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Repeating Courses

With the exception of repeatable courses, undergraduate students may only attempt to repeat a course for a third or subsequent attempt by adding the courses with instructor, department chair and college dean approval. With respect to registration for the course, grades of w are not considered an attempt. All attempts appear on the permanent record, but only the most recent attempt will count toward the Humboldt State cumulative grade point average and units earned toward the degree. Exceptions occur in cases where an academic program on campus specifically designates that a course is repeatable so that the automatic repeat process does not take place. For instance, JMC 327 is set up by the department to be repeatable 4 times. This means that 5 attempts of this course will count toward the student’s grade point average.

Students should submit a Repeat Policy Petition to the Academic Information & Referral (AIR) Center, SBS 133, if special circumstances are involved (form available at the AIR Center). Repeating a Humboldt State course that was previously taken at another college may require permission from the university department offering an equivalent course (if the equivalency has not been established by an articulation agreement). Additionally, the department chair must sign a Student Petition, if applicable, which is available at the AIR Center. In order to override the Humboldt State automatic repeat policy, the student needs approval of the department chair on a Student Petition.

The grades of I, NC, RP, RD and W are not considered as attempts for grade point average computation. Contact the Academic Information & Referral (AIR) Center, SBS 133, regarding courses taken prior to fall semester 1996. Please note: Some universities calculate all attempts of every course and ignore the undergraduate grade point average provided by Humboldt State for post-baccalaureate programs (e.g. graduate level programs, law school, medical schools).

Students who are pursuing a second bachelor’s degree or who are unclassified post-baccalaureate students are eligible to use the undergraduate repeat policy. Students should submit a petition to the Academic Information & Referral (AIR) Center, SBS 133.

Graduate students may repeat courses; however, all grades will appear on the permanent record and count in the grade point average. The units earned toward the degree count only once.

Note: A student may not take a course at Humboldt State, repeat it at another college, and then use the repeat policy to remove the Humboldt State course from the grade point average.