Registration and Grades - Pass/Fail Option

The purpose of the pass/fail option is to encourage students to be academically venturesome in their course selection. Students are allowed to use their pass/fail option for one elective course per semester. Required courses for the major may not be taken pass/fail. Students who register for a course, which is mandatory pass/fail, shall not be deprived of their option to take one additional elective course on a pass/fail basis per semester.

Students must officially elect the pass/fail option within the first 14 calendar days of each semester and must have their program coordinator's approval to do so. The instructor of the course will not be informed that the course is being taken pass/fail. At the end of the semester the instructor will submit the student's earned letter grade to the Stockbridge Registrar. If the grade submitted is one that will raise a student's cumulative average, the grade will be entered on the student's grade report. If the grade submitted is one that will lower a student's cumulative average, a "P" (Pass) or "F" (Fail) grade will be entered on the grade report. A grade of "P" is not assigned any points, and does not affect the semester or cumulative average; however, the credit earned is counted towards graduation credits. A grade of "F" earned in a course taken pass/fail is assigned 0.00 points, and lowers both semester and cumulative averages.