Grading

Courses are graded on a plus/minus standard-letter grading scale except for those offered strictly on a pass/no-pass basis as determined by the school, program, or academic department. The lists below represents the officially recognized grades used to evaluate coursework and rate the academic performance of graduate students at the University. 

Graduate and Professional Grades

All Schools (except the School of Law and the College of Medicine)

 Grades - School of Law

Grades - College of Medicine

* Designates a course passed after successful remediation of an initial failure.

Computation of the Quality Point Average

Quality Point Average is the ratio expressed to the nearest hundredth of the sum of course credits for which the grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, D, and F (and A+, C-, and D+ in Law) were received to the sum of quality points earned. The quality points per credit are included in the tables above.

Graduate and Professional Grades 

Other Designations

Incomplete ("I") Grades 

An incomplete grade ("I") is a temporary grade given at the discretion of an instructor when neither a passing nor failing grade can be determined because of incomplete coursework. To be considered for an I grade, the student must have completed a majority of coursework and attended a majority of classes in the course. Upon assigning the I grade, the instructor should provide the student with a delimited set of coursework requirements to be completed in order to be assigned a final course grade. As such it should be unnecessary for students to attend the same class in a subsequent semester in order to make up incomplete work. Students are therefore not permitted to attend the same class for its duration in a subsequent semester.

Final grades must be submitted by the deadline published in the Academic Calendar. The instructor may specify an earlier deadline for course completion. Notification of an earlier deadline must be provided to the student in writing. The Office of the University Registrar will convert incomplete grades that remain after the deadline (for which there are not extensions) to final and permanent grades of "F" (Failure) or "N" (No-Pass).

The I-to-F (or N) deadlines for incomplete grades in graduate-level courses are as follows:

• The I-to-F (or N) deadline for incomplete grades assigned in a fall semester is the day after the last day of final exams in the following spring semester.
• The I-to-F (or N) deadline for incomplete grades assigned in a spring semester is the day after the last day of final exams in the following fall semester.
• The I-to-F (or N) deadline for incomplete grades assigned in a summer term is the day after the last day of final exams in the following fall semester.

Instructors should work with students to determine deadlines for submission of remaining work providing enough time to evaluate the work to facilitate submission of a final grade no later than the I-to-F deadline.

In extenuating circumstances, an instructor may grant an extension to the I-to-F deadline by submitting formal notification to the University Registrar prior to the original deadline and must include a date by which the final grade will be submitted. If the instructor has not submitted a final grade by the extension date, the incomplete grade will be converted to a final and permanent course grade of "F" or "N." Any extension may not exceed the last day of final exams in the expiration term.

Students are not permitted to request a withdrawal from any class for which an "I" grade has been assigned. Once an "I" grade has been converted to an "F" or "N", the "F" or "N" cannot be converted to a "W" (Withdrawal) grade. Should a student with incomplete grades withdraw from the university before final grades have been assigned, the incomplete grades will be permanently changed to withdrawal (“W”) grades.

Military personnel called to active duty while taking graduate courses who receive an "I" grade for reasons due to military service have a maximum of six months to complete the work necessary to remove the "I" grade beginning 60 days after return from deployment.

A student may not graduate with incomplete grades on the transcript regardless of whether the course is required as part of a degree program. All incomplete work must be completed by the date as specified on the Academic Calendar for the specified term.

This policy is in effect beginning with any incomplete grades in graduate-level courses entered for fall 2024 and beyond.