Repeating Courses
A student may choose to repeat a Neumont course in order to improve their cGPA. Credit is only given for the last grade earned when repeating a course. Repeated course grades on student transcripts are marked by **. The first attempt will also be shown; however, the student's cGPA is recomputed to count only the most recent attempt. All repeats are charged at the current tuition rate.
Credits may only be earned once per course. If a student retakes a course, they earn credits just once, but credits from each enrollment count toward credits attempted for the purpose of calculating pace.
Repeating a course may have an impact on a student’s eligibility for Title IV funding. It is irrelevant the reason(s) that a student retakes a course; whether the retake course is a requirement to meet GPA or graduation requirement or the student has personally chosen to retake the course to improve their grade. Federal regulations allow students to receive federal aid for only one repeat of a previously passed class. The Department of Education considers any grade above an F to be passing, even if an institution requires a higher grade for the student to earn credit. This means that a grade of C-, D+, D, or D- will be considered a passing grade for the purposes of this repeating courses policy only, even if the school or program policy requires a higher qualitative grade to have been considered to have passed the course. For example, if a student receives a "W", "IW", "WS", "LW" or an "F" in a course, the student is allowed to repeat the same course and receive federal financial aid (assuming the school's Satisfactory Academic Progress is met) until a D- grade or better is earned for the class. Once the student receives a D- grade or better, a student can repeat that same course a second time and still be eligible for financial aid support. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information and to discuss the application of this policy.