Considerations when Changing your Enrollments

Questions to ask yourself as you consider the decision to drop or add courses:

• Do you have the prerequisites and /or sufficient preparation for the course?
• Have I carefully reviewed the syllabus for the course and understand the instructor’s policy for grading?
• Will I be able to keep up with the workload? Do I have adequate study time?
• Is my class schedule balanced appropriately for my strengths and weaknesses?
• If dropping a course will bring me below the required 13-unit minimum, I'll need to meet the criteria for a reduced class schedule. Do I have appropriate documentation to provide to the Advising Office by the deadline? (For more information, see Enrolling in Fewer then 13 Units).

Considering the P/NP Grading Option

The Passed/Not Passed (P/NP) grade is designed to encourage you to take challenging courses outside your normal academic sphere without having to worry unduly about your grades. To receive a grade of P, your level of performance must correspond to a letter grade of C- or higher. P/NP grades are not counted in your GPA; however, students who have received 12 or more units of NP grades may be blocked from future registration in the College.

Guidelines for P/NP Grades

• To take a course on a P/NP basis, you must be in good academic standing.
• You may receive unit credit for courses graded P (including P/NP units that you take through EAP) up to a limit of one-third of the total units taken and passed on the Berkeley campus at the time you graduate.
• Remember that you can't take courses to fulfill the Reading & Composition, Foreign Language, and Quantitative Reasoning requirements on a P/NP basis - you must take them for a letter grade. This is also true for courses in your major.

Please Note: If you are planning to apply to law school, be advised that the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS) counts NP grades as F's in computing a student's GPA. LSDAS does not count P grades in the GPA.