Pass/Fail Grading

Effective Fall 2024

A student may elect a course on a Optional Pass/Fail grading basis. 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 Optional 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 LSA Office of Student Academic Affairs
Students must have a minimum of 90 graded credits toward the 120 credits required for a degree.

The following may be taken as Optional 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 Optional 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.

Mandatory Pass/Fail courses (such as some internships) may be used to fulfill major/minor requirements.

Instructions for Requesting an Edit (Pass/Fail) Before the Drop/Add Deadline

From the Student Center in Wolverine Access, click Backpack/Registration
On the Edit tab, select the class from your schedule to be edited and click the Proceed to Step 2 of 3 button.
Change the grading as needed, then click the Next button.
Confirm the edits to your enrollment options and click the Finish Editing button.

Instructions for Requesting a Late Edit (Pass/Fail) After the Drop/Add Deadline

From the Student Center in Wolverine Access, click Backpack/Registration.
On the Edit tab, select the class from your schedule to be edited and click the Proceed to Step 2 of 3 button.
Change the grading as needed, then click the Next button.
Confirm the edits to your enrollment options and click the Finish Editing button.
If you are eligible to submit a Late Edit request form electronically, a Request for Late Edit button displays. Click the button to access the form.
- If you are not eligible to submit a request, an error message is displayed.

Video Walk Thru

Previous Non-Graded Coursework Policy

Non-Graded Courses (P/F, CR/NC, S/U)

Students may count a maximum 30 non-graded credits toward the 120 credits required for a degree. Non-graded credits are earned in courses for which no letter grade (A through E) is recorded on the transcript. Only those non-graded credits actually earned are counted as part of the total number of non-graded credits applicable toward a degree.

A student cannot choose to elect a course by the CR/NC and S/U grading patterns; the optional non-graded pattern is P/F.
Non-graded courses earn credit toward a degree but not honor points. Therefore, "Pass" (or "Credit") grades do not enter into the computation of the term or cumulative grade point averages.
A change in grading pattern from a letter grade to optional pass/fail is not permitted after the last day of class. Additionally from Weeks 4 through the last day of class of a full term (Weeks 3 through the last day of class of a half-term), students can only submit a request to switch from "graded" to P/F one time; they are unable to move from P/F back to "graded." Exceptions to this policy are not granted.
All grading pattern choices must be modified through the registration system.
The College holds students responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of their class schedule.
Instructor approval is not required for a choice in the elected grading pattern nor should the instructor be informed of such a choice. Instructors report letter grades (A through E) for all students in their courses, except in mandatory CR/NC courses. In the case of a student who has chosen to elect a course "Pass/Fail," the Office of the Registrar converts the letter grades according to the following policies:
1. Grades of A through C– are posted on a transcript as "P" (Pass); credit toward a degree is earned.
2. Grades of D through E are posted on a transcript as "F" (Fail); no degree credit is earned.
In the case of an incomplete course elected "Pass/Fail," credit is posted only when the work has actually been completed and a grade of at least C– has been reported. "Pass/Fail" courses which are not finished lapse to "Fail," although the term and cumulative grade point averages remain unaffected.
If the instructor of a mandatory Credit/No Credit course believes that the amount and quality of a student's work is such that it deserves credit, CR (Credit) is posted on the transcript. If the instructor believes that a student's work does not justify the awarding of credit, NC (No Credit) is posted on the transcript. Courses offered mandatory Credit/No Credit are designated in the course listings.
Students who have transferred "non-graded" credit to the College must count that credit as part of the maximum 30 hours of "non-graded" credit which may be counted toward an LSA degree. Advanced Placement credit as well as transfer courses for which students earned grades at another institution do not count against the 30-credit limit.
Classes at Camp Davis may not be elected on a Pass/Fail basis (effective Spring Term 2012).
Non-graded courses may be included in a distribution plan.
Pass/fail courses may not be used to fulfill a major or minor requirement.
Experiential and Directed Reading/Independent Study courses that are graded on a Credit/No Credit or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis may be included in a major program.
The final course in a sequence used to fulfill the Language Requirement may not be elected on a Pass/Fail basis. (Effective for all students admitted to the College in Fall Term, 1995 and thereafter.)
In computing the grade point average for honorary societies, the reported letter grades for "non-graded" elections are computed into the cumulative grade point average.
No course elected "Pass/Fail" will receive the Honors notation on the transcript or be counted as an "Honors" course for the Sophomore Honors Award.
A student may pay a special fee set by the Registrar's Office and request a specially prepared appendix to the transcript on which the original grades submitted for all courses elected "Pass/Fail" are listed.

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Pass/Fail Grading

Previous Non-Graded Coursework Policy