p/np

Even after UC Berkeley’s Academic Senate enacted a contingency plan Nov. 28 to address the disruption caused by the UC-wide academic worker strike, questions surrounding assignment grading remain for faculty and students alike.

The Academic Senate voted Monday to approve recommendations from UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering faculty to modify the college’s pass/no pass, or P/NP, policy for the academic year, making it the last college to institute P/NP for major requirements.

The Haas School of Business announced Tuesday it will allow undergraduate students to take one upper division business course, one core substitute or one Haas prerequisite pass/no pass during each semester remote instruction continues.

If pandemic-driven ills were enough reason to give students P/NP in the spring, then a similar policy should most definitely carry into this semester.

The ASUC Office of the Academic Affairs Vice President, or AAVP, launched a Twitter account Wednesday for UC Berkeley students to anonymously share their experiences regarding COVID-19 and academic policies.

The deadline to change your grading option this semester is Nov. 1. Have you decided on all of the grading options for your current classes?

The following guide will answer all of your burning questions about which courses will stick and which courses to quit.