Following the decision of UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science to extend its current pass/no pass, or P/NP, policies, the Rausser College of Natural Resources, or CNR, also extended its P/NP policy through summer 2021.
Summer CNR policies will be in line with its fall and spring grading options. Major and minor requirements and prerequisites, as well as all college requirements, may be taken P/NP, according to the CNR website. Students are encouraged to seek advice on how grading options may impact their academic endeavors before changing their grading options.
CNR reminded students that pass grades must account for less than one-third of a student’s total units completed at UC Berkeley. Though deadlines for changing grading options in the fall and spring were changed, summer 2021 deadlines will remain unchanged from CNR’s regular summer session deadlines.
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