A/Pass/F Policy

Undergraduate students, except first-semester freshmen and students on academic warning, may enroll in certain undergraduate courses for which they have the normal prerequisites under the A/Pass/F grade option. Under this option, students earning a grade of A in a course will have an A recorded on the transcript for that course; a grade of B, C, or D will be recorded as Pass; a Grade of F will be recorded as F.

Students may request the A/Pass/F grade option for eligible courses through the 28th day of a 16-week semester or through the 14th day of summer semester. Students requesting the use of the A/Pass/F grade option must obtain the signature of their advisors. The decision by a student to use the A/Pass/F grade option is treated with strict confidentiality.

It is the responsibility of a student requesting enrollment under the A/Pass/F grade option to be sure that such an enrollment is valid in the declared degree program. A course originally completed under the A/Pass/F grade option may not be converted to the letter grade option.

Students should be aware that some schools, scholarship committees, and honorary societies do not find work taken on a nongraded basis (Pass) acceptable. Furthermore, many employers do not view nongraded (Pass) course work favorably. All students should be cautious in using the A/Pass/F grading option.
Each department or division may specify which courses its majors may take under the A/Pass/F grade option consistent with the university requirements listed below.

A student may enroll under the A/Pass/F grade option for any free elective course offered under this option, that is, in any course that is in no way specified even in general terms in his or her curriculum, secondary major, or minor. Courses that are specified by name or number and courses that meet general distrubution requirements, and courses to be applied in a secondary major or minor are not considered free electives.

Students may submit Pass hours for graduation requirements up to and not exceeding one-sixth of the total number of hours required for a bechelor's degree. That is, five-sixths of all hours submitted for the degree must be hours submitted on a graded or credit basis.