Pass/No Pass Grade modes

Pass/Not-Pass Option (https://catalog.purdue.edu/content.php?catoid=15&navoid=18634#c-pass-not-pass-option )

In order to provide students with the opportunity to broaden their educational foundations with minimum concern for grades, an alternative grading system, the pass/not-pass option, is established. Students will register for the pass/not-pass option in accordance with “Academic Regulations and Procedures: Registration and Course Assignment,” section A (University Senate Document 73-6, January 28, 1974).

  1. The option is open to all students in the University subject to the regulations of the school in which the student is enrolled. In particular, the school will specify under what conditions a course that is passed under this option may be used to satisfy its graduation requirements. A department or school may specify that certain courses intended only for students in that department or school are available only on the pass/not-pass option (University Senate Document 75-10, as amended and approved, April 19, 1976).

  2. Subject to the regulations of his/her school, a student may elect this option in any course that does not already appear on his/her academic record and in which he/she is otherwise eligible to enroll for credit with letter grade. A student may not elect this option for more than 20 percent of the total credit hours required for graduation.

  3. The registrar’s class roster will indicate which students have elected this option.

  4.  A student who is enrolled in a course under this option has the same obligations as those who are enrolled in the course for credit with letter grade. When the instructor reports final grades in the course, he/she will report that any such student who would have earned a grade of A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, or C- has passed the course, and that any other such student has not passed. The registrar will make an appropriate notation on the student’s academic record in place of a letter grade, but will not use the course in computing GPA.

 

 

Degree and Registration Requirementshttps://catalog.purdue.edu/content.php?catoid=15&navoid=18626#degree-and-registration-requirements

The total number of hours of academic credit used to satisfy degree requirements consists of all graduate course credit hours with a grade of C- or better (B- or better for 30000- or 40000-level courses) that appear on the plan of study and the appropriate number of research credit hours XXXX 69800, XXXX 69810, TECH 64000, or XXXX 69900) with grades of S that appear on the Purdue transcript. [See Section VII-B-1-a-(1)]

  1. Master Degree
    1. At least one-half of the total credit hours used to satisfy degree requirements must be earned while registered at Purdue University.
    2. More than 50 percent of the Purdue credits must be earned through the campus where the degree is conferred.
    3. At least 30 total credit hours are required.
    4. With the exception of doctoral students who are re-classified as master’s students and leave the Graduate School with the master’s degree, 69900 credits may not be used towards the fulfillment of master’s degree requirements.

(*) PoS - PHYS Dept in past allows for at most 6crds of PHYS 590 on their plan of study. They would have to be with a grade

  1. Doctor of Philosophy Degree
    1. At least one-third of the total credit hours used to satisfy degree requirements must be earned while registered for doctoral study at Purdue University.
    2. At least 90 total credit hours are required
    3. A master’s degree or professional doctoral degree from any accredited institution may be considered to contribute up to 30 credit hours toward satisfying this requirement at the discretion of the student’s graduate program. (The intent of this policy is to provide colleges/schools, departments, and a student’s advisory committee with flexibility in determining what credits, [up to a maximum of 30 and earned from the master’s or professional doctoral degree] may be applied toward the Ph.D. degree. These credit hours are not subject to the “Five-Year Rule” that prohibits the use of out-of-date coursework on plans of study. See Section VII-B-1-a.).
    4. Under no circumstances may XXXX 69800 or XXXX 69810 credits, other than as part of the 30 credits which may be used from a master’s degree, contribute toward the 90 credits required for a Doctor of Philosophy degree

(*) PoS - 4 core + 3 specialty ... PHYS 590 do NOT count towards specialty.

Courses taken as pass/not pass or satisfactory/unsatisfactory are unacceptable on plans of study, with the exception of students in certain programs within the Krannert School of Management.  Beginning with new students enrolling in Fall 2017, Krannert master’s students may take up to 10% of the coursework required for Krannert program as pass/not pass provided that the student also completes a minimum of 30 credits of graded (C- or better) coursework for the program. Only elective courses may be taken as pass/not pass, and a “pass” grade must be earned for the course to count toward meeting the credit requirement of the degree as part of the 10% allowance. Grade option changes will not be approved by the Graduate School except in cases of a clerical or mechanical error during the normal drop/add period.  Coursework required for a degree will be complete when a student obtains grades for all courses on the plan of study that meet grade requirements of the department and the Graduate School.