GRADING POLICIES 11/30/66 Educational Standards Comm. notice concerning grading practices sent to instructional faculty. 12/16/67 Pass/Fail grading system approved. 5/1/68 Approved that letter grades and quality points be assigned in PE 101 & 141, SS 121, 221 & 222, and Ed. 103. S/U grading to be used in MU 101 & 102, except for majors who should be assigned letter grades. 6/10/69 A&SC report on operation of Pass/Fail grading system. Approved allowing students to change their registration to or from P/F during the period allowed for adding courses. 1/5/72 Early grade reports for graduating seniors approved. 5/10/72 Received A&SC analysis and recommendations: 1. grade analysis reports should continue to be sent 2. definition of grades should be revised. 3. certain courses might be identified as S/U 4. individual instructors should compare results with other 5. if no improvement on grading practices occurs, then basis for honors should be reexamined. 4/1/15 (Report No. 72) Approved requiring midterm grades for all 100/200 level courses and optional midterm gardes in all other undergraduate courses. Defintion of grades in University catalog and grade reports should be revised as soon as possible to revise records: A - excellent B - good C - fair D - poor E - failing 2/21/73 Established uniform deadline for the removal of Incomplete (I) grades: end of the quarter following issuance of the Incomplete. 4/18/73 Approved that instructors, a week before final grades are due, are to process the lowest possible grade that a graduating senior is likely to receive. Instructors are to notify the Registrar by Saturday noon before Commencement of any change in a graduating senior's reported likely grade. FC to consider the matter in more detail next year. 4/18/73 "Procedure Whereby a Department May Seek Mandatory Pass/Fail Grading for Certain Courses" approved. 12/12/73 Approved that the grade "F" in Graduate Studies be computed as zero quality points in the CPA, and to extend the time period for students to make-up an Incomplete grade. 12/4/74 Graduate level S/F grading system approved as a 2-year experimental program to allow graduate students to take up to 8 credit hours outside their area. 12/4/74 Proposal for an undergraduate S/D/F grading system, to replace the P/F grading system referred back to A&SC. to study an S/NC option. 3/5/75 Undergraduate S/U grading system approved. "S" grade equals "C" work or better. Neither "S" nor "U" grades to be calculated in CPA. 5/7/75 Approved addition of "B+", "C+", & "D+" grades for certain First College courses. 10/8/75 New grading system incorporating the use of "B+", "C+" & "D+" grades referred back to A&SC. 5/5/76 A&SC presented poll results (requested 10/8/75) of faculty and students on possible changes in grading system. Matter referred back to A&SC for recommendations based on new data from the poll. 12/1/76 A&SC reported that poll results on proposed grading practice changes were inconclusive and that the A&SC. could not agree on a recommendation for a grading system change. 12/1/76 A&SC interpretated that the last day to remove an Incomplete grade would be the last day of classes following the quarter after the "I" had been given. Interpretation moved the deadline foward one week. 4/6/77 Approved extending deadline for removing Incomplete grades received during spring quarter to the fourth week of fall quarter. 11/1/78 Changes in point hour ratio procedures for Incomplete and Not Reported grades approved. 1/9/80 Proposal to discontinue the graduate level S/F grading system referred back to A&SC. 6/4/80 Revision of Incomplete Grade policy approved with promise that the A&SC would re-examine the Incomplete grade form. 5/5/82 Senior Year Acceleration Program grading recommedation: A, B, C, & NC (no credit) or audit basis, remanded back to the A&SC. 2/2/83 New graduate grade, "NS", established to be used with dissertation or thesis registrations to indicate whether satisfactory progress had been made during that quarter. 5/23/84 Undergraduate S/U grading policy amended to permit a maximum of 8 credit hours to be counted towards fulfilling a minor field requirement. 12/12/90 Defeated proposal for a Graduate College plus/minus grading system. 4/10/91 Approved plus/minus grading system for graduate courses. 5/29/91 Approved resolution to Trustees regarding plus/minus grading system for graduate courses. 6/12/91 Approved proposal for D+ grade for Law College. 6/9/93 Created two new grades: "NA": Never Attended; and "X": Student has not completed all classwork for reasons unknown to the instructor. "X" turns into "F" if work is not completed by the end of next quarter. 1/19/94 Changed meaning of "NA" grade designation from "Never Attended" to "No Action". 6/10/98 Proposed grading schema for undergraduate students (plus/minus grades) approved with two amendments. 3/17/99 Approved revised guidelines for grades of "X", "I", and "NA", and the procedures for assigning final grade. 12/9/99 Reaffirmation of the Change of Grade Policy for All Grades Except the Grade of "I" approved. 5/8/02 Proposed grade change policy for missing grade designation (**) referred back to A&SC. 11/10/04 (Report No. 5) Proposal to allow for internships, service, field experiences, or co-op to be graded S/U if the academic department sochose and with the permission of its college, approved. 11/10/04 (Report No. 7) Approved eliminating the NA and ** grade designations and revised the Incomplete Grade Policy. 2/09/05 (Report No. 18) Approved eliminating the S/F/I grade and adding the S/U/I grade. 12/7/11 (Report No. 28) Extended Mid-term grades to 100-level courses. 5/4/16 (Report No. 67) "X" grade abolished 10/3/18 (Report No. 13) Approved C- grades Policy 10/7/20 (Report No.19) Extended a P/F option for fall semester allowing a P grade to replace only C grades or higher for undergraduates, and B grades or higher for graduate students. 12/2/20 (Report No. 36) Temporary Pass'Fail policy for undergraduates extended to spring semester 12/2/20 (Report No. 37) Temporary Pass'Fail policy for graduate students extended to spring semester