Repeat Policy

Undergraduate students who earn an F, D-, D, D+ or W in a course are permitted to repeat the course once, for a maximum of two attempts. Courses in which a student earned a grade of C- or higher may not be repeated, unless specifically outlined in official, approved curriculum requirements. The Dean or Adviser of the instructing School has the discretion to approve additional course repeats and/or a grade related repeat of a course only under limited special and appropriately documented extenuating circumstances.

When a course has been repeated, all attempts are included on the transcript, but the credit for the course counts only once toward degree credit total. The highest grade earned will count in the student’s GPA as calculated by Yeshiva University. (Note that some graduate and professional schools will count both attempts in calculating the GPA.)

Undergraduate students enrolled in graduate-level courses must adhere to the graduate student course repeat policy for all graduate-level courses.

Courses such as independent studies, co-ops, special topics, service learning, or certain experiential education courses may be repeated for credit if topics are different or if repeat is allowed by the program. Repeatable courses are identified in individual course descriptions as: “May be repeated for credit.”