Repeating Courses
Failures and marks below 60% in courses taken from the University of Saskatchewan will be excluded from the average if the course has been retaken from the University of Saskatchewan according to the following rules:
- A failed course can be retaken. The highest mark in this course from the University of Saskatchewan will be used in the average.
- A course in which the grade was 50 to 59% can be retaken once and only the highest mark will be used in the average. Please note that once a student has passed an upper-level course, no prerequisite course can be taken for a higher mark. For example, BIOL 120.3 and 121.3 (formerly BIOL 110.6) could not be retaken if the student has already passed BIOL 226.3 (or its equivalent at another university).
- A course in which the grade was 50 to 59% may be retaken simultaneously with a course for which it is a prerequisite. For example, if a student passed CHEM 112.3 with a grade between 50 to 59%, the student would be allowed to retake the course in the same term as taking CHEM 115.3 or 250.3.
- The grades received for all attempts of the course will remain on the transcript.
- For admission, promotion and graduation purposes, other colleges may follow different rules for calculation of the average. For example, they may use only the first grade received or they may use all grades received in a course.
- Grades for courses transferred from other universities are not used for the calculation of averages to determine promotion and graduation eligibility. Transfer marks are used in the average for admission to an Honours program. A student cannot retake for credit or to raise the average a course for which transfer credit has been received. A failed transfer course may be retaken at the University of Saskatchewan.