Grading Schemes—AS&E
Faculty can determine which grading scheme to use for a student by noting the number or letter in the class column of the grade roster. Match this number or letter with the appropriate grading scheme below.
Note that there are two possible graduate student grading schemes. Faculty can assign grades to graduate students enrolled in 100-level courses according to the Undergraduate Student Grading Scheme. The S/F (satisfactory/fail) option is available only to matriculated undergraduate students in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E) during the academic year. Faculty choosing to use the undergraduate grading scheme for graduate students taking 100-level courses must submit the grade in writing to the registrar.
Undergraduate Student Grading Scheme for Classifications
Student classifications: RI, T5, CA, MT, PB, NU, and any class year 1996–present
| Grade | Explanation | Cumulative Average |
| A | Excellent | 4.0 |
| A- | 3.7 | |
| B+ | 3.3 | |
| B | Above average | 3.0 |
| B- | 2.7 | |
| C+ | 2.3 | |
| C | Minimum satisfactory grade | 2.0 |
| C- | 1.7 | |
| D+ | 1.3 | |
| D | 1.0 | |
| D- | Minimum passing grade (Note: D+ and D- grades cannot be used for courses in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) | 0.7 |
| E | Failure | 0.0 |
| XE | Failure (academic dishonesty) | 0.0 |
| I | Incomplete | |
| P | Pass (pass/fail system) For all xxxP courses and PSY 368 but NO others | |
| S | Satisfactory (satisfactory/fail option) | |
| F | Failure (satisfactory/fail option and pass/fail system) | |
| XF | Failure (academic dishonesty in S/F graded course) | |
| N | No grade reported | |
| CR | Credit
| |
| NC | No credit
| |
| W | Withdraw without effect on the grade-point average | |
| W05 | A W with a numeric suffix indicates the week the course was dropped |
Graduate Student Grading Scheme
Graduate Classifications: G, NG
| Grade | Explanation |
| A | Excellent |
| A- | |
| B+ | |
| B | Good |
| B- | |
| C | Poor |
| E | Failure |
| XE | Failure (academic dishonesty) |
| I | Incomplete |
| IE | Incomplete and failure |
| W | Withdrawn |
| N | No grade reported |
Graduate Student Grading Scheme
Alternate
| Grade | Explanation |
| S | Satisfactory |
| E | Failure |
| XE | Failure (academic dishonesty) |
| I | Incomplete |
| N | No grade reported |
| IE | Incomplete and failure |
| W | Withdrawn |
Please Note: Graduate Grading Schemes cannot be mixed. All graduate students in a course must be graded according to the same system. Reading and research courses are excluded from this rule.
Dissertation courses (897, 997/899, 999) can be graded only with the alternative grading scheme.