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 Rutgers Business School 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.
