Course Repeat

The course repeat policy will not be applied automatically to a student’s GPA. After completing the second attempt of a course, a student must submit a request for GPA adjustment form to the
University Registrar’s Office.

GPA Adjustment Form

Undergraduate Course repeat and GPA adjustment policy

  1. Course Repeat Eligibility and Attempts
    1. For the purposes of this policy, an undergraduate course is any course an undergraduate student attempts for undergraduate credit at the University of Missouri (MU), regardless of the course number or level.
    2. There is no limit on the number of courses that may be repeated
    3. There is no limit on the number of attempts for a single course.
    4. Courses designated as repeatable for credit—identified by phrases such as “Repeat for Credit” or “May be repeated for credit”—may be taken multiple times for earned credit. Repeatable-for-credit courses are not eligible for GPA adjustment.
    5. All grades received in second and subsequent attempts will be included in GPA calculations.
    6. Courses repeated for graduate credit cannot be used to replace grades earned when the student was enrolled as an undergraduate.
  1. GPA Adjustment Eligibility and Attempts.
    1. Courses resulting in grades of C-, D+, D, D-, or F are eligible for GPA adjustment. Grades of C or higher are not eligible for replacement, as these grades represent acceptable academic performance and do not prevent graduation.
    2. Courses cannot be repeated on an S/U basis.
    3. The highest grade earned in any attempt of an equivalent UM System course will be used in the GPA recalculation. Only one previous attempt may be replaced, regardless of how many times the course is repeated.
    4. No more than 18 credit hours will be dropped from the calculations of the student’s GPA.
    5. Courses with “I” or “W” in the repeated attempt are not eligible to replace previous grades, as no final grade has been recorded and no GPA recalculation can occur.
    6. All attempts will remain on the transcript with a notation and explanation of GPA calculation.
    7. Students may not apply the GPA adjustment policy after they have graduated, including individuals pursuing a second undergraduate degree.
    8. Academic standing for a prior term will not be changed automatically when a course is repeated. Academic standing will be recalculated only if the student submits a GPA adjustment request in the semester immediately following completion of the repeated course and no later than the end of the add/drop period of the next semester of enrollment. Requests submitted after that window will not result in retroactive academic standing changes.
  1. Course Equivalency and Repeat Matching.
    1. If the department or course number, prefix, or credits have changed in number, prefix since the student completed the first attempt of a course, the department offering the course will verify that the subsequent course is substantially the same and the GPA adjustment policy may apply.
    2. If the initial course is a cross-listed course, a student may apply the course repeat policy if the student subsequently completes the cross-listed course offered by the alternate department.
    3. Students may replace the grade earned from the course at MU, or any other University of Missouri campus with a grade earned in an equivalent course at the University of Missouri campus.
  1. Advising and Student Responsibilities
    1. Students are strongly encouraged to meet with an academic advisor and financial aid advisor before repeating a course.
    2. Students should be aware that repeating a course may have an impact on financial aid, insurance, entrance to graduate and professional schools, participation in athletics, immigration status, and other non-academic matters.

Policy Source: Faculty Council, Article VII, B-7

Clarifying Comments

Degree credit may be earned only once for a particular course unless a department or division has, in other policies, allowed for multiple credit from that course.

For the purposes of this policy, an undergraduate course is any course an undergraduate student attempts for undergraduate credit regardless of the course level. A student may not apply the course repeat policy to a course repeated as an undergraduate student for graduate credit.

If the initial attempt of a course contained an attribute such as; honors, writing intensive, math reasoning proficiency, service learning, or computer proficiency, the second attempt is not required to contain the same course attribute for the purpose of the course repeat policy. Students should be aware that if the second course does not have the same attribute as the initial course, they will no longer be allowed to count the initial attribute toward any graduation requirement.