Revision Date: 04/26/2024
Last Review: 04/26/2024
Responsible Office: Provost
Policy:
The University鈥檚 system of grading is traditional: A grade of 鈥淎鈥� is given for the highest degree of excellence that is reasonable to expect of students of exceptional ability and application. A grade of 鈥淏鈥� is superior. A grade of 鈥淐鈥� is average. A grade of 鈥淒鈥� is given for a quality of work that is considered the minimum for receiving credit for the class. A grade of 鈥淪鈥� indicates satisfactory completion of the course. A grade of 鈥淔鈥� is given for a failure, and the work must be repeated to receive credit.
During each academic term, students must be given some type of evaluation and documented notification of standing in each class prior to the last day to drop a class or resign with a 鈥淲鈥� grade.
Some other grades given by the University need more explanation. The grade 鈥淚鈥� (Incomplete) is used to denote failure to complete all assigned class work and/or examinations as a result of conditions beyond the student鈥檚 control. It is the responsibility of the student to initiate a request with the instructor that a grade of 鈥淚鈥� be issued. If the student鈥檚 work is of passing quality, the instructor may approve the student鈥檚 request and will assign a grade of 鈥淚鈥� plus the average letter grade on all work completed to that point (e.g. IA, IB, IC, or ID). A grade of 鈥淚F鈥� cannot be issued. If the instructor agrees to issue an 鈥淚,鈥� he/she will complete a standard 鈥渃ontract鈥� with the student detailing requirements for course completion and specifying the date those requirements must be finished by completing the 鈥淚鈥� Grade Completion Form. Instructors then provide a copy of the contract to the student and a copy to the Department Head/Director. Students will receive a grade of IA, IB, IC, or ID on their grade report (and transcript) for that quarter. Incompletes are factored into hours attempted and quality points awarded. Therefore, they impact a student鈥檚 quarter and cumulative grade point averages and are a factor in academic probation or suspension decisions. The maximum amount of time allowed for a student to finish incomplete work is Friday of the fourth week in the following quarter, with one exception: students receiving 鈥淚鈥� grades at the end of the spring quarter have until the fourth week in the following fall quarter to complete their work. If the student does not complete the required work within the contracted period, the instructor will change the 鈥淚鈥� to an 鈥淔鈥� by delivering a final grade change to the Registrar鈥檚 Office by Friday of the fifth week of the quarter. The final grade replaces the 鈥淚鈥� on the student鈥檚 permanent record (transcript); attempted hours, earned hours, quality points, and quarter/cumulative grade point averages are recalculated applying the final grade. A student may be placed on, or removed from academic probation or suspension based on the recalculated GPA at the time an 鈥淚鈥� grade is cleared. 鈥淚鈥� grades are cleared only by completing the required course work, and not by registering for the course again. NOTE: Students registered for approved graduate research, practicum, dissertation, or thesis courses requiring multiple quarters of the same course registration to complete the research receive an 鈥淚鈥� for each attempt until the research or practicum is accepted as complete by the advising faculty member. At that the graduate student鈥檚 鈥淚鈥� grades are changed to 鈥淪鈥� on his/her permanent record.
A grade of 鈥淪鈥� indicates satisfactory completion of a course. The 鈥淪鈥� grade increases hours earned, but does not affect hours pursued or quality points and is not computed on any GPA. Students registered for a course where the grade of 鈥淪鈥� is used who do not complete the required course work will receive the grade 鈥淔.鈥�
A 鈥淲鈥� is issued when a student withdraws from a class (drops a class) after the final date for registration has passed and before the end of the first seven weeks of a quarter. The 鈥淲鈥� grade will appear on the student鈥檚 grade report and permanent record (transcript), but is not included in computing the student鈥檚 GPA. Students who stop attending class(es) without following proper drop/withdraw or resignation procedures (walk-away) will receive an 鈥淔鈥� grade for each class affected.
The grade 鈥淣C鈥� (used for undergraduate developmental courses only) denotes no credit earned or hours charged and is not computed in any GPA.
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