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Grading System
Letter Grades Performance Designation Grade Points Percentage
A+ EXCELLENT 4.0 90-100
A 4.0 85-89
A- 3.7 80-84
B+ GOOD 3.3 75-79
B 3.0 70-74
B- 2.7 66-69
C+ SATISFACTORY 2.3 63-65
C 2.0 60-62
C- 1.7 57-59
D+ MARGINAL 1.3 54-56
D 1.0 52-53
D- 0.7 50-51
F FAIL 0 Below 50
WF * WITHDRAWAL FAIL 0 0
* Effective September 2011
The following grades are not factored into the GPA (see Table below).
AU Audit Given to audited classes and listed on the permanent record
AW
Administrative
Withdrawal
DO Dropped English -
EX Exempt -
Given when a course is dropped by the university for administrative
reasons
I Incomplete Given when a student is unable to complete the required work because
of an unavoidable circumstance such as illness. It is not to be given to
enable a student to do additional work to improve a grade. An
incomplete grade must be removed within two semesters (excluding
summer sessions) or it will automatically be converted to a grade of
WF. In the determination of quality hours and Grade Point Averages,
an “I” is not counted in the calculation.
IP Grade Pending Given only for University Honors College courses until the project is
completed
P Pass -
T Transfer -
W Withdrawal -
The “AU’s”, “AW’s”, and “W’s” will be listed as attempted hours, but not as quality hours for
calculating Grade Point Averages.
Dean’s List
The semester Dean’s List includes all undergraduate students who achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or
more with a minimum of 15 credit hours enrolled and attempted for letter grades that are used to
calculate the students GPA.
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