Pass – No Credit Grading Option
TCU supplements its traditional system with the option for all undergraduate students of Pass/No Credit grades. However, students should note that the various colleges have placed some limitations on the Pass/No Credit option for their particular majors. Click here to see those restrictions.
Undergraduate students who desire to take courses under the P/NC grading option must indicate their choice in writing to the Office of the Registrar, Room 18, Sadler Hall, before the deadline posted on the academic calendar.
A-B-C-D-F is retained as the basic grading system of the University. Undergraduate students may elect the Pass/No Credit grading system, as follows:
- The P grade will be the equivalent of A-B-C; the NC, the equivalent of D-F.
- Students indicate this irrevocable choice to the Office of the Registrar not later than four weeks after classes begin P/NC courses will not count in the student’s GPA.
- No limit will be placed on the number of courses taken under the P/NC option; however, each department shall decide whether to allow its majors the P/NC option in the major and minor fields. Consult the Undergraduate Bulletin. If P/NC enrollment is not allowed in major and/or minor courses, this will be so stated in that portion of the Bulletin describing requirements for your major. Students are discouraged from taking all courses Pass-No Credit in any given semester.
- No minimum GPA will be required to select courses for P/NC.
- Students electing the Pass/No Credit option should first check the transferability of Pass/No Credit courses to other institutions if so desired. Also, they should check the acceptance of Pass/No Credit courses by Honor Societies, Fraternities, Sororities, etc.
- Graduating Seniors should be aware of the impact a “No Credit” might have on the completion of their final degree requirements.
- Students receiving financial aid should check the regulations before electing the Pass/No Credit grading option.
Graduate students may not elect the Pass-No Credit grading option except for those students in the MLA program. See the Graduate Studies Bulletin for the MLA Pass/No Credit policy.
