The College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office – Student Affairs reviews S/U forms during the period between the first day of classes through the posted 7th-week deadline. Submit your request through Student Central or via email to as-advising@fsu.edu using the directions below.
- Fall 2024 – Aug. 26 – Oct. 11
Students may choose to change only one letter-graded class per semester/session to a Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory (S/U) grading basis by the 7th Week deadline of the term in question provided that the class meets the following criteria:
- The class is a language class (Spanish, French, etc.) used for Arts and Sciences foreign language proficiency requirement; or
- The class is being used as an elective towards the minimum 120 hours for graduation and/or the minimum 45 hours at the 3000/4000 level.
Courses satisfying major requirements (including prerequisites and elective hours within the major), minor requirements, or those being used to meet general education or other university graduation requirements CANNOT be taken on a S/U basis.
Students requesting to take a non-foreign language course on a S/U basis must email as-advising@fsu.edu prior to submitting their S/U form online to notify our office verifying that the requested course is only being used to meet the elective hours towards the minimum 120 hours towards graduation and the minimum 45 hours at the 3000/4000 level if the course is a 3000/4000 level course. Any online S/U request submitted for a non-foreign language course without the student contacting our office first will be denied.
The S/U form is available online for students meeting the following criteria:
- The student has an FSU GPA of 2.5 or is in their first semester at FSU;
- It is between the first day of classes and the 7th week deadline; and
- The student is enrolled in a course that is letter-graded and not in the College of Business.
To use the online S/U form, select the enrolled course you would like to be changed to S/U from Student Central > My Classes tile > Permit to Change Course to S/U link.
The submitted form is then routed to your Academic Dean’s Office for review.
If approved, the form routes to the Registrar’s Office for processing.
If denied, you will receive an email and push notification directing you to view the comments entered by your Academic Dean’s office in your My Tasks tile > In Progress/ Completed Forms link.
If the online form is not available to you, it is because you do not meet the criteria outlined above. In these cases, if you have a FSU cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher, you can complete the “Undergraduate S/U Form,” found on the Registrar’s website, and email the completed form to the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Dean's Office – Student Affairs office at as-advising@fsu.edu by 7th Week deadline.
No exceptions will be approved after the deadline.