GRADING SYSTEM
Scholastic standing is determined by the grade
point system. Grade points are used to determine an official
scholastic average for each student. A semester grade point
average is calculated by dividing the grade points earned by the
number of credits attempted that semester. The cumulative
average is the total number of grade points earned divided by
the total number of credits attempted.
Undergraduates must maintain an average of
2.00 as the minimum standard for satisfactory work after
attempting 45 credits. (See Retention
Standards)
Effective January 1994, the university adopted
a seven-step grading scale with point values assigned as
follows:
A
4.00 grade points/credit
AB
3.50 grade points/credit
B
3.00 grade points/credit
BC
2.50 grade points/credit
C
2.00 grade points/credit
D
1.00 grade points/credit
F
0.00 counted as credits attempted
Additional university grades and grade points
used but not part of the scale adopted in 1994:
I
incomplete
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
IP
in progress
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
W, WP withdraw passing
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
WF
withdraw failing
0 (counted as credits attempted, averaged
into GPA)
EP
emergency withdrawal/passing*
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
EF
emergency withdrawal/failing*
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
AS
audit satisfactory
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
AU
audit unsatisfactory
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
S
satisfactory
0 (counted as credits earned)
U
unsatisfactory
0 (not counted as credits attempted)
P
pass
0 (counted as credits earned)
F
fail
0 (counted as credits attempted, averaged
into GPA)
NA
not active
0 (counted as credits attempted; average
into GPA) Student did not officially withdraw from the course,
but failed to participate in course activities through the end
of the period. There is insufficient evidence to make a
meaningful evaluation of academic performance possible. The N/A
grade will appear as an “F” on the student record.
NR
no report
0 (not averaged into GPA; the
“NR”grade is posted for all missing grades.)
PR
Progress-graduate level only
0 (not counted as credits
attempted)
*NOTE: The faculty Committee on
Academic Policies and Standards has established EP and EF as
grades that are to be utilized only for the emergency medical
withdrawal and military call-ups of students. These grades will
be recorded on the permanent academic record to indicate level
of performance at the time of withdrawal; however, such grades
will not be averaged into the student’s grade point average.