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 online at MyNCC at the end of each regular semester. At the end of the seventh week of classes, faculty will submit to the Records Office the names of all students whose performance in a particular course to date puts them at risk of failing the course. The Records Office will communicate this information to those students by the end of the eighth week of the semester.
| 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 |
|
| PC-5 |
Pass with C-, D+, D |
|
| I1 |
Incomplete |
|
| N |
Not released |
|
| NC5 |
No Credit |
|
| R |
Released |
|
| R1 |
Released to ENGL 101 |
|
| R2 |
Released to ENGL027 and ENGL101 |
|
| 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
|
|
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.