In case you missed it last week, the University announced the official pass/fail policy for courses taken during the spring 2021 semester. Here are the key takeaways from the announcement.
- Students may elect the pass/fail option for up to three courses, including courses used to satisfy major, minor, and graduation requirements.
- Electing the pass/fail option must be done by Tuesday, May 4th.
- As per usual, students may revoke the pass/fail option after spring 2021 grades are posted, meaning a letter grade will appear for the course(s) for which the pass/fail option was revoked. This can be done until six months after a student graduates.
- Departments and major programs have the option to view the letter grade underlying a pass/fail grade for prerequisite classes in order to enforce the minimum grade requirements for advanced courses. In these cases, the student’s transcript will still display a pass or fail, and their GPA will still be unaffected.
- Students in 600+ level (i.e. graduate level) classes can elect satisfactory/fail for available courses. Students must contact their professor to make elect this option, and it will count toward the three permitted pass/fail courses for the semester.
For a more detailed description of the pass/fail policy for this semester, visit this webpage. As always, if you have any questions about this, feel free to contact us!