Grading System

After each semester or session, a grade report will be available to each student by signing in to MyIUP (my.iup.edu).

Grades and Quality Points

In the grading system, the following grades are used in reporting the standing of students at the end of each semester or session:

Grade	Description	Quality Points
A	Excellent	4 quality points/credit
B	Good	3 quality points/credit
C	Average	2 quality points/credit
F	Fail	0 quality points/credit
N	Non-Participation Fail	0 quality points/credit
P	Pass	0 quality points/credit (graduate thesis/dissertation only)#

#NOTE: Students admitted Fall 2017 and after earn P or F for graduate thesis/dissertation only.
Students admitted prior to Fall 2017 follow previous grading system for thesis/dissertation.

Other Designations (carrying no quality points):
AUD	Audited Course
I	Incomplete—For more information, see I (Incomplete) Policy .
L	Late Grade/Continuing Course—For more information, see L (Late Grade, Continuing Course) Policy .
Q	Total Semester Withdrawal—Used before 2002 when a student had totally and officially withdrawn from the university for a given semester
R	Research in progress (graduate thesis/dissertation only)—For more information, see R (Research) Policy .
TR	Transfer
W	Withdrawal—For more information, see Withdrawal Policies .
*	Grade not reported by instructor. No grade information was reported by the end of the normal grading period.

Grades followed by the following designations indicate the application of a policy that has amended the student’s cumulative grade point average:

.	Institutional Credit (credit counts toward enrollment status but does not count toward graduation or in GPA calculation)
*	Fresh Start—For more information, see Graduate Fresh Start Policy .
:	Extended Credit (graduate thesis/dissertation only for students admitted prior to Fall 2017)

No “D” grade is recognized in IUP graduate work but may be earned by a graduate student enrolled in an undergraduate course.