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Grades

Auditing and Credit/No Credit Grading Options
Credit Hours and Grades | Incomplete Grades | Term Grades

Auditing and Credit/No Credit Grading Options
Students may elect to register for a class with a standard grade option, an audit grade option, or a credit/no credit grade option. The appropriate grading option must be designated at the time of registration or within the time limits established for adding a class. For detailed guidelines and procedures for auditing and credit/no credit grade options, refer to the current Undergraduate Bulletin.

NOTE: Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) is given in some specific courses as approved by the Academic Senate.

Credit Hours and Grades
Students are required to complete 124 credits for the completion of most bachelor degree programs (consult the program of study for specific requirements). Students should plan their academic schedule accordingly if they are planning to graduate in four years. The number of credits for a course usually relates to the number of hours in class each week. Students generally take four to six courses per semester, and most classes are worth three credit hours.

The normal class load for undergraduates is 12–16 semester hours. A student should register for at least 15–16 credit hours if he/she wishes to complete degree requirements in a four-year period. Generally, an undergraduate student in good academic standing may register for as many as 21 credit hours by following the regular registration procedure. Students interested in taking more than 21 credit hours must seek approval from the dean of their college.

Students receive letter grades in classes taken for a grade. A credit/no credit grading option is also available (students should talk to an advisor for specific details regarding this option). The grades are assigned a point value based on the following scale:

Grade	Meaning	Quality Point Value
A	Excellent	4
B	Good	3
C	Acceptable	2
D	Poor/Still Acceptable	1
F	Unsatisfactory	0

The total quality points received for a particular course are computed by multiplying the quality points by the number of credit hours in the course. A student who received an A in a three-credit hour course would earn 12 quality points. The number of quality points earned for a semester is determined by adding the total points in the individual courses completed during the semester. To compute the Grade Point Average, the student should divide the quality point total by the hours attempted. As an example, a student who has accumulated 40 quality points in 15 hours of course work has a 2.66 GPA. Only grades of A, B, C, D, and F are included in the calculation of the grade point average.

Incomplete Grades
The Incomplete Grade Policy was modified by the University Senate in May 1994. An incomplete grade of “I” may be given to a student who has been doing satisfactory work in a course but, for reasons beyond the control of the student and deemed justifiable by the instructor, had not completed all requirements for a course when grades were submitted. Refer to the Schedule of Classes and/or the Undergraduate Bulletin for detailed guidelines and procedures for incomplete grades.

Term Grades
Grades are available online within one week of the end of the term. An email message is sent to each student advising him/her that grade processing has been completed and the permanent record system has been updated. Students may access the Student Information Display (SID) system to view term grades and accumulative totals. The Office of Records, located in Room 1013, Jones Hall (330-941-3182), is responsible for the accuracy of the permanent record.