Repeated Courses

If a student earns a D or F in the same major class twice, only with approval from the department chair and after signing a statement of awareness of the impact of the decision on financial aid may a student take a course in their major a third time; students must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in order to be eligible. In no case may a student take any one elective or General Education course more than twice during their entire career at MMC. This policy does not apply to certain courses for which content changes, e.g. Directed Study (298, 398), Special Topics. See Department Listings for Course Codes.
If a student repeats a course, both grades are calculated in the student’s cumulative GPA, unless a student has an approved Grade Waiver Petition for the course (see above).
In all cases, the credits for the course will be granted only once in determining a student’s total credits completed.
Students who fail a course twice:
1. will, in the case of General Education Foundation courses (Writing Seminar sequence and Mathematics), not be allowed to continue studies at MMC;
2. may, in the case of a course in the student’s major, be required to declare a new major in order to continue his/her studies at MMC at the discretion of the department chair.
D grades will be credited toward the degree, but not toward the fulfillment of requirements in the major or an elected minor. A student receiving a grade of D or below in a required major or elected minor course must repeat the course. When a student repeats a course, both the D grade and the new grade compute in the cumulative grade point average. The credit for the given course is only counted once toward the degree. In the case of required general education and elective courses the grade of D is acceptable and does not require repetition. Should a student elect to repeat a course in which a D was earned, no additional credit will be granted for the repeated course. If a student earns a D or F in the same major class twice, only with approval from the department chair and after signing a statement of awareness of the impact of the decision on financial aid may a student take a course in their major a third time; students must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in order to be eligible. In no case may a student take any one elective or General Education course more than twice during their entire career at MMC.

NOTE: Repeating a course may adversely affect a student’s full-time status for financial aid purposes.