Grade Entry
Following the conclusion of each semester, students can access the Cardinal Students system to review their grades for the current semester. Grades are usually posted within 72 hours of the completion of the finals period. For undergraduate students, instructors should submit mid-term grades, which are also available in the Cardinal Students system.
Grading Scales (and Academic Standing)
Links to university-wide policies
Incomplete Grades
The provisional grade of “I” or incomplete may be given only to a student who has not completed the requirements of a course and meets all the following criteria:
- The student has specifically requested an Incomplete grade.
- The student has provided documentation to verify a specific situation beyond his/her control that makes completing coursework on time impossible.
- The student was passing the course when the emergency situation arose.
- The amount of coursework remaining is such that completing it beyond semester’s end is reasonable and academically sound.
- The Incomplete grade has been approved by the department chair.
- The instructor and student have agreed on the work remaining and the schedule for submitting it.
The I grade may not be given to one who has simply failed to meet the academic requirements of the course on time. An instructor must have permission from the dean to give an I grade.
Incomplete grades must be removed before the mid-semester of the succeeding term whether or not the student continues in residence. If the incomplete is not removed by mid-semester, the incomplete will be automatically recorded as a grade of F (failure).
Under extraordinary circumstances, but before the date of the mid-semester following the reported incomplete, a student may petition the course instructor and the academic dean of the school in which the student is enrolled for an extension of the period normally allowed for removal of the incomplete.
Grade Change
A grade assigned for work in a course is not subject to change except:
- in the case of a specific error, which may be corrected upon the submission of the Grade Change/Disposition of Incomplete Form by the course instructor to the Dean no later than one month after the beginning of the succeeding semester, or
- in the case of a successful challenge to a failing grade (F) after action in accordance with the established university procedures outlined in the Appeal of Failing Grades Policy. A successfully challenged grade of F is changed to pass (P), and credit is given for the work in question; no other grade may be assigned.
All changes must be requested and approved by the end of the semester following the one in which the course was taken. Changes after this deadline would require further justification and the approval of the Dean’s Office.