Pass/Fail Guidelines
- Students must have a total of 30 hours
college credit (UT credit, credit by exam, correspondence, or transfer
credit) to take a course on a pass/fail basis.
- ASE, BME, EE, CHE, GEH, and PEN students cannot take
any course toward their degree on a pass/fail basis.
- ARE, CE, and ME students can take
social science and fine arts/humanities electives on a pass/ fail basis as
long as they meet guideline #1.
- For all engineering majors, any course that
does not count toward the degree or is being taken to remove a deficiency
can be taken pass/fail as long as they meet guideline #1.
- A student may take no more than one course applicable to the degree
program on a pass/fail basis each semester (Cockrell School of
Engineering policy). A student may take no more than two courses a semester
on a pass/fail basis (University of Texas policy).
- Mathematics 304E and305G, Chemistry 304K,
and Physics 306, if taken, must be taken for a letter grade.
- Once a grade is assigned as a
"CR" at the end of the semester, it cannot be changed later to
reflect the actual grade earned.
- The approval for pass/fail status assumes
that the student will remain in his or her current major. If the student
receives approval to take a course pass/fail and later changes majors to one
that requires a letter grade, the course that was taken pass/fail may not
count as credit toward the new degree.
- The basis of registration for a course may not be changed more than once
during the 13th class day and the mid-semester deadline.
- Students who are pursuing simultaneous majors are responsible for
securing the permission of their other college to take a course pass/fail
before completing the pass/fail application.
