CC Dean Josef Sorett and GS Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch announced new academic policies for the Spring 2024 semester after recent events surrounding the Encampment and related protests.

In an email to CC and GS students on Friday, April 26 at 3:44 pm, Deans Josef Sorett and Lisa Rosen-Metsch announced new academic policies for the Pass/D/Fail (P/D/F) option.

CC and GS students can opt into the P/D/F option for one course this semester, including classes that fulfill major, minor, special concentration, or Core Curriculum requirements. The usual policies allow P/D/F for one course per semester excluding the course types listed. 

The new deadline for electing into P/D/F is May 3. Students can disclose their “P” grade by the end of the second week of next semester, Friday, September 13, while seniors graduating in May can uncover their grade by Saturday, June 1.

The deans indicated this change was implemented in conference with the Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) and the General Studies Student Council (GSSC). It follows similar grading changes at Barnard and SEAS. 

Update made on Monday, May 6 at 12:32 pm:

In an email sent out by GS Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch and CC Dean Josef Sorett on May 5, the CC-GS Committee on Instruction announced additional academic accommodations. 

Columbia College and General Studies students will have the option to Pass/D/Fail for up to two Spring 2024 classes. These classes can include courses taken to fulfill major, concentration, or Core requirements. 

In the email, the Committee also warned students about “the long-term effects of one or more grades of ‘P’ on the transcript,” writing that a “P” can be read “differently by different audiences,” including graduate schools or employers.

Graduating students will have until June 1 to elect the Pass/D/Fail option from this semester. Otherwise, students have until September 13 to opt-in to the Pass/D/Fail option for a Spring 2024 class. The email stated that the deadline for uncovering a Pass/D/Fail grade is September 13; it did not state if this is for all students or just non-graduating students. 

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