Degree Information
Special Examinations
An undergraduate student who has completed all the requirements for graduation, both in hours and grade points, except for a passing grade in one course undertaken and failed during his or her last two semesters may be given, with proper approval, one special examination in that course. Before a student will be considered for a special examination, he or she must have substantially completed the work of the course. A request for such special examination should be initiated by the student, through the head of the department offering the course and the dean of the student’s college, and submitted to the Office of the Registrar for approval after the close of the semester or summer term. No special examination shall be given without the approval of both the head of the department in which the course was offered and the dean of the student’s college.
If a passing grade is made on an authorized special examination, the head of the department will notify the Office of the Registrar, who will record on the student’s permanent academic record a notation of credit by special examination with the appropriate number of semester hours of credit.