Permissible Grades

Letter Grades - GRADUATE

A, B, C & F are permissible letter grades

Letter grades of 'D' are NOT permissible

Pluses (+) and minuses (-) are NOT permissible

All courses are letter-graded unless specified as CR/NC (credit/no credit) in the university catalog

Letter Grades – UNDERGRADUATE

A, B, C, D, and F are permissible grades

Pluses (+) and minuses (-) may also be awarded and will be used to compute the GPA (undergraduate only)

A+, F+ and F- are NOT permissible

Unauthorized Withdrawal - 'UW'

This grade is to be issued when a student appears on the grade sheet but has never or rarely attended the course and has not officially withdrawn from the course

This grade indicates that an enrolled student did not complete course requirements and did not properly withdraw from the course

For purposes of GPA computation, this grade is equivalent to an F

Incomplete Requests

Do NOT submit an 'I' grade

Students must request a grade of incomplete in a specified course prior to the last day of classes

The 'I' grade will be entered by the Registrar's Office staff when the student has officially received approval via the Incomplete Grade Request process (see catalog)

Report the grade that has been earned on the basis of all work actually completed, in relation to all course requirements, in the final grade column, even if the student has requested an incomplete

This grade will be recorded as the final grade if:

1. The student has not officially filed and received approval for an incomplete, or
2. The course work is not completed by the end of the time extension

Credit/No Credit - 'CR' or 'NC'

Courses graded only CR/NC: for courses that are not letter-graded, all students are to be graded either 'CR' or 'NC'

Student elects to be graded CR/NC in a normally letter-graded course: the Registrar's Office staff will assign the 'CR' or 'NC' grade per individual student request

Enrichment Courses

Courses taken as enrichment: students who have chosen to take a course for enrichment purposes

The course is numbered 049 or lower

Record a “E” as the FINAL GRADE for these students

Withdrawals

Students who have officially withdrawn from a course will not show up on the grade roster

Audit/Unsatisfactory Audit - 'AU' or 'UA'

An audit grade may be entered only when a student has correctly registered to audit the course

Approval to register for an audit is indicated by the credit value as 0.00 in a course typically designed to have a unit value.

Enter a grade of AU if the course was satisfactorily completed or a grade of UA if the course was not satisfactorily completed

In-Progress - 'IP'

The grade of 'IP' is to be issued only in those courses that have been specifically designated as 'IP' courses (ones that, by design, span two or more terms)

Do NOT issue a grade of IP in any other instance

Non-Credit Earning ESL Courses - 'S' or 'U'

Should be graded 'S' for Satisfactory participation or 'U' for Unsatisfactory Participation