Grading System

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	Passed	1 quality point/credit
F	Failed	0 quality points/credit
N	Non-Participation Failure	0 quality points/credit
P	Passed	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 policy explanation I (Incomplete) Policy .
L	Late Grade/Continuing Course-For more information, see policy explanation 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Q	Total Semester Withdrawal-Used before 2002 when a student had totally and officially withdrawn from the university for a given semester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 policy explanation 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)
..	Canceled Semester (see policy explanation Canceled Semester Policy )
*	Fresh Start (see policy explanation Fresh Start Policy )
:	Extended Credit (graduate thesis/dissertation only)