VI. Completion of Year-Long First Year Courses

1. Courses that award an In-Progress grade at the end of the first semester
   
   
   1. a) At the instructor’s discretion, based on the student’s overall progress in the course, the returning student may be required to repeat the course’s first and second semesters of the year-long, first-year course the next time it is offered, or
      
      b) At the instructor’s discretion, based on the student’s overall progress in the course, the returning student may be required to complete the course’s second semester the next time it is offered.
      
      
   2. c) The instructor for the repeated semester(s) may be different from the instructor who taught the first semester. The student’s final grade for the year-long course will be calculated using the same formula used by the new instructor in the course.
      
      
   3. d) The student will not receive unit credit toward the J.D. degree for a repeated semester of a year-long course.
      
      e) The student’s In-Progress grade for the first-semester of a repeated year-long course will be converted to a grade of “Incomplete.” The Incomplete will permanently remain on the student’s transcript and will not be converted to any other grade.
      
      
2. Courses that award a final grade at the end of the first semester
   
   
   1. a) At the instructor’s discretion, based on the student’s overall progress in the course, the returning student may be required to repeat the first and second semesters of the year-long, first year course the next time it is offered, or
      
      
   2. b) At the instructor’s discretion, based on the student’s overall progress in the course, the returning student may be required to complete the course’s second semester the next time it is offered.
      
      
   3. c) The instructor for the repeated semester(s) may be different from the instructor who taught the first semester.
      
      
   4. d) The student will not receive unit credit toward the J.D. degree for a repeated semester of a year-long course that the student passed the first time it was taken. Grades in all semesters in which a grade was awarded for the course, including repeated semesters, will count in the student’s cumulative GPA.

1. Courses that award an In-Progress grade at the end of the first semester
   
   
   1. a) The student must fulfill the first-year course requirement by enrolling in the semester-long course.
      
      b) The student’s In-Progress grade for the first-semester of the year-long course will be converted to a grade of “Incomplete.” The Incomplete will permanently remain on the student’s transcript; it will not be converted to any other grade. The student will not receive unit credit toward the J.D. degree for the semester with the grade of Incomplete.
      
      
2. Course that award a final grade at the end of the first semester
   
   
   1. a) The student must fulfill the first-year course requirement by enrolling in the semester-long course.
      
      b) The maximum number of units a student will receive for successfully completing the first semester of a year-long course and the semester-long version of the same course cannot exceed the number of units earned by students currently enrolled in the semester-long class.

The returning student must fulfill the first-year course requirement by enrolling in the year-long course the next time it is offered.