Pass-fail registration for graduate students is permitted under certain circumstances, outside the student’s area of concentration. Applicable conditions are:

 

1. Students may take graduate courses on a pass-fail basis only outside of the major field of study. Such courses are not considered in computing grade point averages, nor are they counted toward hours necessary for graduation. A "pass" grade in such a course indicates work equivalent at least to a letter grade of "C".
2. Graduate students may take non-required undergraduate courses outside the major field on a pass-fail basis. These courses are not considered in computing grade point average, nor are they counted toward the total hours necessary for graduation. A "pass" grade in such a course indicates work equivalent at least to a letter grade of "C".
3. No more than one course per semester may be taken on a pass-fail basis.
4. At the time of registration, the student must indicate any course to be taken on a pass-fail basis.
5. Students entering courses on a pass-fail basis are held to the same standards of achievement as other students. They are expected to meet recitations, tests, papers, and examinations.
6. The Registrar sends each instructor, at the beginning of the semester, a list of students registered on a pass-fail basis in that instructor's classes.
7. No student, once registered for pass-fail evaluation in a given course, may subsequently change registration to a letter-grade basis; nor may a student once registered for a letter grade subsequently elect the pass-fail option.