Registrar's Office
REPEATED COURSES AND INCOMPLETE WORK
Students may repeat courses to improve an initial grade of D+, D or F. When a student repeats a course, the initial hours attempted, hours earned and quality points are excluded from his/her cumulative quality point index. The highest grade earned for the repeated course is the one used in calculating CQPI. Credit for a course is given only once.
Students who wish to repeat a course must do so by registering in a regularly scheduled class. Such courses may not be completed in Reader Course format or through Credit by Examination.
Students repeating courses may find that their financial aid and/or veterans benefits are affected. Therefore, these students should consult with the Financial Aid Office before registering to repeat a course.
Course Repeat Through Transfer
Students are also permitted to repeat courses to improve an initial grade of F, D, or D+ at another institution provided the following conditions have been met:
- The student has sought written permission from the Registrar. Forms for the approval of transfer credit are available at the Office of the Registrar. The form must be completed, and submitted to the Registrar along with appropriate course descriptions. The student should not register for courses until written approval has been obtained.
- The course must be determined to be equivalent in content and credit to the course that was failed.
- The course must be completed with a grade of C- or above.
- Upon completion of the course, the student must have an official transcript forwarded from the visitor institution to Lackawanna College for transfer evaluation and processing.
- Lackawanna College’s Residence Requirements must be met. Additionally, no more than 9 transfer credits may be allowed subsequent to matriculation.
Upon receipt of transcript, the Registrar will examine the student’s file for the approval form referenced above. If such form is available and the repeated transfer course has met the above criteria, the student’s record will be updated in the following way:
The original Lackawanna College grade earned will remain on the student’s transcript. As long as the student has successfully completed the *equivalent* course at the visiting institution, the initial hours attempted, hours earned and quality points will be excluded from the CQPA. The transfer course will be awarded and applied to the student’s academic record as credit only.
Incomplete Work
The grade of Incomplete (I) is given to a student who, for a reason judged acceptable by the instructor, has not completed all his/her coursework by the end of a semester.
If the instructor who assigned the (I) grade does not remove it within a prescribed period, the (I) will automatically be calculated as an F. A student who has by examination or otherwise removed an Incomplete will receive written notice from the Registrar's Office within a week after corrective entry has been made in the student's record.
An Incomplete grade for any semester becomes a Failure if the work is not completed within eight weeks of the end of that semester. As the deadline for the removal of the Incomplete approaches, the Registrar will remind all students and faculty of the necessity of removing it by the designated date. Apart from exceptional or clearly extenuating circumstances, the due date for the removal of the Incomplete will be strictly observed.
The removal of an Incomplete by examination or by submitting make-up work demands a change in the computerized records of the student and imposes an undue and costly burden on teachers and administrators. A fee of $20, therefore, will be charged for changing (I) grades.
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