Graduate and doctoral students may repeat a course only if they earned a grade of C+, C, or F in it at Franklin Pierce University, including courses completed through a university-approved consortium agreement. A course with a grade of C+, C, or F may be repeated up to two times; a withdrawn course may be repeated without limit.*
Note: Grades of C-, D+, D, and D- are not used in graduate programs.
If an academic program establishes course-repeat requirements that are more restrictive than the University's policy, the program's requirements shall supersede and take precedence over the University policy.
Since course repeats may impact financial aid eligibility, students are highly encouraged to contact the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS) prior to repeating a course.
Students choosing to repeat a course should thoroughly review their course history, including transfer credits, with their advisor before registering. The student is ultimately responsible for the decision to repeat a course.
Once a course has been repeated at Franklin Pierce University, both grades remain on the transcript, but only the highest grade for the course is computed in the cumulative GPA. All final grades will appear on the student’s transcript.
The repeated course will be noted with an asterisk (*) and the new grade will be followed by an (R). A student may elect to take an equivalent course, with permission, at another college and receive credit for that course, but the course grade will not alter the student’s cumulative grade point average and the original grade will remain as part of their GPA.
*All withdrawn courses count as attempted credits and will not replace an earned grade.