only the 3 UW-W credits).  All other repeat regulatios apply.

Students are limited to a total of 3 repeats for grade replacement during their undergraduate work at UW-W, including repeats of courses transfered in. To allow for extenuating circumstances, students may be granted up to 2 additional repeats for grade replacement by appeal to the Dean of their major. This repeat regulation applies to any courses for which a student receives a grade beginning with the Fall Term 2000 and any term thereafter including Summer and Winterim.  Developmental Studies English and Math courses and not included in this regulation.

The initial attempt of repeated courses, including the grade, remains i the permanent record on the transcript even though it is not included in the gpa calculation.  Students should be aware that graduate schools and other institutuins to which they might wish to transfer may not accept repeats and may include all grades in calculating gpa for admission.

Athletes should check with their coaches before repeating courses in which grades of D was earned, as it may affect their athletic eligibility.  Students receiving veterans' benefits may not count in benefit level determination those repeat credits for courses in which Ds were previously earned.

REPEAT FOR NO CREDIT:  Under certian circumstances (e.g., if a grade of C or B is required for a student to proceed to a subsequent course or to remain in a major), a course in which a C grade (or a D grade in a repeat for grade replacement) or above was earned may be repeated, but the new grade and credits will not be included in either the semester or the cumulative gpa.  Both attempts will be reflected on the permanent academic record, with the second identified as "no credit". Students considering this option should confer with the department offering the course and inform the Registrar's Office of their decision at the time of registration, or the course registration may be cancelled.