Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Grading Policies


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
D Pass 1 quality point/credit
F Fail 0 quality points/credit
N Non-Participation Fail 0 quality points/credit
P Pass 0 quality points/credit (for credit courses only)
S Satisfactory 0 quality points (for 0-credit courses only)
U Unsatisfactory 0 quality points (for 0-credit courses only)
     
Other Designations (carrying no quality points):
AUD Audited Course  
EXM Examination  
FOL Portfolio Assessment
I Incomplete-For more information, see I (Incomplete) Policy .
L Late Grade/Continuing Course-For more information, see L (Late Grade, Continuing Course) Policy .
OL Other Location  
Q Total Semester Withdrawal-Used before 2002 when a student had totally and officially withdrawn from the university for a given semester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)
TR Transfer  
XMT Exemption  
W Withdrawal-For more information, see Involuntary Withdrawal Policy  .
* 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)
.. Canceled Semester (see Canceled Semester Policy )
* Fresh Start (see Fresh Start Policy )
: Extended Credit (graduate thesis/dissertation only)