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.

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.