How to Repeat a Class

Find out if you're eligible to repeat a class for credit, and how to do it.

Assess your eligibility to repeat a class.
1. Facts for undergraduates include:
  - If you received a D, F, NP, U, or W, you may be able to repeat the class for credit.
  - If you earned a D or F in a class, you can only repeat it for a letter grade.
  - All grades you earn are recorded on your transcript, but the first 16 units of repeated classes for which you received a D, F, or NP won't be used to calculate your cumulative GPA.
2. Facts for graduate students include:
  - Graduate students must petition in advance to repeat any class for credit.
  - If you earned a U, you can only repeat the class for an S/U.
  - If you earned a D or F, you can only repeat the class for a letter grade.
3. In a case of academic dishonesty, the grades for both the first and the repeated class apply to your GPA.
Read the Academic Senate policy on repetition of courses.
Repeat the class.
1. Undergraduates, simply re-enroll in the class. After you complete the class, the Registrar will add the correct code to your transcript.
2. Graduate students, you must file a petition and receive advance approval to repeat a class. Pick up a petition from your department or at the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS).
Check your transcript.
1. After you complete the class and after grades for that quarter are posted, check your transcript by looking at your Academic History.
2. A repeat code at the far right of the class lets you know that your class data has been adjusted.

Assess your eligibility to repeat a class.