Contents
Catalog Links
Share

Academic Policies Related to Covid-19

Academic Policies related to Covid-19

PASS/FAIL Option Information

This is a challenging time, and I’m grateful for your flexibility and patience.  The transition to fully online learning was unexpected, and you have shown resilience in the face of difficult and unprecedented circumstances.   By moving forward with online courses, you will be able to continue to make progress toward your academic goals, and keep yourselves and your community healthy.

While online learning can be just as engaging and enriching as learning in a traditional classroom, we understand that there will be challenges as we navigate all our courses online through the end of the summer terms. For these reasons, Lewis has adopted a temporary change to our grading policy, applicable only to the 2020 Spring semester and 2020 Summer terms:

  • All undergraduate and graduate students will be permitted to convert their courses to Pass/No Pass.

  • Grades of Pass (P) will count toward requirements in the major, minor, general education, and elective requirements.

  • Students may convert any or all of their courses to Pass/Fail.

  • Deadline to convert from letter grades to Pass/Fail are as follows:

    • 2020 Spring Semester – Tuesday, May 19, 2020

    • 2020 Summer Terms – Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  • At the undergraduate level, grades of D- and above will convert to P.  On the graduate level, grades of C and above will convert to P.

  • Requests to convert to Pass/Fail grading will not be approved if a letter grade is required for prerequisites, program progression, licensure requirements, or outside accreditation.

  • The grade of Pass does not enter into the calculation of the grade point average.  The grade of Fail is included in the calculation of the grade point average.

  • Students requesting to take a course Pass/No Pass should consider:

    • Graduate schools may require that you have earned letter grades in particular major courses. 

    • P grades may not transfer to other universities.

       

       

Transfer Credit Information

For students transferring into Lewis University who completed coursework at another institution during spring 2020 and summer 2020 semesters, a course with a grade of P will be accepted for general education, major and elective credit. Transferring in a course with a grade of P may affect programs with specialized accreditors or licensure programs, which may result in a student having to repeat a course to receive a letter grade.

Pass/fail language: Students applying to programs with external accreditation or licensure requirements are subject to the standards and guidelines associated with those programs.