Undergraduate Grading System

September 1985 to present (note: not all grades are used by all colleges or schools):

Failure (F) Issued if a student maintains required attendance but fails to achieve adequate scholastic progress. The grade is recorded permanently on the student's personal record. Upon successful completion of the course at a later date, the cumulative average is adjusted to reflect only the passing grade. However, both grades will appear on the academic transcript. This system allows students to recover academically from poor terms and graduate within a reasonable amount of time.

Withdrawal (W), Withdrawal/Pass (WP), Withdrawal/Fail (WF) In order to record attempted credits (including for purposes of determining satisfactory academic progress), a grade of W, WP, or WF is recorded when a student withdraws, or is withdrawn due to excessive absences, from a registered course after its add/drop period has ended. Students withdrawing from graduate and post-graduate level courses are eligible for a W grade only. A W is a punitive and failing grade issued at the instructor’s discretion, and is entered permanently into the term and cumulative grade point averages. In order to qualify for a WP, the student must have an estimated grade of 60 or higher at the time of withdrawal. This grade is not entered into the term and cumulative grade point averages. If the estimated grade is below 60, the student will be issued a WF, which is entered into the term and cumulative grade point averages as a failing grade until successful completion of the course at a later date.