Grading Policies

The University's grading policy can be viewed online

Students in ENGL100/101 receive a final letter grade of A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, or NC (no credit). These are the only university courses that have NC as a grade option. A grade of NC reflects the philosophy that learning to write in an academic setting is a developmental process and that some students may require more time in this development. Since this grade does not appear on the student's transcript or affect the student's GPA, the student is not penalized for requiring one or more additional semesters to meet the course requirements in ENGL100/101. Be sure that students know this policy at the beginning of the course and be sure that students in ENGL100/101 have met your course requirements at the level of C or better before passing them out of ENGL100/101. See the University Catalog for grading variations.

Because of the NC option in ENGL100/101 and because of the consecutive nature of these required composition and literature courses, instructors cannot give ENGL100/101 students grades of IN (Incomplete). This policy should be clearly stated in the syllabus.

Students in the 200-level literature courses receive a final letter grade of A+, A, A-, B+, B,
B-, C+, C, C-, D, or F. A grade of D is considered passing. Students in ENGL302 receive a final letter grade of A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, D, or F; students must earn a C or better to complete the general education requirement.