What you need to know
If you retake a course, both grades will appear on your internal and external academic records and are used in computing your semester and cumulative GPAs. You will receive credit points for a retaken course only.
Some key points to remember:
- In courses where a portion of the overall grade is assigned to participation, attendance and absences shall be reflected in the grade. In other courses, students shall not be absent for more than 10% of class time unless for reasons specified in the Academic Policy, Attendance and Absences: Section 2.5. Students absent for more than 10% without valid reasons will be required to repeat the course.
- When a student fails a required course, and has a GPA above 2.0, they may repeat the course at the next time it is offered or as agreed with the faculty and the Dean of Arts and Sciences. A student may repeat a course once. If they fail again, regardless of the GPA, they are dismissed from the programme of study.
- Only students who have failed a course or missed more than 10% of classes in the Preparatory Programme or more than three 3-hour class sessions per course in the Undergraduate Programme for valid reasons (health issues or extenuating family circumstances) may repeat the course.
- Students are not allowed to repeat courses with the intent of improving grades.