Supersede Policy for Transfer Courses
When a student completes the same course two or more times before transferring to Northwest, credit will be awarded for only the highest grade when calculating the transfer grade point average. If a student completes the same course, once at Northwest and once at another institution, the procedures listed in Superseding Grades/Repeating Courses will be followed like so:
- If the student receives a grade of “D” or “F” in transfer, that grade will be superseded when the class is completed with the same or higher grade at Northwest. A petition for superseding must be completed at the time of registration in the course and can be completed in CatPAWS. The transfer grade will be averaged with the Northwest grade if a lower grade is received at Northwest.
- If the student receives a grade of “A”, “B”, or “C” in transfer, that grade will always be averaged with the Northwest grade that is earned. The grade in the transfer course will never supersede the grade earned when the course is taken at Northwest, regardless of the grade received during the time it was taken at Northwest.