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Course repeat petition

You may petition to register in a course for a fourth and final attempt if serious mitigating factors impeded your ability to be successful in one or more of the first three attempts.

Before submitting your petition

If you would like to petition for a fourth and final attempt, please ensure the following applies:

  • The course is a program requirement, and
  • Serious mitigating factors impeded the student’s ability to be successful in one or more of the first three attempts.
1

Review the Course Repeat Petition digital form questions

Review the Course Repeat policy and prepare additional supporting documentation as needed.

2

Provide supporting documentation

Provide supporting documentation to show that serious mitigating factors impeded your ability to be successful in one or more of the first three attempts. These include:

  • Documented physical or mental health concerns
  • Documented significant illness of a family member for which the student was required to provide caregiving
  • Documented evidence of a personal circumstance which significantly hindered the student's ability to be successful, such as the impacts of a natural disaster (including housing insecurity, financial insecurity, etc.), the death of an immediate family or household member, or other

You also need to include a plan that demonstrates you will have a reasonable chance of success in the course.

3

Submit your petition

Submit your completed petition and supporting documentation to SRRO@ufv.ca. 

If you have already submitted your petition and wish to include more information, email SRRO@ufv.ca and it will be added to your file.

Receiving a response

The petition for a fourth attempt will be considered by a committee consisting of the area Dean, the program Department Head, and the Executive Director, Student Academic Affairs, or designate. The decision of the committee is final.

The committee may impose conditions upon successful petitioners.

All course attempts and grades will appear on the transcript, but only the higher of the grades will be counted in the UFV grade point average (GPA) as per Grading System policy (101).

For further information, please review the Course Repeat policy (86).