Academics

Grade Policy

For CE, CS-Eng, and DS-Eng:

Requirement	Minimum Grade*
College of Engineering Common Requirements, e.g. Engineering, Math, and Science (and their prerequisites)	C letter grade, no Pass/Fail
Major Core Courses (and their prerequisites)	C letter grade, no Pass/Fail
Technical Electives (and their prerequisites)	C letter grade, no Pass/Fail
Intellectual Breadth	D- letter grade or if taken Pass/Fail, A+ through C-= Pass
General Electives	D- letter grade or if taken Pass/Fail, A+ through C-= Pass

*”T” grades granted for equivalent transfer credit are also accepted.

NOTE: An unsatisfactory grade in a required course must be repeated earning a grade of C or better. A Technical Elective may be repeated, earning a grade of C or better; or replaced by another course approved by the Chief Program Advisor.

Pass/fail rules:

The following cannot be taken Pass/Fail:

• CoE Common Requirements
• CSE Major Core Courses
• ULCS requirement for CS*
• Flexible Technical Electives*

*If a student wishes to switch a ULCS or Flexible Technical Elective to Pass/Fail, the class will no longer satisfy that requirement. It will instead count as General Elective credit.

The following can be taken Pass/Fail:

• Intellectual Breadth courses
• Courses filtering as General Elective, such as
  • Excess ULCS/Flexible Technical Electives beyond the major requirement that are filtering into General Electives in the degree audit
  • Any course not counting for major requirements or CoE common requirements

Students have the option to take General Electives and Intellectual Breadth courses P/F, under the following conditions, set by the College of Engineering:

• A maximum of 14 credit hours can be taken P/F throughout a degree.
• Courses taken P/F do not count toward a student’s GPA and do not generate honor points.
• No more than 2 courses per full term can be taken P/F (no more than 1 course for part time students or a half-term semester).
• The instructor of the course does not know a student has elected the course as P/F and issues grades to students as normal. After grades are submitted, the Registrar’s Office translates P/F grades as follows:
  • A+ through C- = Pass (P)
  • D+ through E = Fail (F)

For CS-LSA:

Requirement	Minimum Grade*
CS Pre-Declaration Requirements	C letter grade, no Pass/Fail
CS Major Courses (and their prerequisites)	C letter grade, no Pass/Fail
LSA Distribution Requirements	Please discuss with your Newnan Advisor

*”T” grades granted for equivalent transfer credit are also accepted.

A C or better is required to get CS-LSA program credit for the courses listed as pre-declaration, Major, CS program electives, and their prerequisites. A course with a grade of C- or below must be retaken, or if it is a program technical elective, it can be either retaken or replaced by another allowed elective with a grade of C or better.