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Guidelines per department
A Pass earned in any appropriate course in the spring 2020 semester will count for the following majors and minors
Majors
- American Studies
- Art History
- Biology
- Biochemistry (and Neurobiochemistry track)
- Chemistry
- English
- Film Studies
- History
- Human Rights Studies
- International Studies
- Language and Culture Studies
- Neuroscience
- Political Science
- Physics
- Psychology
- Public Policy and Law
- Sociology
- Theater and Dance
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Minors
- African American Studies
- Applied Math Minor
- Architectural Studies
- Asian Studies
- Biology
- Community Action
- English
- Film Studies
- History
- Human Rights Studies
- Legal Studies
- Marine Studies
- Models & Data Minor
- Rhetoric, Writing and Media
A Pass or Low Pass earned in any appropriate course in the spring 2020 semester will count for the following majors and minors
Majors
- Educational Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Religious Studies
- Studio Arts
Minors
- African Studies
- Chinese Language and Culture
- Jewish Studies
- Literature and Psychology
- Medieval-Renaissance
- Religious Studies
- Urban China Studies
The following majors and minors have detailed certain specifications for courses taken Pass/Low Pass/Fail in spring 2020
- American Studies Graduate Program: A Pass earned in the American Studies Graduate Program will satisfy requirements. The program will not accept Pass/Fail for thesis work.
- Classical Studies: A Pass earned in Classics will satisfy the major requirements. Students may petition a Low Pass grade to program coordinators within all major tracks as well as the four minors: Greek, Latin, Classical Antiquity, and Classical Tradition.
- Computer Science: A Pass earned in Computer Science will satisfy the major requirements, as well as prerequisite courses that require grades of C- or better
- Economics: A Pass earned in Economics will satisfy the major requirements, however students must earn a B- or above in ECON 101 if taking it for the first time, and a B or above if retaking it.
- Engineering: A Pass earned in Engineering will satisfy the major requirements. Students may count only one course with a grade either Low Pass or a D towards the major during their entire undergraduate career.This aligns with Engineering’s longstanding policy of allowing students to count only one course with a D range grade towards the major.
- English Graduate Program: A Pass earned in the English Graduate Program will satisfy requirements. The program will not accept Pass/Fail for thesis work.
- Environmental Science: A Pass earned in Environmental Science will satisfy the major and minor requirements, as well as prerequisite courses for Environmental Science courses
- Interdisciplinary Computing: A Pass earned in Interdisciplinary Computing will satisfy the major requirements, as well as prerequisite courses that require grades of C- or better
- Mathematics: A Pass earned in Mathematics will satisfy the major requirements. For any math course that has a prerequisite requiring a grade of C- or better, the math department will accept a grade of P if the prerequisite course was taken on a P/LP/F basis. The prerequisites for Math 307 and 331, two core, writing intensive requirements for the math major, require a grade of C+ or better in either Math 205, 228, or 241. This prerequisite will remain effective, but these courses will now require a Permission of Instructor (PI) in order to register. This will allow the instructor to check the letter grade on the advising transcript to ensure that the student has met the prerequisite even if the student elected to be graded on a P/LP/F basis.
- Mythology: A Pass or Low Pass earned in the Mythology will satisfy the minor requirements. Students may petition a Low Pass grade to program coordinators.
- Philosophy: A Pass earned in Philosophy will satisfy the major requirements, however students must discuss course conversion to Pass/Low Pass/Fail with their academic adviser and/or the program chair beforehand.
- Physics: A grade of “Pass” (but not “Low Pass”), in any and all courses taken Pass/Fail, toward completing the major and toward fulfilling prerequisites in other physics courses. This includes courses taught in Mathematics and Chemistry that are required for our major.
- Urban Studies: A Pass earned in Urban Studies will satisfy the major and minor requirements, however students seeking honors via URST 497 or URST 499 must earn a letter grade of A- or better
