Registrar's Office

Grading

• Grading System
• How to Calculate Your GPA
• Grade Reports
• When Grades Are Available
• Repeated Classes
• Incomplete Grades
• Auditing
• Old Credit

GRADING SYSTEM

Grades are assigned to course work at the University as follows:

Courses with the following notations in the grade column are not used in computing the GPA, the graduation hours, or the total hours completed:

• AU Audit: Indicates the student was allowed to attend a class without earning credit or a grade.
• I Incomplete: Indicates the student was unable to complete the course for a legitimate reason after having completed a majority of the required work. Student must be passing the course at the time of incomplete contract.
• T Temporary: Indicates the course is being continued in the subsequent semester and a grade and credits will be calculated when the course is complete and a letter grade has been issued. The “T” grade is approved for specific courses only.
• P Passed: Indicates a pass/fail course was passed; no points are assigned but credit is earned.
• W Withdrawal: Indicates the student withdrew from the course after the seventh academic class day and prior to the 10th week of instruction.
• Z Grade not Submitted: Instructor has not submitted student's grade for posting.
• Remedial courses (courses numbered below 1000) are not included in a student’s GPA or earned hours.

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

Calculate the grade point average (GPA) as follows:    

1. Calculate the Quality Points earned for each class by multiplying the grade points earned
   (A=4.0, A-=3.7, etc.) by the credit hours for the class and sum them up yielding the Total Quality Points.
2. Calculate the GPA Hours by summing the credit hours for all courses for which grades and grade points were given.
3. Divide the Quality Points by the GPA hours to get the grade point average.

Remedial courses (numbered below 1000) are not included in the GPA calculation.

Use the GPA Calculation Worksheet to figure your GPA.

GRADE REPORTS

Grades are available ONLY online:

Log In:

• Username [Don't know your username?]
• Password [Forgot password?]

Then Select :

• Student Records
• Final Grades

If a student finds omissions or errors in a grade report:

• The student must make an application to the Registrar’s Office for a review of the record no later than the last day of the next semester in attendance.
• All errors or omissions in student records will be researched and an attempt made to correct them.
• In no case may a student make application for a change after two years have elapsed.

WHEN GRADES ARE AVAILABLE

The grade submission deadline is the Wednesday following final examinations. Grades are posted that evening and available to students the following morning. If a grade is not posted, the student should contact his or her instructor.

REPEATED CLASSES

A student may elect to repeat a course for grade change or improvement.

• The highest grade received will be used in computing the grade point average at graduation.
• An “E” (exclude) will be added to all other attempts of that course (see exception below).
• Courses taken at other colleges and repeated at SUU will not qualify for change of grade unless the student can provide the Registrar’s Office written proof from the appropriate SUU department that the courses involved were of similar content.
• The student may not take credit by examination in order to replace a poor previous grade.

A student may elect to repeat a course for additional credit which can apply toward graduation.

• A statement indicating the course can be repeated for credit must appear in the SUU Catalog course description.  Unless such a statement is included in a course description, the repeated class shall not apply to the 120 credit hours required to graduate.
• Courses which may be repeated for credit do not fall under the repeat statement above when retaken for improvement of the grade.
  • When requesting a GPA recalculation on these types of courses, the most recent grade must be used.

The University reserves the right to deny access to courses for students wishing to enroll following a third attempt.

• The University will grant additional attempts based on the student’s ability to benefit as determined by the appropriate department or discipline.
• This is a general University policy; additional enrollment may be more restrictive in selective programs and courses (e.g., student teaching).

As per Utah Board of Regent’s Tuition and Fees Policy 4.16, "tuition for repeating a course more than once shall be charged at the full cost of the instruction."

INCOMPLETE GRADES

An incomplete grade is placed on a student’s record by the instructor when for some unusual reason the student is unable to complete the assigned coursework by the end of the semester/term.  It should only be granted if the student has completed the majority of the course and is passing the class at the time.

• An Incomplete Contract must be completed, with copies of the contract filed in the instructor’s department and submitted to the Registrar’s Office at the time that grades are due, in which the student agrees to complete the work within the contract time (not to exceed 12 calendar months past the end of term).
• The instructor is responsible for submission of a completed grade when the student has completed the required work.
• If the contract is not satisfied by the student, then the incomplete shall be changed by the instructor (or, if the instructor is not available, by the department chair) to the grade of “F” or the grade agreed upon by virtue of the contract.
• If no report is received by the Registrar’s Office, the grade will be changed automatically to an “F.”
• The student should not register again to complete the work of an incomplete.
• Students shall not be allowed to submit assignments or other work for grade changes outside of the term in which they are taking a class, unless an Incomplete Contract has been submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

AUDITING

• During open registration, if space in the class is available, a student may register for a course under audit status.
• Students will receive neither credit nor a grade for audited courses.
• Audit hours will be part of a student's total load, and they shall pay tuition at the same rate as students taking the course for credit.
• Auditing students have the right of full participation in class.
• To change a class to audit status, students must turn in a Registration Add/Drop Form signed by the instructor to the Registrar's Office.  No course may be changed to audit status after the tenth academic class day.

OLD CREDIT

• Students returning to college after the lapse of a number of years should note that no credit earned more than twenty (20) years prior to the date at which a degree is to be granted will be counted toward the credit requirement of the major or minor fields. 
• This does not apply to general education credit. 
• Certain departments may have their own requirements – contact your respective department.