Academic Policies and Procedures: How Can I...

• Put a class on Credit/No-Credit? (CR/NC)

  Student-Selected: Students have the option to include up to four courses to be taken on a credit/no credit basis in addition to University-designated credit/no credit courses. Courses in the student’s designated major, minor, concentration, and all Tier II and Tier III course requirements within the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, and the foreign language requirement cannot be taken on a credit/no credit basis in order to fulfill the designated requirement. Only one student-selected credit/no credit course may be taken in any semester. Two courses in the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum may be taken on a credit/no credit basis. The credit/no credit option in the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum is restricted to Tier I requirements. A student shall earn (must receive) a final grade of “credit” in order for the course to fulfill the designated requirement. Per the Repeat Course Policy, a repeated course cannot be placed on credit/no credit. It can only be repeated for a letter grade. Students must file the appropriate form with the Registrar’s Office no later than the tenth week of the semester for courses, which fall within the regular semester schedule. For all other courses, no later than the end of the second third of the course. If the work is above passing, the course is recorded on the permanent record as credit (CR). If the work is below passing, the course is recorded on the permanent record as no credit (NC). The grade for a course placed on credit/no credit does not affect the grade point average.

  University Designated: A limited number of credit/no credit courses are offered at the option of the department and with the approval of the appropriate academic dean. If the student’s work is above passing, the credit is recorded on the permanent record as “CR” and credit is given with no grade point assigned. If the student’s work is below passing, the course is recorded as a no credit (NC).

  To place a course on credit/no credit, use the Credit No-Credit Form .

  See the Academic Calendar for specific dates.

• Withdraw From a Course?

  If students wish to reduce their course load after the deadline for dropping the course, they must obtain a withdrawal form from the Registrar’s Office. Full-time students who wish to withdraw from all of their courses must follow the Withdraw from the University process.

  The withdrawal form requires the signature of the student’s academic advisor. The “W” grade will be recorded on the student’s permanent transcript but will not be used in calculating the grade point average. Due to immigration regulations international students should consult with the coordinator of international programs prior to withdrawing from a course.  It is the student’s responsibility to return the completed form to the Registrar’s Office.

  The course withdrawal deadline for full-semester courses is no later than the tenth week of the semester. The course withdrawal deadline for less than full-semester courses is no later than the end of the second third of the course. If students have not withdrawn officially from a course before the deadline, the course will appear on their academic record with the appropriate grade assigned.

  See the Academic Calendar for specific dates and the following link for the Withdrawal From a Course Form .

• Repeat a Course?

  An undergraduate course in which a student earned a grade of C or higher cannot be repeated for a letter grade. It can only be audited. If the student earned a C-, D+, D, F, CR, or NC in a course, the student can repeat the course for a letter grade, but cannot place it on credit/no credit. The following rules apply to each of the first three different courses repeated for the first time:

  1. If the first grade was a C-, D, D+, or F, then the higher of the two grades earned in the repeated course will be calculated in the grade point average, and credits will be earned only once.
  2. If the course was placed on credit/no credit when taken the first time, then the letter grade earned from the repeat will be calculated in the grade point average, and credits will be earned only once.

  All grades earned in subsequent course repeats, whether they pertain to courses repeated once already or courses repeated for the first time, will be calculated in the grade point average. However, no course may be counted more than once toward the credits needed for a degree.

  The transcript will show all grades earned, both those calculated in the grade point average and those not calculated.
  The form to fill out for an undergraduate course is located here.
  The form to fill out for a graduate course is located here.