ASMSU committee discusses university's class retake policy
By Zane McMillin (Last updated: 12/01/09 8:22pm)ASMSU’s Academic Assembly Code and Policy Committee, or CAP, passed a bill on Tuesday mapping out recommendations for revisions to the university’s class retake policy.
The bill will go before the full assembly Dec. 8 for a vote.
ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Currently, MSU policy stipulates a student cannot exceed 20 credits in class retakes and cannot retake a course if a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher was achieved. Additionally, the university does not limit the number of times a student may retake a particular class.
The committee’s bill recommends the policy keep its 20 credit limit, but says the university should not place a GPA threshold on whether a student should be able to retake a course. The bill also recommends the university limit the number of times a student can retake a particular course to two times, meaning a student could take the course a maximum of three times. The bill includes a provision that would recommend all grades obtained for a course appear on a student’s transcript and that the highest grade be factored into the cumulative GPA.
If passed by the full assembly, ASMSU representatives will make the suggestions to the University Committee on Academic Policy, which has been discussing possible changes to the current retake policy, CAP chairperson Henry Reinart said.
Originally Published: 12/01/09 8:22pm








Goof for ASMSU
12/01/09 9:44pmGood for ASMSU!
I like what ASMSU does.
This is a good article too because the State News didn’t distort it to make ASMSU look bad.
student
12/01/09 10:34pmThis is somewhat of a good idea. There are issues regarding retaking a course if the student already passed the course.
Yep
12/02/09 5:16pmI agree with this, the only thing tainting my potential for a 4.0 GPA is one 3.0 class and one 3.5. If I could retake those, I would be sooooooo happy!!!!!!