The mandatory curve for elective courses, which applies to any elective course with 25 or more students enrolled, is as follows:
| Grade | GPA Points | Cumulative % |
| A- | 3.7 | maximum of 30% |
| B+ | 3.3 | maximum of 50% |
| B- | 2.7 | maximum of 85% |
Thus, a professor may give, cumulatively, no more than 30% A's and A-'s; no
more than 50% A's, A-'s, and B+'s; and no more than 85% A's, A-'s, B+'s, B's,
and B-'s.
The Fall 2004 courses subject to this curve are listed below:
| Course | Instructor |
| Antitrust | Leslie |
| Business Organizations | Conviser |
| Business Organizations | Brown, G. |
| Commercial Law: Survey (day and evening sections) | Spak, M. |
| Construction Law | Stein |
| Copyright Law | Staudt |
| Criminal Procedure: Investigative Process | Rudstein |
| Estates & Trusts | Sherman |
| Estates & Trusts | Decatorsmith |
| Evidence | Godfrey |
| Evidence | Kling |
| Family Law | Baker |
| First Amendment | Nahmod |
| Forensic Sciences | Kling |
| Illinois Civil Procedure | Preston |
| International Law | Cho |
| Labor Law | McCormick |
| Patent Law | Holbrook |
| Patent Law | Hulbert |
| Personal Income Tax | Brody |
| Remedies (day and evening sections) | Eglit |
| Trademarks & Unfair Competition | Holbrook |
| Workers Compensation Law | Eagle |