Credit / No Credit Grading

As per Academic Senate Resolution AS-479-97/CC "Resolution on Credit/No Credit Grading" (approved 21 July 1997): 

Undergraduate students are permitted to take a maximum of 16 units of courses CR/NC in accord with the following specifications:

• no more than 4 units CR/NC in major or support courses, subject to approval by the student's major department or equivalent unit;
• no more than 4 units CR/NC in GE courses.

Academic departments/units are to create and publish an up-to-date list of major and support courses that also include those courses that could be taken CR/NC by their majors.

 

As per Academic Senate Resolution AS-975-24 "Resolution to Amend Deadline to Opt-In to Credit, No-Credit Grading" (approved 27 August 2024):

Effective Fall 2024, students may choose the CR/NC grading option to up to 80% of instruction.

 

Reference:

Cal Poly Catalog: "Credit/No Credit Grading".

 

Updated: 6/30/2025