{"id":52199,"date":"2023-06-01T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T19:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/?page_id=52199"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:24:23","slug":"policy-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/understanding-augsburg-policies\/policy-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pass\/Low Pass\/No Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"grading\">Grading Style Changes: Pass\/Low Pass\/No Pass<\/h2>\n<p>Traditional style grading refers to the letter grades (A, B, C, D, &amp; F) that are factored into your GPA (0.0 &#8211; 4.0). In some cases, students may want to switch their grading style for a particular course to pass\/low pass\/no pass (P\/LP\/N) in order to have its grade not factored into their GPA.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grading style changes can be made up to a week after grades are due in <a href=\"http:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/\">Records &amp; Registration\u2019s My Classes<\/a>. <em>(If you miss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/calendars\/\">deadline<\/a> or want to switch the grading style for previous semester grades, you will need to submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/forms\/\">petition<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>If the final grade was a D- or above, you will still earn credit for the course, but your GPA will not be impacted if the grading style is changed to P\/LP\/N.<\/li>\n<li>Certain courses have restrictions and are offered on one grading system only <em>(e.g. Augsburg Seminars, Wellness courses, etc).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Some general education and major\/minor requirements may require a minimum grade to satisfy a requirement, regardless of the grading style you use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Implications of P\/LP\/N<\/h3>\n<p>In order to receive a grade of P, a student must achieve at least a grade of C-. An LP grade requires achievement of at least a D-.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The maximum number of credits with P or LP grades that may be applied to graduation is 24 credits.<\/li>\n<li>Students may apply no more than eight credits with P or LP grades toward a major and no more than four credits with a P or LP grade toward a minor unless otherwise specified by an academic department.<\/li>\n<li>Some graduate and professional schools do not look favorably on a large number of P-graded courses, or rank each as a C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the Registrar\u2019s website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/grading\/\">more information about grading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grading Style Changes: Pass\/Low Pass\/No Pass Traditional style grading refers to the letter grades (A, B, C, D, &amp; F) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":52878,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52199"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52900,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52199\/revisions\/52900"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}