Retaking a course

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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Hi, I assume to fail a class that I’m currently taking, so I will have to retake the course.

I understand the most recent grade will be calculated into the GPA, but I’m not sure how many units are being counted on my cumulative units.
For example: after I receive the final grade of a 4-unit course I retake, will the cumulative units be +4 or +8?

This is pretty important to me because I may exceed the unit ceiling. Please let me know if anyone has experienced this!

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I seriously doubt if in your example, it would be +8. That wouldn’t make any sense. When you repeat, it’s more or less as if you’ve taken the class only once (in this case).

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https://registrar.berkeley.edu/academic-records/grades

“If you repeat more than 12 units, your grade-point average is based on all grades assigned and total units attempted.”

It’s fine unless if you failed more than 12 units worth of classes. Simply at +4.