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College of Liberal Arts and Science - First and Second Semester Grading


All grades of F submitted by an instructor for first- and second-semester freshmen in selected College of Liberal Arts and Science (CLAS) courses determined by each department will be converted to NC by the Registrar. An NC will count towards determining the number of limited repeats students are allowed for each course. The grade of WU will remain on the student’s record. If a grade of INC is not resolved, it will convert to FIN, and remain on the student’s record. Note that English 11000 and the Pathways English Composition portion of FIQWS are not eligible for this policy.

For the purpose of the conversion of an earned F to the NC grade, a first-semester freshman is defined as a student who is: 

  • a full-time student in his or her first semester at City College with fewer than 12 credits from any institution of higher learning; AP and College Now credits do not count in this tally. For first-time fall semester entrants who attended the Summer Session immediately preceding their entry, an NC will cover all F grades submitted by an instructor both for that Summer Session and the immediately following Fall semester. Early College students with 12 or less credits will also be considered first-semester freshmen; or

  • a part-time student in which his or her first 12 credits are attempted at City College, and who has fewer than 12 credits from any institution of higher learning; AP and College Now credits do not count in this tally. A second semester freshmen for this policy is defined as: a full-time or part-time student who has completed at least 12 credits of courses at City College, but has less than 24 completed credits at City College.

Students should be aware that a freshman must earn at least 6 credits in the first semester with an overall GPA of 1.5 and at least 15 credits by the end of the second semester with an overall GPA of 1.8 or their financial aid may be affected.

First and Second Semester Grading List

Courses

Course Number

Course Title

Credits

ANTH 10100

Introduction to Anthropology

3

ANTH 10104

General Anthropology

4

ANTH 20000

Archaeology

3

ANTH 20100

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

3

ANTH 20200

Language in Cross-Cultural Perspective

3

ANTH 20300

Human Origins

3

ARAB 12300

Introductory Arabic I

3

ART 10000

Introduction to the Visual Arts of the World

3

ART 10004

 

 

