Repeating Courses
Students may repeat a course previously taken at LMU but must be aware of the academic policy as it applies to repeated courses.
There are two ways in which a course may be repeated at LMU. The first are courses which may be repeated for credit toward the degree and these courses will state this in the University Bulletin. The second type of courses repeated at LMU are those taken to improve the GPA. These courses and their restrictions are detailed below.
- Students may repeat a course previously taken at LMU in a subsequent term at LMU once, including any withdrawals.
- The grade of the latest occurrence of the repeated course will be the one calculated into the cumulative average.
- The prior occurrence is excluded from the cumulative grade point average but remains on the transcript. Please note that although the term GPA will change accordingly, the academic status of the term will not change.
- All graded semester hours attempted are used to determine the student’s grade point average and graduation eligibility.
Note the following restrictions:
- For undergraduate students, the third time a course is taken requires approval from the Dean. Undergraduate students may not register for any course in the College of Business Administration for a third time without the written permission of the Department Chairperson of the course and the Dean.
- Courses taken on a Credit/No Credit basis may not be repeated for a letter grade.
- Courses taken on a Credit/No Credit basis may not be used as a repeat course to exclude from the cumulative average a grade of a prior occurrence taken on a letter grade basis.
- Undergraduate students may not repeat an elementary or intermediate foreign language course after successful completion of a more advanced course in the same language.
- Courses taken at LMU after a degree has been granted will not change the graduation GPA.
Questions concerning this policy should be directed to the Office of the Registrar.
Students receiving Financial Aid should also consult the Financial Aid regulations established by the Department of Education.