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3335-8-27 Failure in a required course.

(A) An undergraduate or professional student who has not been dismissed from the university must repeat in a regularly scheduled class, at the first opportunity, a required course in which a mark of "E" or "EN"has been received, unless an equivalent course is recommended and approved by the authorized representative of the dean or director of the student's enrollment unit.

(B) A graduate student who has not been dismissed from the university must repeat in a regularly scheduled class a required course in which a mark of "E" or "EN" has been received only if this is required by the student's adviser. (B/T 7/9/2004, B/T 6/7/2005)

3335-8-27.1 Freshman forgiveness rule.

(A) If a course in which an undergraduate student receives a grade of "D+," "D," "E," or "EN," taken during the freshman year (the period during which the first forty-four credit hours are accumulated on the student's official permanent record) is repeated before the end of that student's sophomore year (when the student will have accumulated a total of eighty-nine credit hours), the original course credit and grade will be automatically excluded from the calculation of the student's cumulative point-hour ratio and deficiency points, but will remain on the student's official permanent record. This action will be subject to the following conditions:

(1) If the grade in the original course was a "D+" or "D," a student may repeat the course for credit only upon the recommendation of the authorized representative of the dean, or director of the student's enrollment unit. Such recommendation must be obtained before noon of the third Saturday of the quarter in which the repeated course is taken.

(2) The same course may be repeated only once under this rule.

(3) This rule may be applied for a maximum of fifteen credit hours.

(B) The graduate school and graduate professional colleges may formulate appropriate modifications of paragraph (A) of this rule, subject to the approval of the council on academic affairs, and publish the rule in their bulletins. (B/T 7/21/78, B/T 6/7/85, B/T 7/9/2004, B/T 6/7/2005)

3335-8-28 Repetition of courses.

(A) Except as specified by rule 3335-8-27 of the Administrative Code, undergraduate students who have received a mark of "E," "EN," or "NP" in a course at this university may repeat the course for credit at their option.

(B) Undergraduate or professional students, as defined in rule 3335-9-01 of the Administrative Code, who have received a mark of "A," "A-," "B+," "B," "B-," "C+," "C," "C-," "D+," "D," "EM," "K," or "PA" in a course at this university may repeat the course for credit only upon the recommendation of the authorized representative of the dean or director of their enrollment unit.

(C) A graduate student, as defined in rule 3335-9-01 of the Administrative Code, may repeat for credit any course when approval is given by the student's adviser.

(D) A student who has audited a course may subsequently repeat the course for credit only upon receiving permission of the authorized representative of the dean or director of the student's enrollment unit.

(E) The credit hours for a repeated course shall in no case be counted more than once in meeting graduation requirements. When a student repeats a course, both grades appear on the student's record and both are used in computing the point-hour ratio, except as modified by rule 3335-8-27.1 of the Administrative Code. (B/T 4/7/2000, B/T 6/29/2001, B/T 7/9/2004, B/T 6/7/2005)

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