Letter Grade Policy

• Unless otherwise noted, all courses used to satisfy any of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major requirements must be taken for a letter grade.  This includes both introductory lower division and advanced upper division requirements.

• Courses taken for Pass/No Pass CANNOT be used to satisfy your major requirements, except for ENVS 183, which is only offered as P/NP and would satisfy a Upper Division General Elective, if passed, for EEB-sponsored BS majors. This course is NOT an elective option for the Biology BA major. Other than this exception, only courses with grades of C (2.0) or better can be used to fulfill major requirements.  

• Courses in which you receive a grade of C-, D+, D, D- or F CANNOT be used to satisfy a major requirement or to satisfy a prerequisite for another course.

• Upon enrolling in your courses, the grading option will automatically be set to letter grade.  For courses required for the major, do NOT change to the pass/no pass grading option.  If you have mistakenly enrolled in a course for pass/no pass, you may change your grading option to a letter grade prior to the Grade Option Deadline.  If you do not change the grading option prior to the deadline, reach out to an EEB advisor for potential options.

• Updated 1/18/2023: During Spring 2020 only, the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department will allow classes taken to fulfill major requirements to be taken P/NP instead of for a letter grade. Students should refer to EEB Department and Office of the Registrar email messaging for more information.

• Please note that while your Spring 2020 P grade is accepted by the department, it will not show as completed in your Degree Progress Report (DPR). To have your DPR updated, please contact eebadvising@ucsc.edu.