Graduate Students have the prerogative to resign any course for which they have registered without GPA penalty through the end of the 11 week of the fall or spring term. All course resignations processed during the permissible dates (as published in the class schedule available through the Office of the Registrar) will be indicated as officially resigned courses by the notation R on all grade reports, transcripts and other official university documents. Resignation from all courses should be done through the HUB Student Center, which students may access through the MyUB portal. There are no quality points attached to an R designation.
For the spring 2020 semester only, the resign deadline will be extended through the last day of spring 2020 examinations: Saturday, May 16, 2020. Prior to resigning from a course, students should speak with an academic advisor and financial aid advisor to understand the implications of taking this action. Instructions on how to Resign a Course are available on the Office of the Registrar website.
For all graduate-level courses, an interim grade of incomplete (I) may be assigned if the student has not completed all requirements for the course. A grade of I can be assigned only if the student has a passing average in course requirements already completed and successful completion of unfinished coursework could result in a final grade better than the default grade. The instructor shall provide the student specification, in writing, of the requirements left to be fulfilled. An interim grade of I shall not be assigned to a student who did not complete assignments due to non-attendance in the course.
Assignment of an incomplete grade is at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor must specify a default grade when the I grade is submitted. A default grade is the letter grade the student will receive if no additional coursework is completed and/or a grade change form is not filed by the instructor. The default grade can be A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, F, S or U.
The default grade shall become the grade of record if the I grade is not replaced by a permanent grade 12 months after the close of the term in which the I was assigned according to the following chart:
In recognition of challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for completing incomplete grades that were assigned spring 2019 and summer 2019 has been extended to Dec. 31, 2020.
Courses Taken in (Semester): | Will default in 12 months on:* |
Summer | Aug. 31 |
Fall | Dec. 31 |
Winter | Jan. 31 |
Spring | May 31 |
*If an extension to the incomplete timeframe is sought, the above chart indicates the due date for the corresponding Petition for Incomplete Extension form to be filed with the Graduate School.
When assigning an incomplete grade, the instructor may set an earlier deadline for completion of the outstanding course requirements. If an earlier date for completion is set, the instructor shall inform the student thereof in writing.
Any course graded with incomplete that will count toward a graduate degree must be changed to a permanent grade before that degree is conferred. At any time prior to the default date, a student may elect to change the I grade to the default grade using the Grade Retrieval Form.
Changing an existing incomplete (I) grade before the default date does not require an explanation nor approval of the Graduate School. Once an I grade has defaulted to the corresponding permanent grade, it cannot be changed. However, if an instructor makes an error, a correction can be made to that final grade if it was assigned before the default date. Such a correction must be requested before the end of the term following the default date listed on the incomplete default date chart.
If an I grade is changed to a failing grade, the course, if offered again, may be repeated for credit.
Faculty shall submit grades for all courses by the due date scheduled for each term, which shall be no less than seven days (including weekends and holidays) after the last day of the term's final examination sessions or the last day of classes of a term not having separately scheduled final examination sessions. Courses offered in a non-standard term, e.g., a non-standard summer session, may have a shorter time for grade submission. Grades may be obtained by students and advisors through the HUB Student Center available through the "MyUB" portal the day after they are submitted.
The instructor shall make explicitly evident within the course syllabus the grading procedures for a course. The syllabus shall include the specification of whether or not the class will be graded with “S/U” or with the weighted “letter grade” options.
Students who wish to be graded on a basis different from the one articulated in the syllabus must submit a written request to the instructor by the resign deadline for the course as denoted in the Student Calendar. The instructor's decision will be final and will be transmitted to the student in writing.
An S indicates credit earned and U indicates no credit earned. The S grade should be awarded only in those instances where a student's weighted grade would have been equivalent to a B or better. No more than 25 percent of required formal course credits in a student's graduate program (not including courses taken as research, thesis, project, portfolio and dissertation guidance, or because of the COVID-19 pandemic any course taken during the spring 2020 semester) shall be graded on an S/U basis. An academic unit may establish a lower percentage limit.
Exclusive of S grades, courses to be included as satisfying degree program requirements must average B or better. The U grade indicates unsatisfactory performance, but is not computed in the overall grade point average reflected on the official transcript.
Note: Satisfactory with written evaluation (SW) grades shall not be construed as S grades for this purpose.
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, students were allowed to elect to have the grading basis for any course taken in the spring 2020 term changed from the letter grade (A-F) to the S/U grading basis. Additionally:
The L grade is removed from the graduate grading options effective fall 2018. L grades assigned prior to fall 2018 will be changed to S grades by the Office of the Registrar upon final acceptance of the dissertation, thesis, project or portfolio and completion of all degree requirements. If the instructor wishes to assign a default grade other than S, a Universal Grade Change form must be submitted. For master's degree students, if all degree requirements are satisfied by means other than the thesis, research, project or portfolio (e.g., comprehensive exam), any L grades received will remain permanently on the student transcript.
Graduate Students have the prerogative to resign any course for which they have registered without GPA penalty through the end of the 11 week of the fall or spring term. All course resignations processed during the permissible dates (as published in the class schedule available through the Office of the Registrar) will be indicated as officially resigned courses by the notation R on all grade reports, transcripts and other official university documents. Resignation from all courses should be done through the HUB Student Center, which students may access through the MyUB portal. There are no quality points attached to an R designation.
For the spring 2020 semester only, the resign deadline will be extended through the last day of spring 2020 examinations: Saturday, May 16, 2020. Prior to resigning from a course, students should speak with an academic advisor and financial aid advisor to understand the implications of taking this action. Instructions on how to Resign a Course are available on the Office of the Registrar website.