Fall Semester 2020-21 Exempted Courses for Grading Policy
A flexible, alternative grading system as well as additional adjustments to key academic policies for Fall Semester 2020-2021 are approved. The alternative grading system has an expanded range of grading options and applies to fall semester undergraduate courses, regardless of their original modality — online, hybrid, or face-to-face — unless a course is exempted from this option (see Course Exemptions section below). An FAQ regarding the grading policy for Fall Semester 2020-21 is available online.
Course Exemptions for Fall Semester 2020-21
(Spring Semester 2020-21 list will be updated by Friday, March 12, 2021)
Departments or schools may exempt some courses from the S/NC system if traditional A to F grades are essential for programmatic accreditation, licensure, or similar reasons. The list of approved courses exempted are below:
Updated: October 27, 2020: Added CFS and NUTR courses
| Subject | Catalog Number | Title |
| AST | 1010 | Intro to U.S. Air Force |
| AST | 2010 | History of Air Power |
| AST | 3010 | Mgt. Concepts and Practices I |
| AST | 4010 | Military and American Society |
| AVN | 1100 | Private Pilot Ground |
| AVN | 3100 | Instrument Pilot Ground |
| AVN | 3500 | Commercial Pilot Ground |
| CFS | 2000 | Fundamentals in CFS |
| CFS | 2100 | Fund Child Life and Ped Settings |
| CFS | 2700 | Intimate and Family Relations |
| CFS | 2710 | Individual Family Lifespan |
| CFS | 2720 | Aging and Family Rels. Mod Society |
| CFS | 3920 | CFS Practicum |
| CFS | 4602 | Prof. Assess and Helping Skills |
| CFS | 4910 | CFS Internship |
| CHE | 2000 | Mass and Energy Balances I |
| CS | 2401 | Intro to Computer Science II |
| EE | 2104 | Circuits I |
| EE | 2213 | Instrumentation Laboratory |
| ET | 2200 | Statics |
| ET | 2220 | Strength of Materials |
| ET | 2240 | Dynamics |
| ET | 3200 | Engineering Thermodynamics |
| ISE | 3200 | Engineering Statistics |
| JOUR | 1010 | The Future of Media |
| JOUR | 1330 | Precision Language |
| JOUR | 2311 | Multiplatform Reporting |
| JOUR | 3100 | Communication Law |
| JOUR | 3200 | Ethics, Mass Media, and Society |
| MSC | 1010 | Fundamental Concepts |
| MSC | 1010L | Leadership Laboratory |
| MSC | 2010 | Tactics and Leadership |
| MSC | 2010L | Leadership Laboratory |
| MSC | 3010 | Small Unit Leadership and OPS I |
| MSC | 3010L | Advanced Leadership Laboratory |
| MSC | 3910 | Leader Development and Assessment |
| MSC | 4010 | Leadership, Management, and Ethics |
| MSC | 4010L | Advanced Leadership Laboratory |
| NRSE | ALL | All Undergraduate Nursing Courses |
| NURS | ALL | All Undergraduate Nursing Courses |
| NUTR | 1100 | Intro to Food Systems |
| NUTR | 2100 | Lifespan Nutrition |
| NUTR | 2250 | Principles in Food Science |
| NUTR | 2990 | Prof. Development Food Nutrition |
| NUTR | 3000 | Nutrition Metabolism |
| NUTR | 3100 | Medical Nutrition Therapy I |
| NUTR | 3300 | Principles of Quantity Food Production and Purchasing |
| NUTR | 3350 | Intro to Food Production |
| NUTR | 3600 | Nutrition Counseling |
| NUTR | 3921 | Dietetic Field Experience |
| NUTR | 4000 | Nutrition in the Community |
| NUTR | 4050 | Advanced Nutrition |
| NUTR | 4100 | Medical Nutrition Therapy II |
| NUTR | 4200 | Experimental Foods |
| NUTR | 4320 | Diabetes From Bench to Bedside |
| NUTR | 4901 | Food Nutrition Senior Seminar |
| NUTR | 4920 | Nutrition Counseling Practicum |
*Additional courses are under review and may be added.