{"id":7410,"date":"2021-02-03T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2024-2025\/?page_id=7410"},"modified":"2024-08-06T09:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:20:52","slug":"retaking-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2024-2025\/retaking-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Retaking Courses and Grade Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

RETAKING COURSES AND GRADE REPLACEMENT POLICY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Graduate and undergraduate students may retake courses, and undergraduate students may repeat courses under certain circumstances. It is important for students to understand that \u201cretaking a course\u201d and \u201crepeating a course\u201d mean very different things at Â鶹´«Ã½. These differences are explained in the procedure.<\/p>\n

PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At Â鶹´«Ã½, \u201cretaking\u201d a course is different from \u201crepeating\u201d a course. Each action is described fully below.<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduate students may, without any additional requirements, retake\u00a0once<\/em>\u00a0a course they already took regardless of whether they passed or failed it. If the course was previously passed, the student must submit a Request to Retake a Course Form in the Office of the Registrar before registering for the course.<\/p>\n

Any student who would like to retake a course\u00a0more than once<\/em>\u00a0may do so only with the permission of the Graduate Program Director (for the program the student is enrolled in) and the Academic Dean of the School that offers the course.\u00a0 (Note:\u00a0 If a student retakes a course, the course credits may only be counted once toward fulfilling degree requirements. Therefore, the credits issued for the course when it was originally taken must be subtracted from the \u201cearned credit\u201d column on the transcript and degree evaluation, and only the credits issued when the course is retaken will count as \u201cearned credit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision to retake a course is left to student discretion except when a student has earned a grade lower than what is established by the program for a prerequisite course, if applicable, or an \u201cF\u201d in a program-required<\/em>\u00a0course.\u00a0 When this occurs, the failed course must be retaken in order to successfully complete all degree requirements.<\/p>\n

Retaking a course will affect the student\u2019s transcript and grade point average (GPA) in the following ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. When a student retakes a course,\u00a0all<\/em>\u00a0courses and\u00a0all<\/em>\u00a0grades earned appear on the transcript.<\/li>\n
  2. When a student retakes a course,\u00a0all<\/em> grades earned are included in the calculation of the student\u2019s cumulative GPA, which is used for determination of academic standing.\u00a0 Only the highest grade earned is included in the calculation of the student\u2019s graduate<\/em>\u00a0program GPA, used to determine graduation eligibility.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    REPEATING COURSES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Graduate students are also allowed to \u201crepeat courses\u201d under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n

    Graduate students may choose to apply for the \u201crepeat course option\u201d which allows a grade previously earned in the course to be excluded from the cumulative grade point average (GPA) calculation.\u00a0 (Note:\u00a0 Repeating a course does not remove the previously-earned grade from the graduate student\u2019s academic transcript.)<\/p>\n

    A graduate student who wishes to repeat a course must complete the following steps and be aware of the following information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. A graduate student may repeat a course regardless of whether they previously passed or failed the course in order to try to earn a better grade.<\/li>\n
    2. The student should consult with their advisor before applying for the repeat course option.\u00a0 Any graduate students who receive financial aid and who wish to repeat a course can only repeat a course once without having any impact on their financial aid award.<\/li>\n
    3. All graduate students that are receiving financial aid are required to maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.\u00a0 If a student loses their financial aid for failure of maintaining a 3.0 cumulative GPA, they have the right to appeal through the Office of Financial Aid.<\/li>\n
    4. Graduate students who have been notified that they are suspended or dismissed and wish to appeal their suspensions or dismissals must apply for all applicable repeat courses prior to submitting written appeals for immediate reinstatement.\u00a0 Students who accept their suspensions or dismissals or who are later notified that the Dean did not accept their appeals may not apply for any repeat course options until such time as they regain probationary status.\u00a0 Suspended students who serve their suspension terms and later apply successfully for reinstatement or readmission on probationary status may again use the repeat course option.<\/li>\n
    5. All repeat course options must be requested by the time a student applies for graduation following the Graduation Application deadline posted on the Academic Calendar.<\/li>\n
    6. The following guidelines and limitations apply to repeat course option grading:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n