Calendar 2012-2013 - Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

* Mark assigned to a course in which there is a clinical failure, regardless of marks accrued in thecourse in assignments and examinations.DesignatorsDesignators assigned to students instead of regular grades:Pass/Fail:INC:IPR:SDF:WDR:In some courses, students are graded on a pass/fail basis. This designation doesnot enter into the calculation of the sessional average.Incomplete. INC is assigned by the instructor or Committee on Standing, normallyas a final report, where course work is not completed but where there are nogrounds for assigning a failing grade. It carries no credit for the course and is notconsidered for averaging purposes.In progress. IPR is assigned as the report for a course that is continued in asubsequent session. The final grade will appear only once and only for the lastenrollment period. It carries no credit for the course and is not considered foraveraging purposes.Standing deferred on the basis of incomplete course work because of medical orsimilar reasons. SDF is assigned by the divisional review committee upon approvalof a student‟s petition or an instructor‟s recommendation. It must be replaced by aregular grade within a specific time period, normally by the next submissiondeadline for grades. If “SDF” is not cleared, a grade will be assigned based on theterm work completed at that time by the student.Withdrawn without academic penalty (granted upon approval of a student‟s petitionfor late withdrawal from a course without academic penalty). WDR carries no creditfor the course and is not considered for averaging purposes.Grade Point Average (GPA)The Grade Point Average is the weighted sum (a full course is weighted as 1 or more, a halfcourseas 0.5) of the grade points earned, divided by the number of full courses in which gradepoints were earned.Three types of grade point averages are used:1. The sessional GPA is based on courses taken in a single session (Fall, Winter or Summer).2. The annual GPA is based on courses taken in the Fall and Winter sessions.3. The summer session GPA stands alone.4. The cumulative GPA takes into account all courses taken for degree credit in the Faculty.AssignmentsThe ability to communicate in a scholarly manner, both verbally and in written form, is anexpectation of the baccalaureate nurse and will be a consideration in the grading of assignments.All submitted papers and assignments remain the intellectual property of the individual student.University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Calendar 2012-2013 83