Repeated Courses

A new federal regulation limits the number of times a student may repeat a course and receive financial aid for that course.

• A student may receive aid when repeating a course that was previously failed (received a 0.0 or No Pass), regardless of the number of times the course was attempted and failed.
• A student may receive aid to repeat a previously passed course one additional time.
• Once a student has completed any course twice with a passing grade, he/she is no longer eligible to receive aid for that course.
• If a student retakes a course that is not aid eligible, a recalculation of aid is done to exclude the credits for the repeated course.
• This rule applies whether or not the student received aid for earlier enrollments in the course.
• Not all aid will require adjustment. Students can see the effect on their aid offers by comparing their enrollment level with and without the course(s) using the Enrollment Chart for the Fall/Spring Award Year or for the Summer Semester.
• Students will receive notification if they are aid applicants and attempt to repeat coursework beyond the limits.
• Students must also adhere to the University's Repeat policy.

NOTE:  Federal regulations specify that students may not recieve aid for repeating courses previously passed if the student is required to retake those courses as part of a structured program. 

For example, a student who fails a course in a semester and is required by the college or department to repeat all courses taken in that semester before moving on in the program would not be eligible to receive aid for the passed courses, only for the failed one(s).  That may mean that the student would not be eligible for any aid for the semester, depending upon the number of previously passed courses being repeated.