Graduate Courses. A student may register for graduate courses for undergraduate credit with the approval of the graduate director and the dean of academic affairs of the graduate school in question. Approval generally is not given unless the student has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better and senior standing. Forms are available in the Office of Academic Services.
Pass/No Credit Courses. Students who have earned 60 or more credits may elect one course for a grade of Pass/No Credit in each of two terms. Students have until the end of the sixth week of the term to inform the registrar which course, if any, will be taken on a Pass/No Credit basis. The decision, once made and communicated to the registrar, may not be changed. The student need not inform the instructor that a course is being taken for a grade of Pass/No Credit. All instructors provide a letter grade for all students. Pass/No Credit is entered on the records of those students who opt to take a course on that basis. Pass is entered for those who received a grade of C or better and No Credit is entered for those who receive a grade of D or F.
No course in the student`s major or minor field or required for the student`s major, regardless of the department offering the course, may be taken on a Pass/No Credit basis; no course may be taken on a Pass/No Credit basis to fulfill distribution requirements; no education courses or courses offered by the School of Business may be taken Pass/No Credit; no course in the Douglass Scholars Program may be taken Pass/No Credit; and no Summer Session courses may be taken Pass/No Credit.
However, once a student has completed all her major requirements, she is permitted to take courses in her major on a Pass/No Credit basis. A student must have completed all her major requirements in a preceding term before choosing this option, and the total number of courses that may be taken on this basis remains two.
Limited Credit for Internships and Fieldwork. Degree credit for all internships and fieldwork is limited to a total of 9 credits. Internships that are not sponsored by an academic department do not receive academic credit. No credit toward the degree is allowed for work in cooperative education programs. Exceptions to these policies are granted only for work beyond the minimum 120 credits required for the degree.
Grades of F. In general, when a course is repeated in which a student previously earned a grade of F, both the original grade of F and the new grade remain on the transcript and in the cumulative grade-point average. However, for up to four courses repeated at Rutgers, the student may elect to have the original grade of F removed from the cumulative grade-point average, although it will remain on the transcript. A student may exercise this option for any four courses during the undergraduate years, but it may be used only once for a given course. A student elects this option by filling out a form in the Office of Academic Services at any time after the completion of the term in which the course is repeated. Once the form has been submitted, the first grade is E-credited and the second grade is used in the cumulative grade-point average, even if it is also F. Election of this option may not be revoked.
Grades of D. If a student earns a grade of D and repeats the course, both grades are computed in the cumulative grade-point average, but the student receives degree credit only the first time. The second grade is prefixed with a K.
Grades of C or Better. In general, if a student earns a grade of C or better and repeats the course, no additional credit is earned toward the degree, and the second grade is not computed in the cumulative grade-point average. The record of the repeated course appears on the transcript with an E prefix.
Summer Courses. Students may take Summer Session courses equivalent to no more than 1 credit per week if they have the approval of the appropriate Rutgers department. If summer school work is taken at a community college, no more than 6 credits are accepted after the student has earned 60 credits. Transfer students who have been granted the maximum number of credits (60) from an accredited two-year college may not receive credits beyond that maximum. A properly approved Summer Session form must be filed in the Office of Academic Services before attendance at summer school to ensure that degree credit is granted. No credit is accepted in transfer from any university or college other than a college within Rutgers if the grade earned is below the equivalent of a C at Rutgers.
