A grading system in which students receive either a "pass" or "fail" grade, rather than a specific score or letter grade. Certain college or university courses can be taken pass-fail, but these typically don't include ones taken to fulfill major or minor requirements.[Back to Top]

Any system by which a student can take courses for a grade of pass or fail in lieu of a letter grade. This includes systems which count as failing D's and F's or just F's.

Describing a form of examination etc in which the student either passes or fails without receiving a specific mark or grade