Grading Policies for SOE Majors

Letter Grade Policy

The School of Engineering strongly advises students to request letter grades in all foundation courses for all engineering concentrations. Many majors in the School of Engineering have additional restrictions on the use of the Pass/No Pass option. Foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass because doing so may lower students’ School of Engineering GPA and affect their admission into School of Engineering majors. Major grade requirements are as follows:

Bioengineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed.

Bioinformatics major: Same as campus requirements, but foundation courses should not be taken Pass/No Pass, since doing so may lower the declaration GPA needed for admission to the major.

Computer engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed.

Computer engineering minor: Same as campus requirements.

Computer science major and minor: All courses required for the major and minor must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed.

Computer game design major and minor: All courses required for the major and minor must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed.

Electrical engineering major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Electrical Engineering 70).

Information systems management major: All courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. Two lower-division exceptions are allowed (not to include Information Systems Management 50 or 58).

Statistics minor: same as campus requirements.

NOTE: P/NP grades in major classes may fail to fulfill prerequisites for upper-division electives and/or may not count for graduation.
For admission into any School of Engineering major, a grade of Pass is treated as a C, which may adversely affect your admission to the major.

NOTE: W (late withdrawal) grades are not used in the calculation of GPA in the major.