F-5: Course Repeat
Adoption Date: 12/16/91 | Revision Date: 05/18/98
Prairie State College shall institute the following two (2) categories to govern course repeats and shall establish a Course Repeat Fee when State funding is not granted. The Course Repeat Fee shall be the average State apportionment rate which shall be applied to each credit hour.
Category I (Funded Repeats)
- The College shall provide students who earn less than a C grade the opportunity to repeat a course once (at no additional cost beyond tuition and fees) in order to increase their learning and earn a higher grade. Such students shall not be charged the Course Repeat Fee for the first repeat.
- The College shall provide students the opportunity to take courses funded by the state to be repeatable (e.g. PE 101, courses in developmental education, community band/chorus) three times at no additional fee other than regular tuition and fee charges.
Category II (Unfunded Repeats)
- The College shall provide students who continue to earn less than a C grade, after a second attempt to increase their learning and earn a higher grade, the opportunity to repeat a course a third time. However, during each subsequent attempt, the student will be charged applicable tuition, fees, and the established Course Repeat Fee.
- Students who wish to repeat courses funded and approved to be repeatable (from Category I-B) beyond three times may do so for audit, provided there is a seat, but they shall be charged the established Course Repeat Fee.
- The College shall provide students who earn a C grade or higher the opportunity to repeat a course once in order to increase their learning and earn a higher grade, but they shall be charged tuition, fees and the established Course Repeat Fee.
In cases where courses are repeated for the purpose of earning a higher grade, all completed courses are to appear in the transcript; however, the later grade for a particular course shall be the only one used in grade point average calculations.