Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Academic Policies

Pass-Fail Policy

 The purpose of pass-fail is to permit a student to take an elective course in a field of personal interest where he/she may be competing with major students in the department in which the course is offered. When scheduled, such a course shall be included in the student's normal course load for the semester.

A student may take courses on a pass-fail basis to a total of 15 semester hours throughout his/her university career. The student is limited to one pass-fail course in any given semester during the sophomore, junior, and senior years. All courses in the student's Liberal Studies program and courses required to meet major and minor requirements are excluded from this prerogative.

The student must declare his/her intent to choose pass-fail in a specific course no later than six weeks after the beginning of the semester or the equivalent timespan in a summer session. Once declared, this pass-fail option may not be revoked. Instructors will not be notified of the identity of pass-fail students in their courses. The grade given by the instructor will be translated to a "P" or "F" during the processing of grades.

A student shall be given academic credit without quality points for a course taken pass-fail upon receiving a passing mark in the course. The semester hours successfully completed under pass-fail ("passed"), within the overall 15-semester-hour limitation, shall be recorded as counting towards the total semester hours earned for graduation but not towards the semester-hours-attempted data used in calculation of the cumulative grade-point average. However, if a student fails a pass-fail course, he/she will receive the "F" grade and the corresponding grade-point average. An "F" earned under the pass-fail option may be repeated only under the graded option to provide the quality points to correspond to the "hours attempted" incurred with the "F."

The summer sessions, collectively or in any combination, shall be considered a unit similar to a spring or fall semester for pass-fail purposes. Hence, a student is permitted to take only one course during the summer on a pass-fail basis.

Exceptions: Currently, there are two courses which are exceptions to the Pass-Fail Course Policy. EDUC389 and NMDT434 are only offered on a pass-fail basis.
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