Grades

The College of Nursing graduate faculty uses the standard University grading scale (A=90-100; B=80-89; C = 70-79).

Your official grades as a graduate student for University credit are recorded in the Office of the Registrar as follows:

A - high achievement; 4 grade points per credit
B - satisfactory achievement; 3 grade points per credit
C - minimum passing grade; 2 grade points per credit
E - failure; 0 grade points per credit
I - incomplete; see explanation following
S - satisfactory progress; see explanation following

A grade of "I" (incomplete) may be assigned if a part of the course work remains incomplete with a reasonable possibility that a passing grade will result from completion. An assignment of an "I" grade is at the discretion of the faculty and must be discussed with the course faculty member. It must be removed within one year if you are to continue to progress in the program. You may not enroll in a course if an "I" grade has not been removed for a prerequisite course. An Incomplete Grade Assignment/Agreement Form must be completed and signed by you and the course instructor noting requirements for completion of the coursework. “I” grades automatically convert to an “E” grade (failing grade) after 12 months.

A grade of S (satisfactory work in progress) may be recorded for course work which extends beyond the normal limits of a semester or summer term. The work must be substantially continuous in its progress. When the work has been completed, a final grade will be substituted for the S. The S grade may not be given if you have done unsatisfactory work or failed to do a reasonable amount of work.

You must attain an overall average of B (minimum 3.0 GPA) on all graduate work and on all graduate nursing coursework before an advanced degree may be awarded; D grades are not given to graduate students. Graduate level courses (400G-799) are computed in the graduate grade point average. Students may not progress to the next clinical course nor graduate with a grade lower than a B on any clinical course.

Once a grade (other than an I or S) has been reported to the Registrar's Office, it may not be changed unless an error was made at the time the grade was given and recorded, and then only upon the written approval of the professor, the registrar, and the dean of the Graduate School.

Students who have completed 12 or more semester hours of graduate work with a graduate grade point average of less than 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. If a cumulative 3.0 average is not attained during the next full time semester (9 hours), you will be dismissed from the Graduate School and the graduate program in the College of Nursing.

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