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POLICIES ON REPEATING COURSES AND INCOMPLETES
What is the policy on repeating courses?
If undergraduate students take a course two or more times, only the second and subsequent grades will count toward their GPA. This policy holds regardless of the first and second grades earned, even when the second grade is lower than the first. The repeated course must be taken within one year of the first course, or at the first time it is offered, where a course is not available to repeat within one year.
No undergraduate course may be repeated more than twice, for a total of three attempts, except the math pre-calculus sequence (MA 902, 912), which can be repeated three times, for a total of four attempts. If a student earns an F grade after the last permitted attempt in a course that serves as a prerequisite or a degree requirement, the student is then academically disqualified and is not eligible for readmission to any program with that requirement. If the last permitted attempt occurs after the first two semesters of a freshman’s time at Polytechnic, then the assigned grade can only be the standard letter grades (opposed to a grade of MR).
What does an “I” grade mean on my transcript and how long do I have to complete an Incomplete?
If a student is unable to complete the course work at the usual time due to valid reasons, such as illness or other critical emergency, the instructor may give a grade of incomplete I. The date for completion is inserted next to the I grade on the grade sheet and will be communicated directly to the student by the instructor when possible. Whenever feasible, this date will not extend beyond the intersession, in fairness to students who finish course requirements on time and to ensure that students complete prerequisites necessary for taking advanced courses. On no account will this date be later than one year after completion of the semester for which the I grade was awarded.
The grade of I is used sparingly and only in cases with valid reason, not merely because students have planned poorly or overloaded themselves. An I grade signifies that upon successful completion of the work, a passing grade will be issued.
An I grade lapses into an F if students fail to complete the course work within the specified completion date. If students reregister for a course in which an I grade was given, the I grade lapses to an F. All I grades must be converted prior to graduation.
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POLICIES ON REPEATING COURSES AND INCOMPLETES
