Middlebury Handbook

In certain courses, students receive a grade of P (Pass) or F (Fail). Grades of “P/F” will be awarded only in those courses that are identified as such in the course schedule or syllabus, and there is no other grading system applied to such courses. All sections of a given course must be treated equally in terms of grading. Criteria determining passing work under the P/F option are at the discretion of the instructor of record. When a student receives a “Pass” in a “Pass/Fail” course, credit is awarded, but those credits are not counted in calculating a student’s Grade Point Average. When a student receives a “Fail” in a “Pass/Fail” course, credit is not awarded for the "F" grade and the credits are used in the GPA hours total to calculate the GPA, thus negatively affecting the GPA. (Example:  a student with an F in a one-credit workshop and 15 other credits will have 16 hours used to calculate the GPA. Assuming all the other courses received an A the student's GPA would be 60 (quality points) divided by 16 credits, giving the student a GPA of 3.75.)