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 2003 courses subject to this curve are listed below:
| Course | Instructor |
| Administrative Law | Perritt |
| Business Organizations | Conviser |
| Business Organizations | Hablutzel |
| Conflict of Laws | Dinwoodie |
| Criminal Procedure: Adjudicatory Process | Greenberg |
| Criminal Procedure: Adjudicatory Process | Thomas |
| Entertainment Law | Strand |
| Estates and Trusts | Sherman |
| Estates and Trusts | Decatorsmith |
| Evidence | Kling |
| Family Law | Greene |
| First Amendment | Nahmod |
| Genetics and the Law | Andrews |
| Illinois Civil Procedure | Leader |
| Illinois Civil Procedure | Preston |
| Money Laundering | Hablutzel |
| Personal Income Tax (day section) | Chapman |
| Personal Income Tax (evening section) | Chapman |
| Remedies | Current |
| Sports Law | Ham |