This site serves as a central source of information for first-year students at Barnard. There will be regular updates with explanations of academic policies, procedures and deadlines; information from academic programs and departments; and announcements about opportunities for fellowships, grants and scholarships -- so bookmark this site and check it often!
Hello First-Years!
The Psychology Department will be hosting their "Meeting for New & Prospective Majors" on Thursday, November 2 from 4-5PM via Zoom! Come join them to learn more about majoring in Psychology!
Zoom Link: https://columbiauniversity.
Worrying about keeping track registration dates, add/drop deadlines, p/d/f and W deadlines, and the like?
The Registrar has you covered with its Google Calendar version of the Academic Calendar -- you can add this to your gBear calendar with just one click! Registration and add/drop periods for fall are already added in, so this will help you ASAP
I'm in! How can I add the Barnard Academic Calendar to my gBear Calendar?
1. Go to https://barnard.edu/academic-calendar (or, honestly, just google-search "Barnard Academic Calendar" -- that's how I find it every time...)
The deadline to withdraw from a fall class is November 16. Withdrawn classes will not affect your GPA and you will not earn credit for them, but they will remain on your transcript, and a W will be entered place of the final grade.
Note: You may not withdraw from a class if doing so would leave you with fewer than 12 credits.
To withdraw from a class, use this online form, following these steps:
1. Consult with your adviser.
2. Get an email from your adviser confirming they approve you to withdraw from this specific class.
3. Download that email as a PDF or save a screenshot of it.
4. Complete and submit the online W form, uploading your adviser’s confirmation email when prompted to do so.
5. You will receive an email confirmation once your W request is processed, ordinarily within two business days.
Note that the W will not appear on your record until the end of the semester when final grades are entered.
Rules:
Current students may elect to P/D/F one (1) course per semester. Courses that are only available with P/F grading are not counted. Courses where P/D/F grading is chosen but the grade is later uncovered will still count towards the credit limit.
The instructor is not informed when a student elects the P/D/F option. The instructor will assign a letter grade, which will be converted to P/D/F. Because of this, students may see a letter grade in SSOL and should reference their Barnard transcript to see the P/D/F grade.
A letter grade of A+ through C- will appear on the transcript as a P, and will not count in the GPA
A letter grade of D will appear on the transcript as a D, and will count in the GPA
A letter grade of F will appear on the transcript as an F, and will count in the GPA
Classes taken for P/D/F grades can be applied to general education requirements but not to major or minor requirements.
How to elect or revoke the P/D/F option
After the registration deadline for a term, students can elect P/D/F grading for any registered course. The deadline to make this election (or to undo it - also called “revoking”) is posted in the academic calendar. Students may not request p/d/f retroactively.To elect the p/d/f option:
-Go to portal.barnard.edu. (Use a browser other than Safari).
- Under the Academics tab, click on "Planning your courses", and then "Request P/D/F for a course".
- Log in
-Click on Pass/D/Fail.
-Click “P/D/F” in the Select column for each course you want to take p/d/f. Be sure to submit a request for each part of a course (e.g. lecture and lab).
-Click submit.
After 3 business days, you can return to the same portal page to check the status of your request.
-If your request is still pending, you will see your request but no action.
-If your request has been approved, you will see “Approved” in the PDF Status column
-You will also see “Grading: Pass/Fail” on the course section in Student Planning.
To undo/ revoke your P/D/F election (must be done prior to the p/d/f deadline):
-click on “Revoke” in the Select column.
-Within 3 business days, the “Grading: Pass/Fail” note will have returned to “Graded” in Student Planning.
-If you revoke the P/D/F election, it will not count towards your p/d/f credit limit.
-If you drop or officially withdraw from a class that you had previously P/D/F'd, you should also revoke the p/d/f so that it won't count towards your P/D/F limit.
