Students are allowed to repeat courses at Moraine Park. Health and nursing-related courses can be repeated once – all other courses can be repeated twice. All attempts remain on the student’s official transcript; however, only the most recent attempt will be used in GPA calculations and to determine credits earned and attempted.
For example, if a student earns a “B” in a transfer course, a grade of “TB” will show on the Moraine Park transcript. Students can earn no more than 75 percent of the total required credits required by a program through advanced standing (credit for prior learning).
Students are allowed to repeat courses at Moraine Park. Health and nursing-related courses can be repeated once – all other courses can be repeated twice. All attempts remain on the student’s official transcript; however, only the most recent attempt will be used in GPA calculations and to determine credits earned and attempted.
Repeats can be a great option for students to improve their GPA. If a repeat falls within your repeat limit (and meets the other requirements found in “Basic Repeat Policies” above), the first grade can be removed from your GPA. But there are a few things to keep in mind when determining if it’s the best option for you:
You can only repeat a course one time to replace a grade. Grades in third attempts of a course will not be calculated into your GPA, but will be shown on your transcript. If you earned a grade of D+, D, D-, or F, you must take your repeat for a letter grade.
Retaking a course may raise your student's GPA (grade point average). In many schools, if a student retakes a course, the most recent grade will replace the lower grade in the student's GPA. The earlier, lower grade will remain on the transcript, but will not be included in the GPA.
Regardless of the grade, a notation of “Unapproved Repeat” will show on your transcript if you repeat the same class more than once and you will not receive units or grade points.
Cumulative GPA is a minimum 2.00 or higher and; b. Cumulative completion rate is a minimum of 67% or higher and; c. Completion of program within 150 percent maximum timeframe allowed.
The Consequences of Failing a Class The failure will end up on your college transcripts and could hurt your chances of getting into graduate school or graduating when you originally planned to.
The second grade always replaces the first grade. However, you can retake a class and get a worse grade. For example, if you have a D (a passing grade) and retake a course and receive an F (a failing grade), you now have a failing grade in the course and will have to take the class for a third time.
It depends on how many quality points they earn for each grade. If the D is in a 1-credit-hour course, the student will earn a 3.76 GPA. If the A is in a 1-credit-hour course, they will earn a 3.3 GPA. Same grades, same total number of credit hours, but different weights based on the credit hours of the course.
The Early Warning Support System assists students who are encountering academic difficulties. Its goal is to help students be successful in their course work. Early in each semester, teaching faculty identify students who are experiencing poor progress and/or attendance problems.
Depending on your college's GPA scale, that can mean anything below a 1.0 or 0.7 GPA counts as a failed class. If you fail a class, you'll get a 0 on your transcript — and that can bring down your GPA. Failed classes count toward your GPA, though some colleges do not count pass/fail classes in your GPA calculation.
College students can retake a class a maximum of 3 times, most of the time. If they want to retake it a fourth time, they have to write a special letter to the school. It might not be worth it to redo a class so many times, as you would graduate late.
Yes, your failed course will show up on your transcript because the registrar's office will get a copy of your transcript and decide whether to accept you or not (based on the cumulative average). You can't avoid the "fail." If you can transfer up to 10 credits.
A minimum of 25 percent of the total program credits required in a degree, diploma or certificate program must be completed at Moraine Park Technical College.
Students can apply for Academic Amnesty upon completion of 12 credit hours of undergraduate coursework with a “C” or better grade in each course upon their return to Moraine Park, after the absence. A maximum of two semesters may be requested for Academic Amnesty; semesters do not have to be consecutive.
Academic Amnesty is intended to provide an opportunity to remove a period of poor academic performance at Moraine Park from the GPA calculation. Moraine Park recommends students attempt to improve their academic record by repeating a course (s) first and utilizing Academic Amnesty as a last step.
A referral is submitted to a student and a college service provider by an instructor who is concerned that a student is in academic jeopardy. If a student is not meeting the expectations in the course, we want each student to be aware.
The coursework is forgiven only for the purposes of improving the Moraine Park GPA. Academic Amnesty status is not recognized by the federal government when calculating Financial Aid or Veterans’ benefits: all previous conditions for aid remain.
Academic Amnesty does not supersede Financial Aid. Transfer institutions may or may not acknowledge Academic Amnesty and may recalculate the Moraine Park GPA for their purposes. It is at the discretion of other institutions to determine how they will interpret Academic Amnesty.
Students are allowed to repeat courses at Moraine Park. Health and nursing-related courses can be repeated once – all other courses can be repeated twice. All attempts remain on the student’s official transcript; however, only the most recent attempt will be used in GPA calculations and to determine credits earned and attempted. Note: All attempts are considered when determining eligibility for financial aid.