Three General Repeats Rules
1. Prerequisite Rule: A student may not take a course that is a prerequisite for a course that he/she has already passed and receive credit for the second course.
2. Cross-Listed Courses: A student may not take cross-listed courses and receive credit for both courses.
3. Honors and Regular Courses: A student may not take both an Honors Course and the Regular Course equivalent and receive credit for both.

There are two types of coding for repeated courses:
• Repeat Include (RI) Grade will be calculated into total GPA (not averaged with prior grade), but student will not receive earned hours for this course.
• Repeat Exclude (RX) Grade will not be calculated into GPA nor will earned hours, quality hours, or quality points be awarded.

It is the policy of the College of Charleston that students may repeat up to 12 hours of passed coursework excluding:
• Prerequisite courses for passed courses (Repeat Exclude)
• Courses which have catalog restrictions due to duplication of subject material (Repeat Exclude)

A passed course may be repeated only once. Repetition of passed courses will not increase earned hours, but students will receive quality hours and quality points in order to calculate the grade of the repeated course into the overall GPA. Repeated course grade points will not be used to calculate honors at graduation.

Students may repeat any course they have previously failed. The grade for the repeated course, as well as the failing grade, will be computed into the student’s cumulative GPA.

Credits from repeated courses previously passed will not be used to satisfy minimum hour requirements for maintaining eligibility for financial aid or scholarships.

Transfer Credit or Placement Credit
Students who are given transfer or placement credit, need to pay particular attention to the CofC course equivalents awarded, and be careful not to register for a course that is considered a repeat or a duplicate of the credited coursework (i.e., taking the same course twice results in only one granting of credit not two).

Individual Cases (Note: this is not a complete list of specific situations resulting in repeated or duplicate coursework; please consult your personal degree audit, the Undergraduate Catalog, and your advisor for additional information):

Physical Education/Theatre Activities Courses (e.g., Yoga, Dance, etc.)
• Courses in basic physical education activity theory (100 level) may be taken for elective credit by any student, but no more than eight semester hours total (including THTR/PEHD cross-listed dance/activity courses) may be applied towards a degree. More than eight hours will be coded as Repeat Credit.

Languages
• Having completed any 101 or 102 language course (i.e., SPAN, GRMN, FREN, OR LATN), students may not take 150 for credit; conversely, students who complete 150 may not receive credit for 101 or 102. The same rule applies for the 201/202/250 sequence.
• Having completed SPAN 313 or 314, students may not take SPAN/FREN 350 for credit; conversely, students who complete SPAN/FREN 350 may not receive credit for either 313 or 314.

Mathematics
• Students who have completed MATH 105, 111, or 120 may not subsequently receive credit towards graduation for MATH 101 or 102.
• Students who have completed MATH 120 may not subsequently receive credit for MATH 111.
• Students may not receive credit towards graduation for both MATH 105 and MATH 120 or for both MATH 115 and MATH 120.

Business, Economics, Business Law, Accounting, International Business
• Students who have completed ECON 201 or 202 may not subsequently receive credit for ECON 101.
• Students with majors outside of the School of Business and Economics may receive a maximum of 30 Business School credit hours.
• Students who have completed, or are currently enrolled in, BLAW 205 or 306 may not subsequently receive credit for BLAW 106.
• Business School Majors who have completed, or are concurrently enrolled in, a 300 or 400 level business, international business, economics, or accounting course, may not receive credit for MGMT 105.

Art History and Music
• Only six hours from ARTH 290 and/or ARTH 340 (Selected Topics) may be applied towards the 36 hours for the Art History major (Majors Only).
• Students may only receive up to 12 credit hours for MUSC 399.
• Students may only receive up to 8 credit hours for MUSC 161/292-298, MUSP 3xx, MUSP 4xx.

Sciences and Psychology
• Students who have completed CHEM 111 or 112 will not receive credit for CHEM 101. Students who have completed BIOL 111 or 112 will not receive credit for BIOL 101. Students who have completed CHEM 112 or BIOL 112 will not receive credit, respectively, for CHEM 102 or BIOL 102.
• Students will not receive credit for both PHYS 105 and PHYS 456.
• No more than 6 credit hours of Psychology Independent Study (PSYC 400-403) or Psychology Special Topics (PSYC 410) may be applied toward the major requirements.

Philosophy
• PHIL 240 may not be taken for credit if credit has been received for JWST 240.
• PHIL 225 may not be taken for credit if credit has been received for RELS 255.