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 |
|
| 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.