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Grading System INCOMPLETE | COURSE ADDITIONS AND WITHDRAWALS | GRADES IN QUESTION | PROCEDURES FOR GRADE APPEALS | GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) The grading system is based on the student’s performance. The content of each course and the skills needed for its completion are specified in the course syllabi as designated by the professors. The syllabi are kept on file in the Office of the Academic Dean. The following scale is used in assigning grades:
INCOMPLETE - The Grade of I is a temporary notation indicating that some course work, assignment, test, or examination has not been completed by the end of the semester because of some circumstance beyond the stu-dent’s control and that the faculty member has approved an extension of time. Ordinarily, however, an incomplete grade must be removed within one month from close of the semester, otherwise the incomplete grade automatically becomes an F. Exceptions to this rule are approved in writing and filed with the Academic Dean. COURSE ADDITIONS AND WITHDRAWALS -During the first week of a semester, a student may add courses in consultation with his Faculty Advisor and the permission of the Academic Dean. A course dropped with-in the first five weeks is not recorded on the transcript. A course dropped after the five-week period is recorded as WP or WF. A grade of WF (Withdrew Failing) is counted in the computation on the student’s grade point average. GRADES IN QUESTION - Students may appeal any grade if they believe that this grade has been assigned in error. PROCEDURES FOR GRADE APPEALS - Any student believing that a grade has been assigned by error should meet with the faculty member and if the grade in question is resolved, the faculty member should submit a grade change to the Registrar. If the student is not satisfied with the result of the conference with the faculty member and continues to believe that an error has occurred, the student will send a written report to the Academic Dean giving specific information. The Academic Dean will hold a hearing in which the student will present the evidence that a grading error has occurred. The Academic Dean will decide who, in addition to the above, may be present at the hearing. The Academic Dean will determine whether or not the evi-dence indicates that a grading mistake has taken place and will propose a solution. If the Dean’s solution is acceptable to both the student and the faculty member, the matter is resolved. If the solution is unacceptable to either the student or the faculty member, a Grade Committee will be constituted. When a student appeals a grade, the student must provide the faculty member with a copy of all materials sent to the Academic Dean. When the grade solution of the Academic Dean is rejected by either the student or the faculty member, the student and faculty member shall select a member of the faculty to be members of an ad hoc Grade Appeals Committee. These two persons will select a third member from the faculty to be a full member of the Committee. The members shall review all materials presented by both the student and the faculty member and give hearing to them. After the Committee has reviewed the appeal, they shall make a decision about the proper grade to be given to the student. Their decision is final. GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) - A student’s grade point average is determined by dividing the total number of quality points by the number of semester hours attempted (except for grades WP, T, or I). |
