Special Credit-No Credit Policy for 2020 and Spring 2021

The Special Grading policies put into place for Spring 2020, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 allow for the following exceptions to the Credit/No Credit policy – Courses in the major could be taken CR/N; CR grades that cover a merit grade (2.0 or better) can count toward the major and College requirements; P (Pass) grades assigned by a faculty member in Spring 2020 may count toward the major and College requirements.

  • Students will be allowed to declare up to four (4) courses in the 2020-21 academic year CR/NC.
  • Students may choose to use the four (4) Credit/No Credits in one semester or spread them across both semesters in the way that works best for them.
  • These will not count toward the overall limit of four (4) CR/NC courses currently allowed over the student’s time at ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ.
  • Students will have until June 14th, 2021, after the end of the Spring 2021 semester, to decide which courses taken in the academic Year 2020-2021 will appear as CR/NC on their transcripts.
  • Students can retroactively decide to uncover grades at any time including after graduation, with the stipulation that once uncovered they will remain uncovered.
  • Students can declare courses in their major CR/NC, but if the grade is below 2.0, it will be at the department’s discretion whether or not to count that course toward the major. The same applies for prerequisites.
  • Faculty will assign letter grades to all students as usual; there is no option for faculty to declare a course Pass/Fail during the academic year 2020-2021.

What does that mean for the Fall 2020 semester?

  1. You can use all four Credit/No Credits in the Fall if that works best for you, but you do not have to make that decision until after Spring grades are available.
  2. You can update a course in BiONiC in the usual way through the end of exams if you wish – the deadline of November 20th has been removed
  3. A form will be available in BiONiC later this semester for you to select and adjust your Credit/No Credit choices through the June deadline. I will share instructions and information once the form is available.
  4. Recognizing that long term plans may be impacted by decisions made now, you will be able to uncover a course covered by a Credit (CR) grade during th