California Code of Regulations
Title 5 - Education
Division 5 - Board of Trustees of the California State Universities
Chapter 1 - California State University
Subchapter 2 - Educational Program
Article 2 - Curricula
Section 40104.1 - Grading Designations

For undergraduate courses, individual campuses, with the approval of the Chancellor, may utilize for designated courses or groups of courses any combination of (a) the grades A, B, C, D, F; (b) the grades A, B, C, and NC (No Credit) for the grades D and F; (c) the grade CR (Credit) for the grades A, B, and C and the grade NC (No Credit) for the grades D and F.

For all graduate level courses, individual campuses with the approval of the Chancellor, may utilize for designated courses or groups of courses any combination of (a) the grades A, B, C, D, F; (b) the grades A, B, and the grade NC (No Credit) for the grades C, D, and F; (c) the grade CR (Credit) for the grades A and B and the grade NC (No Credit) for the grades C, D, and F.

A campus may utilize plus and minus designations in combination with letter grades in any of the grading systems listed above. The Chancellor may approve experimental combinations of grades and grading designations not listed above so long as grade point averages can be computed in accordance with the values assigned in Section 40104.

1. New section filed 12-13-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 51).
2. Amendment filed 7-26-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 30).
3. Amendment filed 7-28-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 31).
4. Amendment of NOTE filed 3-19-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 12).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 66600, 89030 and 89035, Education Code. Reference: Sections 66600 and 89030, Education Code.