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Passed Courses

A passed course is one in which the student has achieved a grade of D or better. A student who has received a passing grade for a course may not repeat that course or take an equivalent or excluded course for degree credit.

However, students are allowed to retake a passed course once for academic degree or certificate credit only if the student has failed to achieve sufficient standing to proceed in a core or prerequisite course in a degree or certificate program and if no alternative remedies are provided. When a student is allowed to repeat a passed course for academic degree or certificate credit, both grades are counted in the grade point average and both grades will be included on a transcript. A course will only be credited once towards satisfaction of academic degree or certificate credit requirements. Passed courses which are repeated will have the notation "REP" (repeated) beside the first occurrence of the course on a transcript.