2003-2004
Undergraduate
Calendar

Table of Contents

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Environmental Studies

Faculty of Fine Arts

Faculty of Pure and Applied Science

Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies

Osgoode Hall Law School

Schulich School of Business

Courses of Instruction

Glendon College

Pass/Fail Grading Option

A pass/fail grading option is available to Faculty of Pure and Applied Science students under the following guidelines.

Academic Standing. This option is available only to students who are in good standing (i.e. not under academic or debarment warning).

Minimum Number of Courses Completed. Students must have successfully completed at least 24 credits before they may apply to take a course under this option.

Elective Courses Only. The following types of courses may not be taken on a pass/fail basis: courses in the major and minor subject area(s), general education courses, 1000-level science courses required to satisfy the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science general regulation 4 (see the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Regulations Governing Undergraduate Degree Requirements section of this Calendar), non-major courses required to satisfy program requirements.

Maximum Number of Pass/Fail Credits.

• Honours program: a maximum of 12 (passed) credits from pass/fail graded courses may be counted towards a BSc Honours degree.
• Bachelor program: a maximum of six (passed) credits from pass/fail graded courses may be counted towards a BSc degree.

Grade Point Average Calculations. The grade obtained (passed or failed) in a pass/fail graded course is not included in grade point average calculations in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.

Deadline to Select Pass/Fail Option. Eligible students may exercise the option within the first two weeks (10 class days) of the term in which the course begins. They must obtain the signature of the course director on a form to be made available from (available on the Web at www.registrar.yorku.ca), and returned to, the Office of the Registrar.

Deadline to Change from Pass/Fail back to the Letter-Grade System. At the student's request, the student may change the designation of a course from pass/fail back to the letter-grade system until the last day for withdrawal without academic penalty from the term in which the course is offered. Formal notification, with the student's and course director's signatures, must be received by the Office of the Registrar by this deadline.