ART 10100

2-Dimensional Design

3

ASIA 10100

Asian Cultures and Peoples

3

ASIA 10200

Asian Literature in English Translation

3

ASIA 20100

Asians in America

3

ASIA 20200

Contemporary Asia

3

BENG 19300

Bengali for Heritage Speakers and Listeners I

3

BIO 10000

Biology: The Strategy of Life

3

BIO 10100

Biological Foundations I

4

BIO 10200

Biological Foundations II

4

BIO 10004

Human Biology

3

BIO 10050-10099

Special Topics in Biology for Freshman & Non-Science Majors

3-4

BIO 20600

Introduction to Genetics

4

BIO 20700

Organismic Biology

4

BIO 22800

Ecology and Evolution

4

BIO 22900

Cell and Molecular Biology

4

BIO 24700

Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BIO 24800

Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3

CHEM 10301

General Chemistry I

4

CHEM 10401

General Chemistry II

4

CHIN 12300

Introductory Chinese (Mandarin) I

3

CLSS 12100

Greek and Latin Roots in the English Language

3

EAS 10000

The Dynamic Earth

3

EAS 10100

The Atmosphere

3

EAS 10300

Environmental Geology

3

EAS 10400

Perspectives on Global Warming

3

EAS 10600

Earth Systems Science

4

ECO 10150

Principles of Management

3

ECO 10250

Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO 10350

Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECO 10400

Introduction to Quantitative Economics

3

ECO 19150

Honors Introduction to Economics

3

ENGL 11000

Freshman Composition

3

ENGL 15500

American Literature

3

ENGL 21001

Writing for the Humanities and Arts

3

ENGL 21002

Writing for the Social Sciences

3

ENGL 21003

Writing for the Sciences

3

ENGL 21007

Writing for Engineering

3

ENGL 21200

Introduction to Language Studies

3

ENGL 22000

Introductory Workshop in Creative Writing

3

ENGL 23000

Writing Workshop in Prose

3

ENGL 25000

Intro Literary Study

3

ENGL 25100-25400

Historical Survey of British Literature

3

ENGL 26000-26900

Studies in Genre

3

ENGL 27000-27010

Literatures of Diversity

3

ENGL 28000

Introduction to Comparative Literature

3

FIQWS

Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar

6

FREN 12300

Introductory French I

3

GERM 12300

Introductory German I

3

GRK 12100

Elementary Greek

3

CLSS 12100

Greek and Latin Roots in the English Language

3

HEB 12300

Introductory Hebrew I

3

CHEM 11000

Exploring Chemistry

3

CHEM 10301

General Chemistry I

4

CHEM 10401

General Chemistry II

4

FIQWS 10003

WCGI History & Culture

6

FIQWS 10005

WCGI Literature

3

FIQWS 10008

Individual & Society

3

FIQWS 10011

Scientific World

6

FIQWS 10013

Creative Expression

3

FIQWS 10015

US Experience

3

FIQWS 10045

Philosophy

6

FIQWS 10103

Composition for WCGI History & Culture

3

FIQWS 10105

Composition for WCGI Literature

3

FIQWS 10108

Composition of Individual & Society

3

FIQWS 10111

Composition for Scientific World

3

FIQWS 10113

Composition for Creative Expression

3

FIQWS 10115

Composition for US Experience

3

HIST 20100

The Ancient World: The Near East and Greece

3

HIST 20200

The Ancient World: Rome

3

HIST 20400

Early-Modern Europe

3

HIST 20600

Modern Europe

3

HIST 21300

The Historian's Craft

3

HIST 24000

The United States: From Its Origins to 1877

3

HIST 24100

The United States: Since 1865

3

HIST 25100

Traditional China

3

HIST 25300

Modern China

3

HIST 25400

Traditional Japan

3

HIST 25500

Modern Japan

3

HIST 26200

The Middle East Under Islam

3

HIST 26300

Traditional Civilization of India

3

HIST 26400

Modern India

3

HIST 27600

Africa And The Modern World

3

HIST 27700

Africa Since Independence

3

HIST 28000

Latin America in World History

3

HIST 28100

Colonial Latin America

3

HIST 28200

Modern and Contemporary Latin America

3

IAS 10000

Lit-Art & Hum Exp 1

4

HNDI 12300

Introductory Hindi I

3

IAS 10100

Lit-Art & Hum Exp 2

4

IAS 10300

Interdisciplinary Global Studies

4

IAS 10400

Nature & Humans 1

4

IAS 10500

Nature & Humans 2

4

INTL 20100

International Studies: A Global Perspective

3

ITAL 12300

Introductory Italian I

3

JAP 12300

Introductory Japanese I

3

LAT 12100

 

 

LIB 10000

Research in the Digital Age: Media & Information Literacy

3

MATH 15000

Mathematics for the Contemporary World

3

MATH 17300

Introduction to Probability and Statistics

4

MATH 18000

Quantitative Reasoning

3

MATH 18504

Basic Ideas in Mathematics

4

MATH 19000

College Algebra and Trigonometry

3

FIQWS 10145

Composition for Philosophy

3

MATH 19500

Precalculus

3

MATH 20100

Calculus I

4

MATH 20500

Elements of Calculus

4

MCA 10100

Introduction to Media Studies

3

MCA 10500

Introduction to Media Production

3

MUS 10100

Introduction to Music

3

MUS 10200

Introduction to World Music

3

MCA 12100

Introduction to Film Studies

3

MUS 13100

Music Theory Fundamentals

3

MUS 14500

Introduction to Jazz

3

MUS 16100

Aural Fundamentals

2

PHIL 10200

Introduction to Philosophy

3

PHIL 20100

Logical Reasoning

3

PHIL 20200

Introduction to Logic

3

PHYS 20300

General Physics I

4

PHYS 20400

General Physics II

4

PHYS 20700

University Physics I

4

PHYS 20800

University Physics II

4

PORT 12300

Introductory Portuguese I

3

PSC 12504

Introduction to Public Policy

4

PSY 10101

Psychology for Freshman Honors Students

3

PSY 10200

Applications of Psychology in the Modern World

3

PSY 21500

Applied Statistics

4

PSY 22600

Introduction to Life-Span Development

3

PHIL 34905

Biomedical Ethics

3

PSY 24600

Introduction to Human Development: Infancy and Childhood

3

PSY 24700

Social Psychology

3

PSY 24900

Psychology of Personality

3

PSY 25300

Cognitive Psychology: Thinking, Knowing and Remembering

3

PSY 25400

Brain, Mind and Experience

3

SOC 10500

Individual, Group and Society: An Introduction to Sociology

3

SPAN 12104

Intro Spanish 1

4

SPAN 12204

Intro Spanish II

4

SPAN 12300

Introductory Spanish I

3

SPAN 19300

Spanish for Heritage Speakers and Listeners I

3

SPCH 11104

Speech Foundations

4

USSO 10100

Development of the U.S. and its People

3

WCIV 10100

Prehistory to 1500 A.D.

3

WCIV 10200

1500 A.D. to the Present.

3

WHUM 10100

World Humanities I

3

WHUM 10200

World Humanities

3

WHUM 10312

Modern World Lit

3

WHUM 10101

Literature in the Human Experience

3

WHUM 10201

World Humanities II: Enlightenment to Present (Honors)

 

WHUM 10312

Modern World Lit

3

WS 10000

Women's/Gender Roles in Contemporary Society

3

WS 10004

Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

4

YID 12300

Introductory Yiddish I

3

Hist 20604: Honors