Credit/Fail Option for J.D. Students
Second- and third-year students may elect to register for a total of two non-required courses on a Credit/Fail basis during their final four semesters, provided the faculty member teaching the course has listed the course as being open to such registration. Un-graded credits for student journals, Moot Court, and Teaching Assistants are not counted toward this limit.
Required courses, which include Constitutional Law, Professional Responsibility, and courses taken to satisfy the writing requirements, may not be taken on a Credit/Fail basis. Directed Research may not be taken on a Credit/Fail basis.
Course descriptions specify whether or not a particular course may be taken on a Credit/Fail basis. Students can exercise the Credit/Fail option by using Albert during the Credit/Fail Option period designated in the academic calendar of the Law School. Students can access Albert via the Academics tab on NYU Home.
Students may not, under any circumstances, change an election to take or not to take a course Credit/Fail after the time for making such an election has expired.
Students who want to register for the Credit/Fail grading option must do so using Albert during the Credit/Fail registration period. Please note TorchTone is no longer available for Credit/Fail.
(Visiting students will only be allowed to register for the Credit/Fail grading option provided prior approval of their home school is submitted to the Office of Academic Services.)
The Credit/Fail registration period for Fall 2009 will be from September 3 to December 4, 2009.
Fall 2009 Classes Available for Credit/Fail
The Credit/Fail registration period for Spring 2010 will be from January 19 to April 27, 2010.
Spring 2010 Classes Available for Credit/Fail
Auditing
With the permission of the instructor and subject to such conditions as the instructor may impose, a student may audit a course. Courses that have closed (filled) may not be audited. Auditing courses is considered “unofficial” and students 1) do not enroll in those courses, 2) do not take examinations in those courses and 3) do not write papers for those courses. Audited courses do not appear on the student’s transcript.