Grading System
Grading System
The University’s official grading system is as follows:
| Exceptional Work: |
A |
= |
4.0 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
A- |
= |
3.7 |
quality points per credit hour |
| Very Good Work: |
B+ |
= |
3.3 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
B |
= |
3.0 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
B- |
= |
2.7 |
quality points per credit hour |
| Good Work: |
C+ |
= |
2.3 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
C |
= |
2.0 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
C- |
= |
1.7 |
quality points per credit hour |
| Marginal Work: |
D+ |
= |
1.3 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
D |
= |
1.0 |
quality points per credit hour |
|
D- |
= |
0.7 |
quality points per credit hour |
| Failing: |
F |
= |
0.0 |
quality points per credit hour |
Faculty have the freedom to determine what constitutes each grade for their classes.
Other Grades Recorded
| AUS |
Audit Satisfied = No quality points or credits. |
| AUU |
Audit not completed = No quality points or credits. |
| AUW |
Audit Withdrawn = No quality points or credits. |
| P |
Passing = No quality points. This grade is allowed only in classes approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs. |
| W |
Withdrew = No quality points. |
| I |
Incomplete = No quality points or credits. The student has 30 days after the beginning of the succeeding semester to remove an incomplete grade. If it is not removed within that period, the grade automatically becomes F. |
| CE |
Credit by examination = No quality points. |
| NR |
Not Reported = No quality points or credits. This grade is given if a grade is not reported by a faculty member. Students should contact the faculty member when an NR appears on the grade report. |