Is Taking Quantum Mechanics Pass/Fail a Bad Idea for My Transcript?

[roeb]

I'd like to take quantum mechanics pass fail and I'm curious if this actually has the possibility of looking bad on my transcripts --

I'm an engineer so I don't need to take QM and this semester my course load + everything else going on may be a little too much for me to do well in this course (as well as I could if I actually had enough time).

I would like to take QM pass/fail just so I can learn more about it. I'll probably need to formally take a QM class in grad school, so even if I did take this course for a grade, I would probably need to repeat something very similar to it anyway.

Does it look bad to have a pass/fail course on my transcript like this? I could always just sit in and not enroll, but then I wouldn't really be able to take the exams, hand in homework, etc.

Thanks,
roeb

 

[Ashuron]

If you just want to learn it,
you can always just come to the classes.

Then you don't have to worry about pass/fail on your transcript

 

[Vanadium 50]

Why do you think as an engineer you will need QM in grad school?