Minimum Grade Requirements

Grade requirements in the major are set by the School of Arts & Sciences.

• All courses counted toward the required 30 hours in MCDB must have grades of C- or better.


• In addition, the GPA in all MCDB courses plus any non-MCDB course used as an MCDB elective must be at least 2.000. This includes all repeated courses and all MCDB courses not counted in the 30 hours.

For the ancillary courses required in Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics, these MCDB rules apply:

• MCDB majors must earn C- or better grades in required courses in CHEM, MATH, and PHYS.


• One grade of D-, D or D+ will be accepted, except that a grade of C- or better is required in CHEM 4611 or CHEM 4711


• This special rule is only for MCDB ancillary requirements. Grades below C- cannot be counted toward any major or minor.


• The Undergraduate Committee may approve "special cases" not covered in these rules, where an exception may be justified. A student must present a written petition fully explaining special circumstances that justify deviations from the normal rules.