Pass/Fail Grade Option

Fall 2025 Deadline: November 11

Spring 2026 Deadline: March 18

All eligible students (first-semester freshmen are ineligible) who plan to take a course on a pass/fail basis must submit a Pass/Fail Grade Option Form (see link below) to the Student Success Center (Phillips Memorial Library) by 4:30 p.m. on the pass/fail deadline date.

Students who have studied abroad must submit their request by the end of the semester immediately following their return to the College, and only after study abroad courses have been posted to their official PC transcript.

Please note the following restrictions before making your request:

• You must have a Cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better to elect the P/F grade option.
• Any course taken on a pass/fail basis must be selected from free electives as shown on the degree audit. Core curriculum, major, and minor courses are excluded from the pass/fail designation. If you elect pass/fail for a course that is on your degree audit as meeting a core, major, or minor requirement, that course shall be considered a free elective.
• Credits earned on a pass/fail basis will not be averaged in a student’s GPA; credits failed in a pass/fail course will be averaged as an “F” with 0.00 quality grade points.
• Only one course per semester (fall or spring) or term (winter or summer), with a maximum of four courses in total, may be taken on a pass/fail basis. (Courses that are offered only on a pass/fail basis [internship and research] do not contribute to the total of one per semester).
• There will be no retroactive change of a standard (letter grade) to a pass/fail course or reversal of the election of this P/F option.

Pass-Fail Grade Option Form
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