Allow Course Repeats

Select this checkbox to allow a student to add a course they have previously taken.

If this checkbox is cleared (not selected), a student is unable to add a course they previously have taken.

Examples

Suppose you have scheduled 3 sections of the same catalog record in the same term. Note the begin and end dates of these classes. The end date of CIS 1151 01 is less than the begin date of CIS 1151 02, and the dates of CIS 1151 03 span the whole term and thus overlap the dates for CIS 1151 and CIS 1151 02.

Student registers for CIS 1151 01 in the first subterm but fails the course. The student wishes to take the course again because the instructor told him the course was being offered during the second subterm. The student logs in to the Course Schedules portlet and selects CIS 1151 03.

When the student clicks the Add Course(s) button, the student is not able to register for the class because the dates of CIS 1151 03 overlap with CIS 1151 01 that he took in the first subterm and either today’s date is > the census date for CIS 1151 01 or CIS 1151 01 has a “History” status so a swap is not an option. The student receives the following message:

If today’s date is < the census date for CIS 1151 01 and CIS 1151 01 has not been graded and changed to History, then the student is required to do a swap by entering the Course Code and clicking the Add Courses button.

When the student selects CIS 1151 02, the student is able to register for the class with the warning that it is a repeat.

Because the school does not allow students to register online for repeat courses (the Allow Course Repeats checkbox is cleared) , the student will always get the repeat message and is not allowed to register for any repeats regardless of the dates of the courses.