Grading System
A plus/minus grading system is used at the College. Using the plus/minus system is an option for faculty, not a requirement.
Grades will be available at the end of each semester in Workday. Mid-semester progress grades will be issued to reflect a student’s performance as S for Satisfactory or U for Unsatisfactory. Mid-semester grades are issued for Fall and Spring 14 week courses only.
A course or series of courses can be designated by a department to use Pass/Fail grades if assessment is determined by performance/competency-based criteria and the use of P/F grades has been approved by the Academic Policy Committee. A grade of P has no impact on the GPA. Courses designated as Pass/Fail are noted in the course description.
Grade | Evaluation | Points/Credit Hour |
A | Superior | 4.0 |
A- | 3.7 | |
B+ | 3.3 | |
B | Above Average | 3.0 |
B- | 2.7 | |
C+ | 2.3 | |
C | Average | 2.0 |
C- | 1.7 | |
D+ | 1.3 | |
D | Below Average | 1.0 |
F | Fail | 0.0 |
P | Pass | |
PC5 | Pass with C or higher |
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PC-5 | Pass with C-, D+, D |
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I1 | Incomplete | |
N | Not released | |
NC5 | No Credit |
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R | Released | |
R1 | Released to ENGL 101 | |
R2 | ||
X | No grade submitted | |
IP | In progress | |
L | Audited | |
T | Transfer Credits | |
Z | Successful completion of course challenge process | |
AZ4 | Successful completion of course challenge process | 4.0 |
BZ4 | Successful completion of course challenge process | 3.0 |
CZ4 | Successful completion of course challenge process | 2.0 |
TZ | Credits accepted through articulation agreement | |
W2 | Withdrawal | |
WP3 | Withdrawal, Passing | |
WF3 | Withdrawal, Failing | |
Grade* | Course repeated - this grade IS NOT included in GPA |
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Grade** | Course repeated - this grade IS included in GPA |
An incomplete grade (I) is given only when the student had obtained, in advance, the permission of the instructor to postpone completion of specific course work for a valid reason. (Refer to Incomplete policy.)
A student may withdraw, or be withdraw administratively, from a class in which he or she is enrolled through the 90% point in the instructional period.
Through summer 2007, students who withdrew from a course through the first 2/3 of the instructional period received a grade of W. After that point, and through the end of the semester, student received a grade of WP or WF. The grade of WF counted as a grade of F in the student's grade point average.
Grade value for completion of developmental math modular units awarded through course challenge process; beginning Fall 2014.
Temporary COVID-19 Pass/Fail Grades for Spring Semester 2020 only. After the Spring Semester 2020 the Pass/Fail policy will revert back to the original form. Instructors of all courses will submit the usual letter grades for all students. Students who selected the Pass/Fail Grading option for the spring 2020 semester will see grades on their transcripts for those courses appear as PC, PC- or NC.