COVID-19 (Spring 2020) 

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During the spring 2020 semester only, the University and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences amended certain policies related to pass/fail graded courses and amended certain deadlines. Please see these policies below. 

University Policy 

  • Due to COVID-19, students were permitted to drop courses up until Friday, May 1, 2020. 
  • Courses taken on pass/fail during the spring 2020 semester will count toward all University and CLAS general education requirements. 
  • Students with less than 26 earned credits and on scholastic probation were allowed to place classes on pass/fail during the spring 2020 semester. 
  • Students were allowed to elect pass/fail grading through May 15, 2020. 
  • During the spring 2020 semester, to qualify for Dean’s List, full-time students would have to have met the following criteria: 
    • 6 or more calculable credits taken in the semester. (Pass/fail or S/U graded courses are not calculable credit courses.) 
    • Ranked in the upper 25% percentile in the school or college and present a minimum semester grade point average of a 3.00. 
    • No grade below a C, including the actual letter grade awarded in any pass/fail course taken, in the semester. 

CLAS Policies on Pass/Fail Grading and Minor/Major Requirements 

In recognition of the challenges associated with COVID-19 and moving all classes to an online format in the middle of the spring 2020 semester, CLAS altered its restrictions on pass/fail courses to provide flexibility for students who wanted to use this option for some of the courses in their major/minor. 

For courses taken in the spring 2020 semester, CLAS students can count: 

  • Courses taken on pass/fail during the spring 2020 semester only may be used to meet University and College-level general education requirements. 
  • A maximum of 3 courses (up to 4 credits each) taken as pass/fail toward their major and related coursework. 
  • A maximum of 3 courses (up to 4 credits each) taken as pass/fail toward their minor. 
  • Over the full period in which degrees are complete, a minimum of 5 courses (15 credits) within each major and 3 courses (9 credits) within each minor must be taken for a grade. 
  • Students in the cognitive science major may NOT use COGS 2201 taken on pass/fail option in the major. 
  • MATH 2710/2710W and MATH 2142 on pass/fail in spring 2020 may not be used as a prerequisite for any subsequent course a student needs to or plans to take if a minimum grade of a C is required. 
  • No more than 7 credits of statistics coursework placed on pass/fail may be used towards the statistics minor. Statistics minors must have at least 3 classes (9 credits) of graded coursework contributing to the minor.