The University Senate of Michigan Technological University

 

PROPOSAL 7-09

 (Voting Units: Full Senate)

 

 

“DEFINITION FOR DISSIMILAR REPEATS”

 

 

 

Proposal Background

 

There have been a number of recent cases where courses were substituted that have content that is completely unrelated to the original course on record.  The current absence of a clear definition enables widespread abuse, resulting in obvious grade inflation.

 

Proposal

 

The following paragraph should be added to the catalog under Registration:

 

“Students who wish to repeat a course that is no longer offered and has no active direct equivalent may request substitution with a different course (dissimilar repeat) which covers similar material.  Approval is required by the student’s academic advisor and department chair”