Grade Replacement

Students are strongly encouraged to meet with their academic advisor before pursuing a grade replacement. Grade replacement may be pursued once per course and only for a total of five courses. Both grades will appear on the student's transcript, but only the higher of the two course grades will be used to calculate the student's grade point average (GPA). The student shall receive credit for the course only once. Some programs at Southern may require that all grades be used to calculate the student's program GPA for admission or certification purposes. Students may not utilize transfer courses, nor courses taken for pass/fail, for grade replacement because neither impact the student's GPA. 

Procedure

Students may retake a course for a different grade by registering for the course again in a subsequent term. If a student receives the same grade in both semesters, the new grade received will be used to calculate the current semester and overall GPA, the old grade in the older term will not be used for GPA calculations. The first five courses repeated at Southern will be the ones for which the grade will be replaced, it is automatic. 

W-Courses

If a writing-intensive ‘W’ course was originally passed, and the same course is retaken without the ‘W’ designation, the higher of the two course grades will be used to calculate the student's GPA, and the original 'W' may still be used to fulfill the ‘W’ requirement.

Deadline

Once awarded a degree or certificate, a student may not go back and grade replace individual courses within that program.