Withdrawals and Repeat Counts

This is only a tutorial. No log in is required.

Introduction

Before repeating a course in an upcoming term or withdrawing from a course (i.e., dropping) after the fourth week of the semester, review the following University Catalog undergraduate or graduate student policies and consult with your academic advisor:

• Repeat Limit Policy

• Withdrawal Limit Policy

These policies differ for undergraduate and graduate students.

This guide explains how undergraduate students can use the Withdrawals/Repeats pages of the SOLAR Student Center to track the courses and units they’ve withdrawn from and repeated in their studies at CSUN.

Withdrawals and units repeated for grade averaging will be counted from zero beginning with the fall 2009 semester. However, units repeated for grade forgiveness are counted for your entire CSUN career.

---

Step 1

Go to the CSUN home page at www.csun.edu and:

1. Open the MyCSUN menu in the top navigation.
    
2. Select the CSUN Portal link.
    
3. Log in with your CSUN user ID and password.

---

Step 2

Your CSUN Portal home page displays.

In the Top Tools section, select the Student Center backpack icon link.

---

Step 3

The SOLAR Student Center displays.

1. Under the top Academics heading, open the "other academic..." drop-down menu.
    
2. Choose Withdrawals/Repeats from the list of links.
    
3. Select the "go" button.

---

Step 4

The Withdrawals and Repeats page displays two tabs at the top. The page defaults to Withdrawals and displays two tables:

• Withdrawal Summary: Counts the units available for withdrawal starting with the fall 2009 semester. Withdrawal limit: 18 units.
   
• Withdrawal Courses: Lists the CSUN classes from which you’ve withdrawn beginning fall 2009.

Withdrawing is officially dropping one or more classes after the fourth week of instruction for the fall and spring semesters. Find exact dates in the Registration Calendar.

For fall and spring term details, refer to Late Schedule Changes.

IMPORTANT! Before withdrawing:

• Review the Withdrawal Limit Policy (Undergraduate).
   
• Reducing the number of enrolled units may adversely affect your eligibility for Financial Aid and other privileges. Review Information Regarding Potential Impact of Change in Academic Schedule.

---

Step 5

Select the Repeats tab to view the Repeats page.

---

Step 6

Important! Before repeating a course, review the Repeat Limit Policy (Undergraduate) and consult your academic advisor for the best course of action.

The Repeat page displays five tables. The Repeat Summary table, shown here, lists your repeated units in three categories in Column 1:

1. Grades Forgiven: Units you’ve repeated that replace a CSUN grade, counted for your entire CSUN career.
    
2. Grades Averaged: Units for which the original and the repeated grades will both be calculated into your total GPA, counted from fall 2009 on.
    
3. Repeats from Enrollment: Units you are repeating in the current term or semester. Units will move to the forgiven or averaged columns after grades are posted and end-of-term processing is complete. The units in this row will display as a negative number, such as minus 3 (–3.00), before they are "charged" as forgiven or averaged.

---

Step 7

Columns 2 through 5 of the Repeat Summary table count repeated UNITS as follows:

• Units Used: Counted from fall 2009 and later.
   
• Previous Units: Counted prior to fall 2009.
   
• Units Available: Unit Limit minus (the sum of Units Used + Previous Units).
   
• Unit Limit: Maximum units allowed for each type of repeat:
  • 16 units max for Grade Forgiveness
     
  • 12 units max for Grade Averaging
     
  • 28 units max combined Total Repeats

In this example, 9 units are repeated; therefore, 19 units are available, for a total limit of 28 units in all categories combined.

---

Step 8

The Repeats page includes four more tables listing the COURSES you have repeated in each of the following four groups, starting fall 2009 and later:

• Grades Forgiven
   
• Grades Averaged
   
• Repeats from Enrollment: Courses you are repeating in the current term or semester. Courses will move to the forgiven or averaged list about three weeks after fall or spring finals end.
   
• Individual Course Repeat Exceptions: An exception could be made to repeat unit limits in any category. For example, the student in this image may have requested to exceed the unit limit for grades forgiven for MATH 131 during the COVID pandemic.

Notes about the image below:

1. This student may have repeated ENGL 115 twice (i.e., took the class three times). Therefore, the grades were averaged, not forgiven, even though 13.00 units are still available for Grade Forgiveness.
    
2. The student is repeating URBS 150 in the current semester. The units will be charged after the semester has ended.
    
3. Courses for which grades were forgiven will be listed from fall 2009 and later.

---

Step 9

Undergraduate students are not permitted to withdraw or repeat beyond the unit limits established by the following policies:

• Withdrawal Limit Policy (Undergraduate)
   
• Repeat Limit Policy (Undergraduate)

Before repeating or withdrawing, ask your undergraduate academic advisor about the best options in your situation.

For other questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar, Records & Registration in person, by phone or by email.