Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option

A student may elect to take up to twenty of the total semester hours required for graduation from any department or division of the College with the stipulation that grades for courses so elected will be recorded as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory only and shall not be counted in computing the grade-point average. The grade of Satisfactory carries full academic credit; the grade of Unsatisfactory carries no academic credit. No course used to satisfy general education requirements may be taken on an S/U basis, except for physical education courses other than PE 101 (Health Education). PACE and Washington Semester, which are graded only Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory, do not count toward the twenty hours. A grade of D or better shall be considered as meeting the satisfactory requirement.

A course indicated as S/U may not be changed to a letter grade after the sixteenth calendar day from the first day of classes in the College. One course required for concentration in a given field may be taken on an S/U basis with the approval of the student’s faculty adviser, if the department of concentration so determines.

The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option is not applicable to any courses offered by the Goizueta Business School.

Audit Courses

Emory College does not officially recognize audits. Students may therefore not register to audit any college course. With the permission of the instructor, students may unofficially visit any course for which they are eligible to register, but no record is kept of courses so visited.