Academic Regulations

Credit-No Credit Option

A student may take four units over four years, not more than one in any semester, under the Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) or Haverford College’s No Numerical Grade (NNG) option. Transfer students may take one CR/NC unit for each year they spend at Bryn Mawr.

A student registered for a course under either option is considered a regular member of the class and must meet all the academic commitments of the course on schedule. The instructor is not notified of the student’s CR/NC or NNG registration because this information should in no way affect the student’s responsibilities in the course.

A student may not elect both the CR/NC and NNG option in the same semester. A student registered for five courses is not permitted a second CR/NC or NNG registration.

Faculty members submit numerical grades for all students in their courses. For students registered CR/NC, the registrar converts the numerical grades of 1.0 and above to CR and the grade of 0.0 to NC for recording on the students’ official transcripts. Numerical equivalents of CR grades are available to each student from the registrar, but once the CR/NC option is elected, the grade is converted to its numerical equivalent on the transcript only if the course becomes part of the student’s major.

The grade submitted by the faculty member is not factored into the student’s grade point average. However, that grade is taken into consideration when determining the student’s eligibility for magna cum laude and summa cum laude distinctions (see current Undergraduate Catalog). No course in the major subject may be taken under this option.

For students who matriculate during or after the fall of 1998, a grade of 2.0 is required to meet the College Seminar, quantitative and divisional requirements, even though the grade may be covered with a CR. Similarly, any student may elect to take a course to complete the language requirement under the CR/NC option, but when grades of 2.0 or averages of 2.0 are required, that requirement must be met. The Registrar monitors completion of requirements.

Students wishing to take a course CR/NC must sign the registrar’s register by the end of the sixth week of classes. No student is permitted to sign up for CR/NC after that time. Students who wish to register for CR/NC for year-long courses in which grades are given at the end of each semester must register CR/NC in each semester because CR/NC registration does not automatically continue into the second semester in those courses. Haverford students taking Bryn Mawr courses must register for CR/NC at the Haverford Registrar’s Office.