While earning a bachelor's degree, students may choose the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading option for a maximum of 3 credits per Term and not more than two for an academic semester. Student in good standing may take up to a total of 16 credits toward a degree.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory cannot be used to meet requirement courses for the University CORE Program courses to satisfy any of the following categories: Purposive Communications [P.C.], Quantitative Reasoning [Q.R.], Behavioral and Social Understanding {B.S.U}, Scientific Reasoning [S.R.], Humanities and the Arts [H.A.] or Technology Fluency [T.F.] requirement courses or for repeated courses.
- To register for a course under the S/U option, an under-graduate must have completed 30 or more credit hours with a G.P.A. of at least 2.0. At least 15 of these credit hours must have been completed at Leighton University a GPA of at least 2.0
Except for Major & Minor areas courses, the minimum passing grade for credit is a D+ (1.33); any grade below this minimum is a U and will be recorded as a U with a value similar to a D+ or a U with a value similar to a F (0.0) A grade of U denotes work below 2.00. The S/U marks will be placed on students' transcripts and grade reports by the Registrar's Office. The course grade of S/U will not be included in the grade-point calculation. In the case of a U grade, the course credits will be counted toward degree requirements.
Graduate level courses do not have the S/U option.