SUBJECT: Grading
PURPOSE: Establishes the grades, with
appropriate procedures, that may be given to students.
REGULATION:
which carry the indicated grade points:
LETTER GRADE GRADE POINTS/HOUR
A excellent 4
B good 3
C average 2
D below average 1
F failure 0
P pass 0
N no pass 0
X audit 0
I
incomplete 0
Y no basis for grade 0
W withdrawal 0
UG unreported 0
CONDITIONS:
1.
Change of Recorded Grade
a. An instructor may initiate a change
of letter grade from the above list (A-F)
within one calendar year.
a. Change of either a letter grade
to pass/no pass or pass/no pass to a letter grade will not be allowed except
for clerical error.
a. No change of Withdraw (W) or
Audit (X) will be made except for clerical error.
b. An incomplete may be changed within
one calendar year from the time it is received, after which the
“I” remains on the student transcript. and tThe
course must be repeated if credit is to be received.
c. The above deadline may be extended
by the appropriate Dean.
2.
Changes in
Grading Option
a.
Pass/No Pass
· A Pass grade means that the student
has satisfactorily completed the course and would have received a “C” or better
had grades been assigned.
· A No Pass grade means that the
student has not satisfactorily completed the course and is not eligible for
credit.
· Some courses are offered only on a
Pass/No Pass basis. in In other courses students must
initiate
a change with the Registrar’s Office declare their intention to the
instructor by the end of the sixth week of the course.
· A list of courses which may not be
taken on a Pass/No Pass basis will be maintained by the Curriculum Office. (See Appendix C.)
Grading (cont.)
b.
Incomplete
· An incomplete can be given when a
student’s work has been satisfactory but the student has a small amount of work
to make up, e.g., one exam, a paper, or other assignment.
· An incomplete can only be initiated
with instructor approval.
NOTE: If necessary,
refer to the Variable Credit Standard.
c.
Audit
· An audit carries no credit and does
not count toward full-time student status.
· Registration and tuition & fees,
for auditing students are the same as for credit students.
· Students may change from credit to
audit or from audit to credit by submitting a Notification of Change for Grade
Option form to the Registrar’s Office before the end of the sixth eighth week.
· Consent of instructor is required on
subsequent registration for audit of same course.
d.
No Basis for
Grade
· If a student stops attending
class before there is a sufficient basis for a grade but remains
registered past the sixth week of the term, the student
will receive a no basis for grade (Y) from the instructor at the end of the
term.
e.
Withdraw
· A registered student may withdraw
from a course during the term without responsibility for a grade by the end of
the sixth week of the term. After the
sixth week of the term, if the student has been attending
and received basis for a grade, the instructor will determines
whether the student may receive a withdrawal (W) or be held responsible for a
grade.
· For classes lasting less than a
full-term, seventy percent completion of contact hours is the equivalent of the
sixth week.
NOTE: Refer to the
Administrative Withdrawal standard.
3.
Unreported
a. An unreported grade will be issued
only out of the Registrar’s Office when the instructor has not submitted grades
by the grade deadline.
APPROVALS:
Instructional
Council: June 24, 1997
College
Council: May 7, 2004