# Retaking Courses to Improve GPA Students seeking to improve their GPA may retake a course with Program Director and Course Director approval. Approval must be granted prior to the start of the repeated course. Documentation of the approved request must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office prior to the end of the term. If a course is retaken, both grades will be listed on the transcript and the higher of the two grades will be used in the determination of the student’s GPA. A student who has earned credit for a course may repeat it once, but will not receive additional credit. Master’s Degree and PhD in Clinical Research students will be charged at the per-credit rate for all retake courses. Students cannot receive financial aid to cover the tuition cost for retaking a course. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ismms-gs.gitbook.io/graduate-student-handbook/chapter-3/enrollment-and-registration/grading-policies/retaking-courses-to-improve-gpa.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.