In consultation with their advisors, students may elect to take up to 16 credits during their academic career at Juniata College on a Pass/No Pass (P/NP) basis, with a limit of 4 credits per term. Only one course (not exceeding 4 credits) may be in the student’s Program of Emphasis (POE), and only one course (also not exceeding 4 credits) may be in the student's general education requirements. The intent of this policy to encourage and empower students to explore interests and courses outside of their POE in a low-risk manner.

Students need to declare their intent for P/NP by the end of the Drop/Add period for that term. A student wishing to elect the P/NP option after this deadline may petition the Student Academic Development Committee (SAD) to request an exception.

PROVISIONS OF THE PASS/NO PASS POLICY:
  1. Department chairpersons can choose courses within their departments that cannot be taken P/NP. See the restricted course list below.

  2. Courses taken P/NP do count towards fulfilling Program of Emphasis (POE) or general education requirements, as long as the the student obtains a passing grade in the course.

  3. Students in certain academic programs, such as Education, Health Professions, and Social Work, should consult with their academic advisors before making their P/NP decisions. Some accrediting organizations may not accept P/NP grades.

  4. Instructors assign grades without knowing if a student has chosen P/NP.

  5. Any grade above an 'F' will be converted by the Registrar's Office to a 'P' on the student's transcript; an 'F' grade will be converted to 'NP.' These conversions will occur after grades are posted to a student's grade report at the end of the semester.

  6. P/NP grades are not used in calculating a student's term or cumulative GPA. Courses taken P/NP do not count toward the 12-credit minimum needed for a student to be eligible for Dean's List in any given semester.

  7. After a P/NP grade is elected by a student, they are permitted to convert it back to a letter grade prior to their graduation from Juniata College. Students do not need to appeal to SAD in order to do so. Students cannot retroactively shift from a letter grade to P/NP.
 Courses NOT permitted to be taken Pass/No Pass:

AR-315 Women in Art
AR-318 American Art
AR-329 Early Modern Art
AR-330 Modern/Contemporary Art
AR-451, 452, 453, or 454 Capstone in Art
AR-455 or 457 Senior Thesis in Art History
AR-480 Museum Practicum I
AR-481 Museum Practicum II
AR-495 Art Research Seminar

BI-301/301CW General Ecology Lab
BI-305 Biostatistics
BI-380 Biology Research Methods
BI-489 Biology Research
BI-499 Biology Senior Thesis

CH-492 Chemistry Senior Writing Seminar
CH-493 Chemistry Senior Thesis

CM-200 Art of Public Speaking
CM-230 Interpersonal Communication

CS-480 Computer Science Seminar I
CS-481 Computer Science Seminar II
CS-485 Computer Science Research

ED - Any pre-student teaching or student teaching course
ED-350 Science Methods
ED-403 Math Methods

FYC-101 First-Year Composition
FYF-101 First-Year Foundations
FYF-105 First-Year Foundations: Transfer Students
FYS-102 First-Year Seminar

HS-293 Sophomore Colloquium
HS-493 Historian's Craft

IC-275 Project Management

IM-490 IMA Internship
IM-495 IMA Internship Seminar
IM-497 IMA Research

IT 307 Project Management
IT-308, 380, 480 Innovations for Industry
IT-496 IT Seminar
IT-497 IT Research

MA-210 Foundations of Mathematics
MA-480 Mathematics Seminar
MA-485 Mathematics Research

PACS-455 Honors Thesis

PC-204 University Physics
PC-300 Modern Physics Lab
PC-307 Advanced Physics Lab

PS-155 Lobbying
PS-190 Mock Trial
PS-230 A,B,C,D,E Washington Center courses
PS-249 Senegambia I
PS-250 Senegambia II
PS-349 Senegambia III
PS-490 Internships
PS-491 Washington Internship
PS-492 Harrisburg Internship
PS-495 Internship Seminar
PS-497 Honors Research I
PS-498 Honors Research II
PS-499 Senior Seminar
PS-INS Independent Study

PY-360 Research Methods & Statistics I
PY-361 Research Methods & Statistics II
PY-415 Capstone in Psychology

TH-180/181/280/281/380/381 Theatre Arts Practicum

*No master's level courses (numbered at the 500-level) may be taken Pass/No Pass, even when taken by an undergraduate student.