Your academic advising team is here to help translate university and school policies as they relate to your enrollment decisions. All policies can be found in the University Academic Regulations, linked here: Academic Regulations is an annual publication of the Office of the Provost (umass.edu)

We've highlighted some of the most important regulations below and encourage you to utilize the advising office whenever you have questions!

Course Repeat Policies
- - No course for which a grade of C or higher was earned may be repeated.
  - A course for which a grade of C-, D+, D or F was earned may be repeated one time without special permission.
    - All enrollments and all grades will appear on the transcript, but the grade of the most recent attempt will be calculated in the GPA.
  - A course may be repeated a second time, for a total of three times, only with prior permission of the undergraduate dean of the school or college in which the student is enrolled.
  - Under no circumstances may a student take a course more than three times
  - To ask permission for a 3rd attempt, students must file a 3rd Repeat Permission with the SPHHS Dean's Office here: SPHHS Third Repeat Petition v4.23.pdf
Course Withdrawal
- Students may withdraw from a course, with the instructor's signature, from the eighth calendar day of the semester (the day after add/drop ends) through the W drop deadline published in the academic calendar.
- Courses dropped during this period will be recorded as "W" (withdrawn) on the student's transcript.
Late Course Withdrawal
- After the W drop deadline, the student is responsible for completion of the course unless the student's undergraduate dean grants a late withdrawal for extenuating circumstances.
  - A petition to the SPHHS Dean's Office for Late Withdrawal can be found here: SPHHS Late Course Withdrawal Petition v4.23.pdf
Pass/Fail
- Students may opt to take up to 1 course per semester on a pass/fail grading basis.
  - Courses taken as pass/fail will not satisfy education requirements or major requirements. Those courses must be letter graded.
  - If a student took a course on a pass/fail basis and wishes to count the course toward a General Education requirement, the student must revoke the pass/fail option through the Registrar’s Office prior to graduation.
- Students wishing to exercise the pass/fail option must do so by the W deadline.
- Students who experiencing extenuating circumstances may opt to petition for a Late Pass/Fail with the Dean's Office.
  - Poor academic performance or trying to increase your GPA are not grounds for a late pass/fail petition.
  - You may access the Late Pass/Fail petition here: SPHHS Late Pass Fail Petition v4.23.pdf