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Students of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges may repeat a course under any one of the provisions described below. Students planning to transfer should familiarize themselves with the receiving college's policy on repeat courses as the differ from one institution to the next.
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Course Identified as Repeatable in the Course Description. Many courses are pre-approved by the Illinois Community College Board as repeatable due to the nature of their content. For these courses, the following apply:
- No formal written permission required to enroll in the course up to the number of times indicated as repeatable.
- All credit hours, up to the number of times indicated as repeatable, will be used in computing the student’s earned credit hours.
- All course grades, up to the number of times indicated as repeatable, will be used in computing the student’s cumulative grade point average and appear on the student’s transcript with an I (Included in GPA) in the R Column.
- The Board of Trustees established tuition rate shall apply.
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Course NOT Identified as Repeatable in the Course Description. (NOTE: Students should contact their financial aid representative before repeating a course that’s not identified as repeatable in the course description as it may impact their financial aid.) The majority of courses are not repeatable, but may be repeated under the following conditions:
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Repeat Due to Grade Less Than C or a Withdraw, First Repeat. If during initial enrollment in the course, the student earned less than a grade of C or withdrew after midterm, the student may enroll one additional time. The following apply:
- No formal written permission required to enroll in the course.
- The higher grade will be used in computing the student’s earned credit hours and cumulative grade point average.
- The higher grade will appear on the student’s transcript with an I (Included in GPA) in the R Column; the lesser grade will appear on the student’s transcript with an E (Excluded from GPA) in the R Column.
- The Board of Trustees established tuition rate shall apply.
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Repeat After 4 Years to Upgrade Skills, First Repeat. If the last time the student completed the course was at least four years prior, the student may enroll one additional time to upgrade his/her skills in that area. The following apply:
- No formal written permission required to enroll in the course.
- The higher grade will be used in computing the student’s earned credit hours and cumulative grade point average.
- The higher grade will appear on the student’s transcript with an I (Included in GPA) in the R Column; the lesser grade will appear on the student’s transcript with an E (Excluded from GPA) in the R Column.
- The Board of Trustees established tuition rate shall apply.
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Repeats After the First Repeat. For a student who wishes to repeat a course after the first repeat, the following apply:
- Formal written permission is required.
- The highest grade will be used in computing the student’s earned credit hours and cumulative grade point average.
- The highest grade will appear on the student’s transcript with an I (Included in GPA) in the R Column; the lesser grades will appear on the student’s transcript with an E (Excluded from GPA) in the R Column.
- All students, except international students, will pay the equivalent of the applicable out-of-state tuition rate for the course enrolled; international students will pay the Board of Trustees established tuition rate.
C. Repeats Under Provisions of an IECC Educational Guarantee Policy. A student may repeat a course in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Educational Guarantee Policies, 800.10 and 800.11. Impact to the student’s transcript will be per A. or B. above depending upon whether the course was repeatable or not.