Grading System

NOTE: Prior to Fall Semester 1973, cumulative grade point averages include transfer work.

A student cannot raise a grade through re-examination.

I – Incomplete: Indicates that the student has done passing work in the course but that some part of the work is, for good and acceptable reason, not complete at the end of the term. Failure to make up the omitted work satisfactorily by the end of exam week for the following term, not including summer sessions, converts the “I” to an “F.” The new grade is to be reported by the date that grades are due. When the work is satisfactorily completed within the allotted time, the “I” is converted to whatever grade the student has earned. (If instructors wish to extend the “I” grade beyond the following term for which the student is registered, prior to the end of the term they must notify the Registrar’s Office in writing of the extension and indicate the date of its termination. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements to make up the incomplete work. The faculty member should submit the new grade to the Registrar’s Office in writing.)

IP – In Progress: Indicates that the student has not completed the scheduled coursework during the term because the nature of the course does not permit completion within a single term.

PI – Permanent Incomplete: Indicates that the student’s instructor and the dean with jurisdiction over the course may for special reason authorized the change of an incomplete (“I”) to a permanent incomplete (“PI”).

WD – Withdraw: Indicates that the student registered for the course but withdrew officially after the 15th day of the term.

NGR – No Grade Reported: Indicates that, at the time grades were processed for the present issue of the record, no grade had been reported by the instructor. Students who receive an NGR grade should contact the instructor of the course.

INV – Invalid: Indicates the grade reported by the instructor for the course was improperly noted and thus unacceptable for proper processing.

Grades determine whether a student is either eligible of ineligible to remain at the University. Eligibility in the 200-plus registered student organizations and other co-curricular activities is dependent on the student’s maintenance of good academic standing at the University. A student who has not been placed on probation or dismissed from the University is deemed to be in good academic standing. Some selective organizations such as honoraries and varsity athletics require special eligibility criteria.

On the basis of grades, a student receives opportunities to take additional courses to accelerate academic progress.

A student should transfer from the University College to a degree-granting college when the grade and credit-hour requirements of that college have been met. Acceptance for admission to a college depends on the approval of the dean of the college which the student chooses to enter and on the student’s academic performance to date.