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Some Stanford courses may be repeated for credit; most courses may not. Under the General University Grading System, when a course that may not be repeated for credit is retaken by a student, special rules apply.
Some Stanford courses may be repeated for credit; they are specially noted in this policy. Most courses may not be repeated for credit. Under the General University Grading System, when a course which may not be repeated for credit is retaken by a student, the following special rules apply:
A student may retake any completed course on their transcript, regardless of grade earned, and have the original grade replaced by the notation 'RP' (repeated course). When retaking a course, the student must enroll in it for the same number of units originally taken. When a final grade for the second enrollment in the course has been entered, the units and grade points earned for the second course contribute to the cumulative grade point average in place of the grade and units for the first enrollment in the course. Any withdrawn course, meaning those marked with a 'W' notation, cannot be replaced with the 'RP' notation since a withdrawn course is not considered completed.
A student may not take the same course for a third time unless the student received a 'NC' (no credit) or 'NP' (not passed) when it was taken and completed the second time. Undergraduate students must submit a request for approval to take the course for a third time to the office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) via Academic Advising opens in a new tab. When a student completes a course for the third time, grades and units for both the second and third completions count in the cumulative grade point average. If the student earned a credit-bearing grade on their second attempt of the class, Academic Advising's approval for a third take of the class may result in the loss of units from the student's second attempt. A course with a 'W' notation is not counted toward the number of times a class is repeated.
Students may not enroll in courses for credit for which they received either external test or transfer credit. If students enroll in courses at Stanford for which they received equivalent external test or transfer unit credit, the duplicating unit credit will be removed.
The repeat policy is implemented once per quarter after the grades due deadline has passed. So long as both instances of enrollment have received a final grade (not I, N, L, or GNR), the repeat process will update the first graded instance to RP.
The general University grading system is applicable to all of Stanford University except the Graduate School of Business, the School of Law, and M.D. students in the School of Medicine.
