Repeating a Course
- Students may attempt a course or its equivalent up to two times without prior permission.
- Students seeking to attempt a course or its equivalent three or more nm.es must discuss success strategies with an academic counselor prior to registering for the course.
- Under no circumstances may a student take a course more than five times.
- Attempts include currently enrolled courses, transferred coursework, withdrawals, incompletes, audited courses, and courses with a final letter grade awarded.
- Classes dropped during the add/drop period are not counted as an attempt.
- When a student repeats a course, only the higher grade is computed in their Grade Point Average (GPA). All grades remain on the student’s academic transcript
- Students receiving financial aid have additional restrictions on repeating courses. Please refer to the Financial Aid Course Repeat Policy at massasoit.edu/finaid for more information.
Exceptions to the College Course Repeat Policy:
- Repeating a course may not be allowed in specific programs with outside accreditation. In those cases, the specific program’s policy will supersede this policy.
- Failing grades that were removed from a student’s GPA through an approved Academic Forgiveness appeal will not count toward the five-attempt maximum; students will still need to complete the Course Repeat Request Forms as detailed above.