Repetition of Courses and Limit on Replacement of Grades

Undergraduate students may attempt to improve their grade point average by repeating a maximum of 16 units of coursework and excluding the previous work.  The coursework must be taken for undergraduate credit before receipt of a bachelor’s degree.  The units for the excluded coursework will not be used in the calculation of the grade point average and will not be used to satisfy the requirements toward graduation.   The excluded coursework will remain on the student's permanent record, but will be annotated as excluded from the grade point average through repetition.  The following regulations apply to exclusion of coursework:

• The student must file a Repeated Course Notification form in the Registrar’s Office after the course repeat has been completed.
• Students should make course repeat decisions in consultation with their advisors.
• The maximum of 16 units may be met in a variety of ways, including repeating several courses once or one course multiple times.
• Only grades of C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, or WU may be replaced under this policy. An incomplete grade (I) may not be replaced under this policy.
• Work to be replaced may include courses previously taken at other institutions, prior challenge attempts, and Extended University courses, as well as courses taken through regular enrollment at this University.
• The replacement coursework must be taken at Cal Poly Pomona through regular or Extended University enrollment.
• A course taken at this University to replace a course taken at another institution must be determined to be equivalent to the original course by the chair of the department offering the replacement course.
• A course taken at this University to replace another Cal Poly Pomona course with a different catalog course number must be determined to be equivalent to the original course.

When a course is designated in the catalog as “May be repeated,” the student may repeat the course up to the maximum indicated in the course description and all of the grades received will be included in the calculation of the grade point average.  When a course is not designated as “May be repeated,” a student cannot reenroll to improve their grade point average if they have already received a C+ in the course.   

Scholastic Requirements

Students may enroll in, but may not receive credit for, courses that are prerequisites to courses already passed with a C+ or better (eg., No credit will be awarded for MAT 106 after completion of MAT 114 with a C+ or better.)  Exceptions may be requested by General Academic Petition.  Students who wish to review course material may enroll in the course on an audit (“AU”) basis.

Advanced Placement

Students may not receive credit for a course for which they already have received credit from an AP examination