REPETITION OF COURSES

A student may repeat a course which was previously taken and received a final grade of "C" or lower. Students are permitted to repeat a course in which a grade of "B" or higher was earned only with the approval of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Courses may be repeated with only the second grade counting for the first 16 semester hours repeated. Any third and successive attempts within this 16 hours will count in the cumulative grade point average. (The total number of courses which can be repeated without the first grade counting may be varied, with each counting in succession up to a maximum of 16 hours.) All subsequent repeat hours will be counted in the cumulative grade point average with the last grade standing as the grade in the course. If a course is taken and repeated, then all subsequent repeat hours will be included in the cumulative grade point average with only the last grade for that course fulfilling the graduation requirement. This means that you can have credit for a course only one time in the calculated earned hours which apply toward the degree. The last attempt in a course is the one used to fulfill the graduation requirement. Transfer students applying for admission into the University will have their quality point averages recomputed with regard to repeats; their admission and standing will be subject to the revised average. Exceptions to this policy are students who entered this university or any other accredited college or university prior to January 1, 1984, and who were admitted or readmitted to TTU prior to spring semester 1993. For this group of students, continuous enrollment through graduation (except summer sessions) would be required. Students electing not to enroll for a regular semester or those suspended would be subject to the current repeat policy upon readmission. Prior repeats will not be removed, but no new repeat hours will be earned upon return.

Although a course may be taken at another school after having received a grade for the equivalent course at this university, it may improve the cumulative QPA but not the Tennessee Tech average. This means that a course, once taken at this university, may not be repeated at another school in order to improve the grade average on courses taken originally at Tennessee Tech.

All grades received for a course will remain on a student's transcript. A notation is added to indicate that the course has been repeated. The information showing the grade received when the course was repeated is given in the report for the semester during which the course was repeated.