Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Academic Standards
Appeal for Change of Final Grade
In the event that the faculty member reaffirms the final grade, the
student has the right to appeal to the Grade Appeals Committee of the
relevant department. To initiate this procedure, the student must first
appear at the Office of the Registrar to request this further review.
The Office of the Registrar forwards the pertinent materials to the
departmental Grade Appeals Committee and notifies the instructor of
the action. A meeting is scheduled at a time convenient to all so that
both parties may present their positions. The Grade Appeals
Committee submits its decision and reasons for its judgment in
writing to the Office of the Registrar. The decision of this committee
is final.
Change of INC to Administrative FIN
The grade of FIN is assigned by the Office of the Registrar when an
INC (Incomplete) remains unresolved at the end of the semester
following the term in which the course was taken. Students have up
to one year after the completion of the semester to have the INC/FIN
changed.
Appeal by Student
The student should contact the instructor or the department chair in
the absence of the instructor, to appeal the grade of F resulting from
an unresolved Incomplete. If both the instructor and the student
agree on the course of action, the student completes the coursework,
and a change of grade form is filed with the Office of the Registrar.
This process must be completed within one year after the last day of
classes of the semester in which the Incomplete was received.
Students who have extraordinary circumstances may appeal the
deadline in writing to the Dean for Undergraduate Studies for
transmittal to the Faculty Grade Appeals Subcommittee of the
Academic Standards Committee. The decision of this subcommittee
is final.
Appeal by Faculty
An appeal instituted by a member of the faculty to change an
administrative F must indicate that the work required to resolve the
INC grade was in the instructor’s possession prior to the deadline
date.
Grade Point Average (GPA)
The grade point average is computed by multiplying the numerical
value of grades A, A– B+, B, B–, C+, C, C–, D+, D, D–, F, FIN WU
and WN with the number of credits of each course, which yields the
number of quality points. The number of quality points is then
divided by the total number of attempted credits to yield the grade
point average. For example, the grade point average of a student who
has attempted 30 credits with grades ranging from A to WU is
calculated as follows:
Number of Credits Grade Quality Points
6 X A (4.0) = 24.0
3 X A- (3.7) = 11.1
4 X B+ (3.3) = 13.2
3 X B (3.0) = 9.0
3 X C+ (2.3) = 6.9
8 X C (2.0) = 16.0
1 X D (1.0) = 1.0
1 X F (0.0) = 0.0
1 X WU (0.0) = 0.0
30 81.2
The total number of quality points – 81.2 – divided by the total
number of attempted credits – 30 – yields a grade point average of
2.70.
Repetition of Failed Courses and the Grade Point Average
Beginning in the fall 1990 semester and in any semester thereafter,
the grade of F,WU or WN is not computed in the grade point average
when a student repeats the failed course and receives a grade of C- or
better. The original F, WU or WN, however, remains on the
student’s official transcript. The number of failing credits that can be
omitted from the grade point average in this manner is limited to 16
for the duration of the student’s undergraduate enrollment in the
institution.
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