The University of Idaho is allowing undergraduate and graduate students to opt into a Pass/Fail grading system for Spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an email from provost and executive vice president John Wiencek.
Students who choose to opt into Pass/Fail courses have until May 1 to decide.
Pass/Fail courses are graded differently. So if a student passes a course, their GPA will not rise and if a student fails a course their GPA will lower.
All UI courses can be made Pass/Fail exempt for early eight-week courses which have already concluded. And students can choose to do Pass/Fail for just one course or a few.
For more information on how to opt into Pass/Fail courses.
“Be aware that some colleges and universities do not accept pass/fail courses for transfer,” the email said.
The College of Law has implemented the pass/fail system for all their courses.
Students can now withdraw from courses or the semester until May
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