Non-Law Classes
Law Credit For Non-Law Courses
Credit for: Law students are permitted to take courses at any of the university's graduate or professional schools for a maximum of six (6) credit hours. For these credits to apply, the grade earned must be a "C" (not C-) or equivalent. Non law course credits will count toward the six hours of pass/fail hours law students are permitted to take. See Celeste Katz regarding registration procedures for these courses.
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Pass/Fail Option
A student may elect to take a total of six credit hours pass-fail. These credits may either be graduate level course work from other Emory University schools/colleges (see Credit for Non-Law School courses, above D) or Law School courses, or any combination thereof, up to six hours.
The option to take a course pass-fail applies only to elective, upper-level courses and not to seminar classes.
The option to take a course pass-fail is available only to students taking a full load of Law School courses; thus, the option is not available to joint degree students.
The grade in the course necessary to receive a “pass” is a C and not below.
A student electing to take a course pass-fail must so notify the Registrar by November 15 for fall semester courses or April 1 for spring semester courses. He or she may only elect to make this change in a course once. A student who has elected to take a course pass-fail may not subsequently change the grading status to a letter grade. No changes in grading status can be made after the deadline. If a student does not affirmatively elect to take a course on a pass-fail basis, it will be assumed that he or she has elected to take the course for a letter grade.
The pass-fail designation will remain confidential. That is, only the Registrar will know the grading status of a student, so that grading can remain fully anonymous. The Registrar will advise the course instructor by exam number which exams are pass-fail. The grading curve for the course will be based solely on the exams of those students taking the course for a grade.
A faculty member does not have the option to opt out of pass/fail for a particular course.
In adopting the pass-fail option, the faculty did not take a position on whether there should be a limit on the number of students able to exercise the pass-fail option in any particular course.