Although a letter grade of D is normally considered passing, it is strongly recommended that you retake any D’s received in math, science, and engineering. There are two ways to have the D or F grade removed from your GPA.  

Repeating a Course 

Students can a repeat a course if they receive a D. The D is e-credited and comes out of the GPA calculation. This will only work if you do it right away. Once a student moves on in the curriculum to the next level, grade replacement cannot occur. 

There is no maximum or minimum number of times you can get a D grade at Rutgers. But, if at any point your overall GPA, or major GPA drops below a 2.0, you will be put on Probation. A student cannot graduate with a cumulative GPA or major GPA below 2.0. 

If you get a D in any course, you can choose to retake the course. If you do not retake it and move on in the sequence of courses (ex. you get a D in calc 2 then move on to take calc 3), you cannot repeat the D for Grade Replacement. E-credit will be applied to any 4 classes regardless of when they repeat the course and whether or not they advance to the next level course in the same subject. See Repeated Course/E-credit for more information.  

C's cannot be retaken for grade replacement. If you do this, the new grade will be removed from the GPA and credit totals on your transcript. 

Pass/No-Credit 

Students can elect to take a course on a Pass/No Credit basis. This means there are only two grading outcomes that can occur. Students can pass the course or they can fail it and therefore receive no credit. There is no grade with this option and therefore cannot effect the GPA.