A/Pass/Fail Option
Under certain circumstances, undergraduate students have the option to elect to enroll in a course for a grade or for A/Pass/Fail. A student may enroll in only one A/Pass/Fail course per semester. To enroll in a course under the A/Pass/Fail option, a student must have completed 24 semester credit hours with at least a 2.0 grade point average. Courses in a student's major (including minor and correlate courses) cannot be taken for A/Pass/Fail without written permission from the appropriate department chair or dean on file in the University Registrar's Office.
If the student earns an A in the course, this is recorded on the transcript. If the student earns a grade of B, C, or D this is recorded as P on the transcript, and is not figured in the student's cumulative grade point average. If the student fails the course, a grade of F is recorded, and this grade is figured in the student's cumulative grade point average. Students must present a minimum of 84 graded hours (i.e., hours in which an A, B, C, D, or F was received) for graduation with a Bachelor's degree, or a minimum of 42 graded hours for an Associate's degree.
Subject to the provisions above, a student may elect graded or A/Pass/Fail status for a course at any time during the period in which that student may elect to withdraw from that course. Please see the academic calendar for specific deadline dates.
Certain courses may not be taken for grade, but may only be taken pass/fail. The above policy does not pertain to such courses.
