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 Spring 2004 courses subject to this curve are listed below:
| Course | Instructor |
| Advanced Property: Real Estate Transactions | De Armond |
| Advanced Torts | Brill |
| Antitrust | Leslie |
| Business Organizations | Conviser |
| Business Organizations | Gillespie |
| Commercial Law: Payment Systems | Spak, D. |
| Conflict of Laws | Rosen |
| Copyright Law | Piatt |
| Criminal Procedure: Adjudictory Process (day section) | Greenberg |
| E-Commerce | Warner |
| Employment Discrimination | Gonzalez |
| Employment Relationships | Leader |
| Estates and Trusts | Sherman |
| Estates and Trusts | Strubbe |
| Estates and Trusts | Decatorsmith |
| Evidence | Kling |
| Family Law | Aamot |
| First Amendment | Heyman |
| Illinois Civil Procedure | Preston |
| Personal Income Tax (day section) | Chapman |
| Sports Law | Ham |