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Grades
- 1.
- Passing grades are A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-,
D+, D, D-, P, and CR. Failure is denoted by F and NC.
- 2.
- W, WH, or WR are recorded when a student withdraws from a course.
(See ``Adding and Dropping Courses''.)
- 3.
- P indicates satisfactory performance and is given to indicate
completion (complete or partial) of fine arts participation activities
that carry no course credits, e.g., MUS 701 (Music
Performance Seminar).
- 4.
- The notation I is given only for work of
satisfactory quality that is incomplete because of illness or emergency
(supported in the same way as requests for withdrawals for reasons of
health; see ``Adding and Dropping Courses,''
8). Permission to receive an Incomplete in any course
for any reason must be secured from the Registrar before the instructor
may record it on the final grade sheet. The petition for requesting an
Incomplete is available from the Registrar's Office. Students are
required to indicate the length of time they and their instructor need
to complete the course. The Registrar will normally approve any
reasonable contract. An Incomplete which has not been removed by the end
of the period specified in the contract will automatically be converted
to an F if the student is still enrolled or will remain an I if the
student has withdrawn from Cornell.
- 5.
- AU indicates a course audited for no credit (see above, ``Auditing Courses'').
- 6.
- IP indicates a course in progress or one for which a final grade
has not been submitted by the instructor.
- 7.
- Only courses taken for grade point credit at Cornell College,
exclusive of those graded CR, P, I, IP, AU, NC, W, WH, and WR, are used
to compute the student's cumulative grade point average. For the
student's convenience, this average is printed on the grade report
issued at the end of every term. Grade points are assigned according to
the following scale:
| A |
4.0 |
B |
3.0 |
C |
2.0 |
D |
1.0 |
| A- |
3.7 |
B- |
2.7 |
C- |
1.7 |
D- |
0.7 |
| B+ |
3.3 |
C+ |
2.3 |
D+ |
1.3 |
F |
0.0 |
The cumulative grade point average is calculated by dividing the total
number of grade points earned by the total number of courses taken for
grade point credit (including courses graded F). The student's final
cumulative grade point average is determined at graduation, and will not
be affected by grades subsequently earned, should the student return to
Cornell.
- 8.
- Cornell does not have a Pass/Fail option; however, certain courses
of the type listed below are graded either as Credit (CR) if the
instructor certifies that the student has done work of ``C'' quality or
better, or as No Credit (NC) if the student fails to achieve the minimum
standard. All work transferred from other institutions, all credits
earned by examinations or advanced placement, all courses numbered in
the 900s, and certain other courses identified in this Catalogue
by the notation (CR) at the end of their description are automatically
recorded as Credit/No Credit. A few courses offer the student, with the
approval of the instructor, the choice of a regular grade or Credit/No
Credit, and these are marked with (OP) at the end of their description.
- 9.
- The grades earned in off-campus courses numbered in the 900s are
recorded on the student's transcript as CR/NC, but are never computed
into the student's Cornell grade point average.
- 10.
- Grades are reported by the Registrar (unless the
student requests otherwise in writing) to the student, the academic
advisor, and the student's parents or guardian. At the end of each term,
the student's grade report is mailed to the address listed for the
student in the College Directory, i.e., either to the student's
campus mailbox or home, depending upon whether or not the College is in
session and the student in residence. Students who wish these reports to
be sent to them at some other address must make this request of the
Registrar in writing before the end of the term. If the parents have
different addresses, the parent's copy of the grade report will be sent
to the parent whose address the student lists as ``home.'' A duplicate
copy will be sent without charge to the other parent at the student's
request. (See ``Confidentiality of Student
Records.'')
- 11.
- Students who believe that there is an error in the information
reported on their grade report or that an injustice has been done them
in the grading process should consult the Registrar immediately. After a
lapse of one term from the issuance of the report, the information
becomes a permanent part of the student's official transcript. A student
who disputes a final grade should appeal first to the instructor. If not
satisfied, the student should consult the department chair and then, if
need be, the Dean of the College. Although the department chair and the
Dean may act as mediators, the decision of the instructor is final.
- 12.
- If an instructor consents to change a grade, the instructor must
submit a request to the Academic Standing Committee and explain the
circumstances prompting the change, e.g., that he or she miscalculated
or has re-evaluated the student's academic performance up through the
close of the term. The Committee does not permit an instructor to change
a final grade because of work submitted or revised after the instructor
reported the original final grade to the Registrar.
- 13.
- An instructor must report final grades to the Registrar by noon on
the Monday following the close of the term in which the course was
taught. Although a term technically ends at 5:00 p.m. on the 18th day
of the course (normally a Wednesday), an instructor may, but is not
required to, grant a student an extension of one or more days. In such
cases, students are responsible for turning in their work early enough
to allow the instructor to grade it and submit the grade to the
Registrar by the Monday noon deadline. If the assignments are not
finished and graded by this deadline, the instructor must issue a final
grade based upon the work that the student has actually completed. No
subsequent change of grade is permitted unless the student has been
granted an Incomplete by the Registrar.
- 14.
- Credits and grades are posted on the student's transcript at the
end of each term. To request a transcript, contact the Registrar's
Office.
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