University Senate Rules and Regulations
ARTICLE II. Academic Work and its Evaluation
Section 2. The Grading System
2.2.9 Grade Replacement Policy in Repeat Courses If a student takes a course at KU, receives a D or F in the course, enrolls in and repeats the course at KU, the new grade may be used in place of the original grade for purpose of GPA calculation, subject to the limitations herein.
- The course must be numbered 000-299.
- The grade of D or F can not be the result of an academic misconduct determination.
- The grade recalculation will happen by default.
- The original grade will remain on the transcript, although it will not be used to calculate the GPA.
- Students may have a grade replaced no more than five times, meaning a student may retake five courses, or a course five times, or any combination thereof. Multiple retakes of a course are discouraged, but not explicitly prohibited. The time and date of registration of the second (repeat) enrollment will be used to determine the limit of five repeat courses for grade replacement.
2.2.10 The Office of the Provost shall promulgate administrative rules to aid in the implementation and management of the course repetition policy set forth in 2.2.9.
2.2.11 When it would not be appropriate to grade a course according to the grading system established above, the College or school may authorize the use of grades S and U in designated courses. A course to be graded S or U shall be identified prior to the beginning of the course by publication in the Official Timetable of Classes. Approval to offer a course with the S and U grading system precludes the use of grades A, B, C, D, or F. The grade of S shall indicate the student did satisfactory work and these hours will count toward graduation. The U grade shall indicate the student's work was unsatisfactory and these hours will not count toward graduation. Grades of S and U will not count in computing the grade point average.
Section 4. Grade Points and Grade Point Averages
2.4.2.1 In computing grade point averages all hours attempted (i.e., grade A, B, C, D, or F) shall be included, except for cases in which a student chooses to repeat a class that resulted in a D or F and followed the procedure in 2.2.9.1. In this instance, the second grade earned shall be included, replacing the original grade earned, for up to five (5) courses.
Section 6. Academic Misconduct
2.6.6 All sanctions of Reduction of Grade for Specific Work, Reduction of Grade for the Course, Exclusion from Activities, Transcript Citation for Academic Misconduct, Suspension from a Specific Course, Suspension, and Expulsion that are applied by the College and the Schools or their designated departments will be communicated to the Office of the Provost.
2.6.7 Students who receive a D or F in a course due to a finding of academic misconduct by a unit, school, or Judicial Board hearing body may repeat the course but are not eligible for the grade-replacement provisions of USRR 2.2.9 .
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