Undergraduate Repeat Course Policy
Undergraduate students may repeat a course, but the following conditions apply:
- A student may repeat a course in which they have earned a grade of A though E. All grades will appear on the transcript, but only the last grade received will be utilized in computing cumulative hours and GPA.
- A student may not repeat a course on the CR/NC grading option. A course with an earned letter grade may not be repeated on the CR/NC grading option.
- If the designator or the course number has changed since the student’s previous attempt, the student is encouraged to email the Registrar’s Office at records@cmich.edu. This will ensure that the repeat will be noted and will be included in the current semester calculations.
- A student repeating a CMU course at another college/university must earn a higher grade than their original attempt for the course to transfer. Honor points will not transfer but the previous CMU honors points will be removed in computing the average.
- A course taken after a student graduates will not change the previously attempted grade or credit hours.
- A student is limited to 3 attempts of a course. This includes repeats where they have earned a grade of A through E, or attempts where they were awarded grades of CR, NC, I, W, Z, or X.
- This limitation does not apply to independent study and similar courses for which course content varies significantly with each offering. (Often these are courses with variable credit hours.)
- For exceptions to this limitation policy, a student may appeal to the Chairperson of the department offering the course.