Repeating Courses Policy
Federal regulation limits the number of times a student may repeat a course and receive financial aid for that course.
If a student gets a 'W' or an 'F' in a course, that student is allowed to repeat the course and receive financial aid (assuming he/she is meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress) until he/she receives a 'D' or better. Once the student has received a 'D' grade or better, he/she can repeat the course a second time and still receive federal aid. The third time the student repeats a course in which he/she has earned a 'D' or better, this course is no longer eligible for Title IV funds. The hours associated with the repeated course will be excluded from the student's enrollment status for financial aid purposes. However, this attempt is not excluded from the calculation for Satisfactory Academic Progress.
Listed below are a few scenarios for example purposes:
| Grades Earned |
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|---|---|
| D, C | If the student repeats the course again, that course is no longer eligible for financial aid. |
| F, F, D, W, B | If the student repeats the course again, that course is no longer eligible for financial aid. |
| F, F, D, B | If the student repeats the course again, that course is no longer eligible for financial aid. |
| F, D, W, F, C | If the student repeats the course again, that course is no longer eligible for financial aid. |
If a student retakes a course that is not aid eligible, a recalculation of aid is completed to exclude the credits for the repeated course.
This rule applies whether or not the student received aid for earlier enrollments in the course.
All repeated courses affect financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress calculations. A repeated course, along with the original attempt, will be counted as attempted credit hours.