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SPECIAL
GRADES
INCOMPLETE GRADES
(I)
The assignment of incomplete grades is the
prerogative of the individual faculty member, under circumstances
permitted by the University administration.
An incomplete grade is granted only when
extenuating circumstances prevent students from completing
the course requirements within the regular time period.
Faculty also reserve the right to set any deadline for the
completion of incomplete work: however, students receiving an
incomplete grade will have a maximum of 12 months after receiving
the incomplete to finish all course work and receive a change of
grade. If a faculty member does not submit a grade change
card within 12 months, regardless of whether or not the student
attends the University, the grade will automatically convert to an
"F."
I -
Incomplete - Students will receive no credit for an "I" grade.
If, however, the incomplete grade is resolved by the close of
the following semester and a passing grade is received, the credits
will be counted.
NC - No Credit
No credits received.
W
- Withdrawal No credits
received.
AU
- Audit
No
credits received.
P
- Pass
Student
received credits, but QPA is not effected. |
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Repeat of Course
The last grade earned is always used in
calculating the QPA. If the student failed the course the
first time but passed it the second time, the appropriate number of
credits will be received after the second attempt. If,
however, the student passed the course the first time, repeats it
in an attempt to improve the QPA but receives a failing grade, the
appropriate number of credits will be deducted from the cumulative
credits earned total. Maximum hours earned for any course
cannot exceed the number of credits listed for that course in the
catalog.
GRADE REPORTING
POLICY
In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment), a final grade report addressed to the student is sent to
the home address at the close of each semester. Final grades
are sent to the parents of students who complete a "grade release"
form in the Office of Academic Records and Summer School.
Additionally, at mid-semester a report for
all freshmen and those upper-class students who have less than
satisfactory grades ("D" and "F") is sent to the student's
local/campus address. Mid-term grades are also sent to the
parents of students who complete a "grade release" form.
Students
with outstanding financial obligations (examples: library
fines, bookstore balances) will not have official transcripts
released by the University.
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