Re: C- Grades and Repeat Policy Questions

Many thanks to all who have responded so far... this information is SUPER helpful! I knew I could probably dig into your catalogs to get it, but I so appreciate the context and comments provided by this group -- what a great resource you all are.

Take care,

Cassie

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Cassie E. Hall

Registrar

Carroll College

On Mar 12, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Filer, Matt <matt.filer@MSO.UMT.EDU> wrote:

From UM-Missoula

 

C-Grades

Generally, all classes are accepted at a C-. All general education requirements are fulfilled. Departments have the discretion to require different grades to fulfill major requirements. Our catalog language for letter grading is below.

 

Traditional Letter Grades represent an assessment of the overall quality of work performed in a given course. A-Excellent; B-Good; C-Satisfactory; D-Poor, F-Failure. When assigning traditional letter grades, instructors may, at their discretion, utilize the symbols + or -. Use of the + or - will be limited to A-, B+, B-, C+, C-, D+, and D-. Other grade symbols used are: I-Incomplete; N-work on the course may be continued in later semesters (when work is completed, the final grade assigned applies to all semesters of the course); NF-no record of academic performance; W-withdrawal from a course or course dropped after the fifteenth instructional day; WP-course dropped after the forty-fifth instructional day with passing work; WF-course dropped after the forty-fifth instructional day with failing work; AUD-auditor registration. (AUD is recorded for all students who register in courses as auditors, intending to listen to the courses without earning credit or being graded. The same fees are assessed as when registering for credit. Any attendance or participation expectations are established by the instructor of the course. If attendance expectations are not met, the instructor may request a notation be placed on the student's academic record indicating attendance was not satisfactory.) Remedial courses do not count in credits earned, nor in grade point averages, nor do they count toward graduation.

 

Repeat Policy

Any class with any grade can be repeated. Below is our catalog language for repeats.

 

Initial grades will be marked as repeated and remain on the transcript, but they will not be used to in the GPA calculation.  Grades of AUD, I, N, NC, NCR, NP, NF, W, WP, or WF may not be used to replace grades. An F grade will be used to replace grades.  If the last grade received is an F, no credit is given for previous passing grades. All courses repeated remain on the permanent record but only the last grade received is used to determine credits earned. Only the last grade received is used in calculating the grade point average.

If students receiving federal financial aid repeat a course previously passed they can only receive financial aid to do so a second time. On a third attempt the course will not be counted in the enrollment status for determining aid eligibility.

If enrollment in a course is closed, a student who is repeating or auditing the course may be required by the instructor to drop the course. This rule grants enrollment preference to those students attempting to register for the course for the first time for credit. It is the responsibility of the student who is not allowed to remain in the course to formally drop the course to avoid a failing grade for that course.

Let me know if you have any questions for UM-Missoula.

Thanks!

Matthew P Filer

Assistant Registrar for Residency & Commencement

Emma B. Lommasson Center Rm. 201

Missoula, MT 59812

( (406)243-2413  8 umt.edu/registrar

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From: MACRAO Listserv [mailto:MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Hall, Cassie
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:48 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: C- Grades and Repeat Policy Questions

 

Hello MACRAO Friends,

 

Unfortunately, I will not be able to join you in Billings this spring, but I had a few questions and was hoping to hear from some other institutions about what they do regarding the following --

 

C- Grades

We are converting to a +/- grade scheme (fun stuff!) and are trying to figure out what to do with our C- grades. A number of our departments require students to have a C or better in courses for either prerequisite or major requirement reasons. We're now debating whether a C- should count as meeting those requirements.

 

·         How many of you allow a C- to count toward "C or better" prerequisite or major requirements?

·         How many of you allow a straight C (2.0) and nothing lower to count in these situations?

o   In this case, are students allowed to repeat courses where they earned a C- under your repeat policy?

o   Do you transfer in courses with C- grades?

 

Repeat Policy

We currently allow students to repeat classes with D or F grades, and the most recent grade is the one used. As mentioned, we are converting to a new grade scheme and are thus looking again at the pros and cons of this policy.

 

·         How many of you have a repeat policy where the most recent grade is the one used in the credit count and GPA?

o   What do you do when a student repeats a course but then withdraws?

o   For example, a student takes a class and gets a D the first time, then takes it again but ends up with a W – do you go back and restore the credits and GPA points from the D, or do you leave it alone and let the W stand?

 

·         How many of you have a repeat policy where the best grade is the one used in the credit count and GPA?

o   How often to students repeat the course and do worse? (e.g. D to an F)

 

 

Thanks so much for your input!

 

Best,

Cassie

 

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Cassie E. Hall

Registrar

 

Carroll College

1601 N. Benton Ave.

Helena, MT 59625-0002

 

Tel: (406) 447-4572 / (406) 447-5435

Fax: (406) 447-5503

Email: chall@carroll.edu

Web: www.carroll.edu

 

 

 

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