Pass/Fail

A student may elect a course on a Pass/Fail grading basis. Instructors are not notified of pass/fail elections. They will report grades as usual (A+ through E) and the registrar will then enter a grade of P if a grade of "C-" through "A+" and a grade of F if a grade less than "C-" had been reported.

Please note the following regarding Pass/Fail elections:

• Students have through the late drop/add/pass/fail deadline (approximately ⅔ through the semester) to elect pass/fail grading in Wolverine Access. A change in grading pattern from a letter grade to optional pass/fail is not permitted after this deadline.
• Courses elected pass/fail earn credit but do not earn honor points. Neither “Pass” or “Fail” grades enter into the calculation of the term or cumulative grade point average.
  • P (Pass): credit, no honor points.
  • F (Fail): no credit, no honor points.
• Any course may be elected pass/fail EXCEPT:
  • Courses required for a major or minor, elective courses for a major or minor, and courses in the major or minor subject/department.
  • The final course used to fulfill the language requirement.
  • If such courses are elected pass/fail they will be uncovered by the Honors Auditor.
• Students must have a minimum of 90 graded credits toward the 120 credits required for a degree.

The following may be taken as pass/fail:

• Elective courses.
• Courses used to fulfill a distribution requirement.
• Courses used to fulfill a skills requirement (except 4th semester of a language and courses also being used for the major/minor).
  • For example, Spanish 101, 102, and 231 may be taken pass/fail but 232 may not.

The following may not be taken as pass/fail:

• Courses in major/minor department.
• The final course in a sequence used to fulfill the language requirement.
• Courses that use the Credit/No Credit grading system.

Note: In computing the grade point average for honor societies, the reported letter grade for “non-graded” courses are computed into the cumulative grade point average.