If you think re-taking the courses might help increase your understanding of the material, then maybe you should. However, a 60 should allow you to move forward to other stats courses that would probably also increase your understanding. Personally, i would brush up on the stats 2857/2858 notes and just keep moving forward.
Students are allowed to repeat a preparatory course up to Sophomore I standing (less than 45 credits). Effective June 2004, only the last grade of the repeated course is counted in the calculation of the cumulative GPA.
Jan 19, 2010 · this way finish up all the pre-req's by the end of your junior year. THEN in the summer between your junior and senior year, you retake …
Apr 24, 2009 · Mar 20, 2009. #7. Projectx said: Both grades will be averaged in together if you apply to M.D. schools. Different for D.O. schools though if you were planning on heading towards that path. Your GPA will increase more if you were to take another higher-level Biology class, by far, than retaking that B.
The instructor allows the student to sit through the class a second time and to redo all or most of the assignments. The instructor then changes the original grade to reflect the work done in the second semester. The transcript lists the course in the semester in which it was first taken, but it shows the grade earned after retaking the course.
If a student in fact takes the course twice, both instances should be recorded. As specified by the rules, unless the first grade was a failure, only the first grade will be calculated into the student's GPA, and the course will count as one credit unit toward graduation.
A student may, however, repeat a course in order to demonstrate his or her ability to achieve a better grade. This second grade will be reflected on the student's transcript, but no credit will be awarded for the repeated course, and it will not be averaged into the student's cumulative average.
A student may repeat a course in which an F has been received. The grade of F remains on the record and continues to be counted into the cumulative average even if the student repeats the course with a passing grade. Students who fail major or major-related courses may be required to repeat these courses at the discretion of the major advisors.".
While students should be encouraged to revise what they have written and should be offered opportunities to rewrite term papers , it is important to guard against granting Incompletes for assignments comprising so much of the course that students are essentially allowed to retake it without re-registration.
These are excerpts from the University's Undergraduate Academic Bulletin: "The Incomplete designation may not be used to allow a student to repeat the course in a subsequent semester. If a student must repeat a course in order to complete the work for it, he or she must re-register for that course for credit in a subsequent semester.".