The Board of Trustees authorizes the following policy with regard to repeating a course at Carteret Community College.
Cooperative education and internship courses may be repeated for a grade up to two times if a passing grade was not achieved the first time and only with written permission of the Program Chair. Each attempt will be recorded, and all grades will be reflected on the transcript. The highest grade earned for the cooperative education or internship course will be used to calculate a cumulative grade point average. No course may be counted more than once toward graduation, and cooperative education and internship courses may not be audited.
Any other curriculum course may be completed a total of three times, including audits. Each attempt will be recorded, and all grades will be reflected on the transcript. The highest grade will be used to calculate a cumulative grade point average. No course may be counted more than once toward graduation. If, after three attempts a student has not made a passing grade in a course, the student must have the written approval of their advisor, the appropriate Division Dean, and the Director of Enrollment and Registration Services to enroll in the same course a fourth time. If a student wishes to take a previously passed course more than three times for personal benefit, it can be taken as an audit, and that student must pay the actual cost of the course (based on the current rate for self-supporting courses) rather than the taxsubsidized cost and must have the written permission of the Program Chair, the Division Dean, and the Director of Enrollment and Registration Services.
Required approvals will be in the form of a memorandum initiated by the Program Chair, approved by signatures as outlined above, and placed in the student’s permanent file.
Veterans and financial aid students should be aware that they cannot receive benefits for courses previously passed. Furthermore, transfer students should be advised that receiving institutions do not have consistent policies regarding GPA computation. Admissions personnel will review the transcripts of transfer applicants and may recompute GPA to include original grades.
The Program Chair, the Division Dean, Director of Enrollment and Registration Services, and the Vice President of Instruction and Student Support must approve any exceptions to this policy.