Below are various grading examples designed to illustrate how repeated courses can affect your GPA (grade point average). To understand these examples, you must remember these basic rules about repeats:

1. When you repeat a course, the second attempt AND ALL SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS are used in calculating your GPA.
   The first attempt still appears on your transcript, but it is no longer used in calculating GPA.
   
   
2. The last grade earned for a course "stands": it is always used in calculating your GPA, even if the grade is lower than a previous attempt's.
   For example, if you earn a D in ENGL 1010 on your first attempt, but an F on your second attempt, the F replaces the D in GPA calculation even though the D is a higher grade.
   
   Further, the last attempt can determine whether or not you have met a degree requirement.
   If you earn a C on your first attempt of ENGL 1010, but an F on your second attempt, not only does the F replace the C in GPA calculation, but it affects your English requirement as well. Because the F was the last grade earned and ENGL 1010 requires a C as the minimum passing grade, you would have to retake the course since the last attempt, F, is now your standing grade for this required course.
   
   
3. As a rule, you can receive credit hours for a course only one time.
   For example, if you take a 3-hour course 3 times and pass it twice, you will receive only 3 hours credit, not 6. (Some courses are exceptions to this rule, but these are noted in the course description sections of the catalogs.)

Example 1 - Two attempts

Here, the student completes two attempts of BIOL 1120:

1. Fall 2010 - D
2. Summer 2012 - A

Notice the changes to the student's transcript and GPA after the second attempt.

Example 2 - Three attempts with a failing grade on second attempt

Here, the student completes three attempts of SPAN 1010:

1. Spring 2010 - D
2. Spring 2011 - F (fails)
3. Summer 2012 - C

Notice the changes to the student's transcript and GPA following the second and third attempts.

Example 3 - Three attempts with a passing grade on second attempt

Here, the student completes three attempts of CHEM 3511:

1. Fall 2010 - F
2. Spring 2011 - D
3. Summer 2011 - B

Notice the changes to the student's transcript and GPA following the second and third attempts.

Example 4 – More than three attempts

Here, the student completes four attempts of CHEM 3511:

1. Fall 2010 - F
2. Spring 2011 - D
3. Summer 2011 - D+
4. Fall 2011 - B

Notice the changes to the student's transcript and GPA following all attempts.