Request for a Replacement of Grade in a Repeat Course

To petition for grade replacement, Submit the Request for a Replacement of Grade in a Repeat Course form to the Office of the Registrar by the last day to ADD classes during any given term in which the course is repeated.

Conditions under which a student may replace a grade with a repeat grade in G.P.A. calculations (policy) are specified below. Read the policy carefully and understand all conditions must be met for approval.

Repetition of a Course/Grade Replacement Policy

New University-wide grade Replacement Policy changes have been made to the University Grade Replacement Policy. Changes are effective immediately for all students who entered in the fall of 2004 (or later). For all other current students the policy will be applied in the spring of 2006.

1. Students can repeat a course for grade replacement if they have received a C- or lower the first timethey took the class.
2. Any given course can be repeated one time only, whether for grade replacement or grade averaging. The student receives credit for the units of the course only once. Basic skills courses are exempt from the one repeat rule.
3. The last grade received is the grade that will be calculated into the GPA although the transcript willinclude all courses and earned grades.
4. Students may exercise their grade replacement rights up to a maximum of three times while enrolled in undergraduate degree programs at Pacific. Basic skills are exempt from the three times rule.
5. Students must complete a Grade Replacement Form to assure the course will be calculated
   correctly. The form is available in the Office of the Registrar.
6. The policy applies only to courses originally taken at Pacific and repeated at Pacific.

Other aspects of University grading policies, including grade averaging, have not been changed.

1. Once a course is completed (with a grade of C- or higher) the student may not repeat any
   prerequisites for that course.
2. The grading option, when repeating a course, must be the same as the one used originally.
3. If the original course or the repeated course is taken at another institution, both the original grade
   and repeat grade are averaged in the grade point average, although the student receives credit for the units of the course only once.
4. The current grade averaging policy remains unchanged for courses in which a student has received a grade of C or above. However, grade averaging now is also available to students who have “used” their three grade replacements and wish to retake another course or courses for which they have received a grade of C- or below.
5. In any course or program where enrollment demand exceeds the resources to offer sufficient
   openings or sections to meet that demand, the academic unit may give registration priority to
   students taking the course for the first time.