17. Retaking a Course

a.  Students may retake any course. Each course counts only once as credit hours in the academic program.  Permission must be obtained from the Dean’s Office for a third or subsequent attempt at a course. In accordance with Regulation 6b, only the highest grade is included in the cumulative GPA.

b.  In the cases where courses have been renumbered, changed in level, or where a six (6) credit hour course (formerly referred to as a “full course”) has been split into two three (3) credit hour courses (formerly termed “half courses”) or vice versa, a student who received credit hour recognition for the original course is not entitled to repeat the course in its new format or on its new level for additional credit hour recognition.

c.  Students will not ordinarily be given credit hours for a course taken at another educational institution which they have already taken and failed at Saint Mary’s.