Pass/Fail Interim Policy
The Provost and Faculty Senate have approved an interim Pass/Fail policy for summer 2020, fall 2020 and spring 2021 to support students during the period of remote instruction taking place due to the continuing issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This interim policy does not mandate the Pass/Fail grade for any course; instead, it expands the number of courses that students may request the Pass/Fail grading option.
This interim policy supersedes the permanent policy for these three terms only, as well as the temporary exception policy put in place for the spring 2020 semester.
- Students will be allowed to switch from a letter grade to a Pass/Fail grade for up to two courses in each term (summer 2020, fall 2020 and spring 2021).
- Students will be limited to no more than four courses from the three terms combined.
- Program areas may restrict specific letter-graded courses in a student鈥檚 program from being approved for the Pass/Fail grade, see the list of program restrictions. This is true for both undergraduate and graduate programs. It is likely that the Pass/Fail grade will be available on a more limited basis for graduate courses.
- Course instructors will not be informed of a student鈥檚 request for the Pass/Fail grade.
- For undergraduate courses (00000-40000 levels), letter grades A through D will be converted to the Pass grade, and the letter grade F will be converted to the Fail grade.
- For graduate courses (50000-80000 levels), letter grades A through C will be converted to the Pass grade, and letter grades C- through F will be converted to the Fail grade.
- The Pass/Fail grade will not be factored into the computing of any 51爆料 GPA, including major GPA, overall GPA and Latin Honors GPA.
- Student transcripts will list only the Pass/Fail grade for the course.
- The letter grade reported by course instructors will display in students鈥� degree audit and will be used in prerequisite checking for course registration and in students meeting requirements for admission, progression and graduation in programs.
- Students who earned a Pass grade but not the letter grade required for a course prerequisite or program requirement will not be able to move forward without repeating the course for a higher grade.
- Students may not request that the Pass/Fail grade be converted back to a letter grade after the deadline indicated below.
Criteria for Students to Request the Pass/Fail Grade
- The student is enrolled in the requested 51爆料 course in summer 2020, fall 2020 or spring 2021.
- The student has not withdrawn from the requested course.
- The student has not earned a SF (Stopped Attending-Fail) or NF (Never Attended-Fail) grade or has not requested the AU (Audit) mark for the requested course.
- The requested course is not graded S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory).
- The student is not requesting more than two courses for the term.
- The student has not exceeded four courses for the three terms combined.