If a student does not pass a course, meet a grade requirement, or desires to retake a course to earn a higher grade, they are welcome to. Students may add the course during the allowable BanWeb registration window. Students who wish to repeat a course in which they have already earned a C or higher must contact their academic advisor to request a repeat waiver.
A students cumulative GPA will reflect the most recent completion of the course, not the best grade.
THIRD ATTEMPT
By taking the course a third time, a student must fill out the Petition for Third and Final Attempt at a Course, obtain the required signatures, and return the form to the Dean of Students Office. In this form, students must agree to change curriculum or withdraw from the University if they do not pass the course. Students are not permitted to take the class at another institution and transfer the credit back to Michigan Tech if they do not pass the course at Michigan Tech on their third attempt. The third grade earned will be the grade recorded on the students transcripts, even if a higher grade was previously earned.
Students must have the permission of the Dean of Students Office and their academic advisor for the third attempt at any one course. Courses exempt from the repeat rule are those that may be repeated for credit as indicated in the course description.
In situations where an original course is no longer offered and no active direct equivalent exists, students may seek the permission of their academic advisor and the department chair or head of the academic unit to substitute a different course (a “similar repeat”) which covers comparable material at a similar level.