After conferring with a wide range of stakeholders including the deans of all of the schools/colleges, Provost Scholz informed the University community on March 26 that UW-Madison is introducing a special grading option for students in response to the COVID-19 events. This policy applies to all students enrolled in courses that award A-F grades, with the exception of students within the Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs and students in the Law School. The new Spring 2020 disruption grades and their distinct rules are described in the FAQs below.

At the end of the Spring 2020 term, eligible students may choose to convert their letter grade in any course to one of two new grades that have been created:

SD (Satisfactory-Disruption) and UD (Unsatisfactory-Disruption). When students choose this option, their letter grade will be converted to one of the two new grades as described below. The SD grade will count for all University General Education, degree/major, certificate, and PhD minor requirements and will satisfy future course prerequisites. The UD will not count for any credit. Neither of the new grades will be included in GPA calculations.

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