In the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of the Technological Institute, a maximum of eight (8) quarter courses may be taken by undergraduates under the P/N Option, and used toward the degree. During the freshman and sophomore years, only one (1) course may be taken in any quarter under the P/N Option. Junior, pre-senior, and senior students are not subject to any limitations in a given quarter other than the overall guidelines.

None of the required mathematics, basic science, basic engineering, engineering analysis, or engineering design and communications (including the speaking requirement) courses may be taken P/N. Non-Northwestern University courses that were taken for a grade (but which will appear without a letter grade on the student's transcript, nevertheless) may be exempted from P/N restrictions. Students should secure approval for this exemption via a curriculum petition before applying such credits against their degree requirements.

Refer to the P/N Grade Option Policy document to determine which (if any) courses in your major program can be taken P/N.

If you decide you wish to take a course P/N, you normally can do so via CAESAR. However, for any engineering courses or courses in the departments of Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Astronomy, students need to stop into the Academic Services Office, Tech L269 for approval. This is to ensure that students do not P/N a course intending to use it in a requirement and then finding out later that the P will not fulfil the requirement.

Consult the class schedule each term to find out the P/N deadline - traditionally it is the Friday of the third week of classes.