If your earn a grade of CD or below in a course, the course may be repeated. By repeating a course, you have the opportunity to learn the material better, which will help you in future courses as well as improve your GPA. It is strongly recommended that students earning a CD or below repeat the course before going on to the next course. Below is a list of how it works:
- You may repeat courses with a grade of CD or lower.
- The most recent grade is used in your GPA calculation, even if it is lower than the previous grade.
- Your official transcripts will indicate NR (no grade– repeated) for any earlier attempt(s) at the course.
- You may repeat a course no more than two times (i.e., take a course three times).
- Special permission from the Dean of Students (170 Administration Building, deanofstudents@mtu.edu, 906-487-2212), Financial Aid, and your academic advisor is required to repeat a course a second and final time.
If you have questions regarding which classes to re-take you should contact your academic advisor.
To see how repeating a course will change your GPA, you can calculate your grade point average (GPA), the following equation is used:
GPA = Σ(Credits × Grade) ÷ ΣCredits
where the letter grade in a class is first translated to points earned (A = 4 points, AB = 3.5 points, etc.).
When a course is transferred from another institution to Michigan Tech, the grade is not transferred. Therefore, the credits and the grade for the transferred class are not used in the Michigan Tech GPA calculation.