Education Certification Pass/Fail Exceptions

No subject-matter content or education courses (i.e., courses on the certification checklist) are to be taken as pass/fail at Columbia College. However, the following exceptions apply:

• Transfer students who have taken education or content coursework at a previous institution (excluding stand-alone field courses) and received a grade of “passing” may use the course to meet certification requirements.
• Students who change from one content area to another and have previously taken a course in the new content area as pass/fail, and received a grade of “passing,” may use the course to meet certification requirements.

If either exception applies to a student, any “passing” grade will be substituted with a grade of ‘C’ when calculating his/her education, content, and overall GPAs for DESE.