Withdrawal Policy

Students may officially withdraw (W) from classes after the published schedule adjustment period has expired. Students may withdraw from classes only for serious and compelling reasons and with the approval of the instructor and/or Dean.

Undergraduate students may withdraw from no more than 18 units at CSU Monterey Bay.

Withdrawals shall not be permitted during the final twenty percent of instruction except in cases, such as accident or serious illness, where the cause of the withdrawal is due to circumstances clearly beyond the student's control.

The withdrawal does not reflect the quality of the student's performance and shall not be used in the calculation of the student's grade point average.

Repeat Policy: General Rules

Only courses repeated at CSUMB may be used to adjust the GPA. Grades earned in courses taken at other institutions may not be used to replace grades in CSUMB courses.

These procedures apply to attempted completions of a course, which include any course in which a letter grade or a grade of WU, IC, or NC was assigned. For the purposes of course repeat for GPA adjustment, grades of AU, RD, RP, and W do not count as attempts to complete a course. Once a student has been awarded a Bachelor's degree, courses may not be repeated to raise the undergraduate GPA.

Students may not repeat a course in which a grade of CR was assigned. 

These procedures do not apply to courses that are designated as 'repeatable'. Repeatable courses are explicitly designed to allow students to repeat a successfully completed course for up to a certain number of units. Examples of repeatable courses include graduate thesis courses and special topics courses.

In any course or program where enrollment demand exceeds the resources to offer sufficient openings or sections to meet that demand, registration priority may be given to students taking the course for the first time.

Undergraduates

Undergraduates may repeat an attempted course one time. An undergraduate student may petition to take a course a third time only with a course repeat petition. No course may be repeated more than two times (three total attempts). No course in which the grade assigned was the result of a finding of academic dishonety may be repeated.

For more information about academic policies and procedures, please refer to the Office of Registrar's home page. 

Posted by Evan Phoenix on Jun 16, 2011 -