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Grades
- Passing grades are A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, P, and
CR. Failure is denoted by F and NC.
- W, WH, or WR are recorded when a student withdraws from a course (see
``Adding and Dropping Courses'').
- 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).
- 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,'' paragraph
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an I if the student has withdrawn from Cornell.
- AU indicates a course audited for no credit (see above, ``Auditing
Courses'').
- IP indicates a course in progress or one for which a final grade has
not been submitted by the instructor.
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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
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| B+ |
3.3
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C+ |
2.3
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D+ |
1.3
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F |
0.0
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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.
- 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 Catalogueby 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.
- 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.
- 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 Campus 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 is 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.'')
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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