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Graded and Non-Graded Coursework

  2. Majors and Minors
  3. Departments and Units
  4. Courses
  5. LSA Degrees
  6. LSA Requirements
  7. LSA Academic Policies and Procedures
    1. Academic Integrity
    2. Academic Standing
    3. Add/Drop
    4. Auditing a Course
    5. Class Attendance
    6. Class Standing
    7. Course Credit and Contact Hours
    8. Course Sequencing
    9. Credit Limits for Major Department
    10. Credit Load
    11. Credit Overloads
    12. Dean's Recommendation Forms
    13. Distinction Levels
    14. Experiential and Independent Study Courses
    15. Final Exams
    16. Grade Changes
    17. Grade Grievance Process
    18. Grade Point Average
    19. Graded and Non-Graded Coursework
    20. Grades and Grading
    21. Honors and Awards
    22. Incompletes
    23. LSA and Non-LSA Credit
    24. Prerequisites
    25. Registration
    26. Repeating a Course
    27. Residency Requirements
    28. Returning Students
    29. Student Records and FERPA
    30. Term Withdrawal
    31. Test Credit and Language Credit
    32. Transfer Credit
    33. Waitlists and Overrides
  9. LSA Commitment to Academic Freedom
  10. LSA First-Semester Grade Covering Pilot
  11. Dates and Deadlines
  12. Academic Integrity
  13. Engaged Learning
  14. STEM
  15. Business
  16. What Will You Do with an LSA Degree?

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Credit requirement for graded courses

LSA students must complete a minimum of 90 graded credits toward the 120 credits required for a degree. 

Graded credits

  • Students earn graded credits in courses in which a letter grade (A through E) is recorded on the transcript. 
  • Graded credits earn honor points.
  • Test credit (AP, IB, etc) as well as transfer credit for which students earned a grade at another institution is considered graded credit. 

Non-graded credits

  • Students earn non-graded credits in courses in which a P/F, CR/NC, or S/U is recorded on the transcript. 
  • Non-graded credits do not earn honor points.
  • Note: "P" and "PS" courses from COVID grading terms (Winter 2020 through Summer 2021) also count toward the 90 graded credits.

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