A letter grade (A through F) is issued for each course taken, and represents the final measure of a student’s performance in a given course. Credit is granted for courses in which the student earns a passing grade (A through D). Only those courses for which credit is earned count towards program completion requirements.

The letter grades received in each course go into the computation of a Grade Point Average (GPA). To compute the GPA, each letter grade is assigned a number of grade points according to the following scale:

1. Incompletes

The institution expects students to complete all course requirements in a timely manner, where deadlines for submission of coursework are clearly established in the syllabus for each course. Nonetheless, a grade of "Incomplete" may be assigned when course work is not completed due to circumstances beyond the student’s control. Assigning a grade of "Incomplete" requires the prior approval of the instructor and the Academic Dean. A grade of "Incomplete" represents a formal written agreement between the instructor, the Dean and the student for the submission of unfinished coursework under prescribed conditions. Students must initiate a request for an "Incomplete" before the final day of classes by contacting their instructor and the Academic Dean. If approved, the student, the instructor, and the Academic Dean sign the Incomplete Agreement Form. All outstanding coursework must be submitted no later than 14 calendar days into the semester following the one in which the incomplete grade is given. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the course instructor by this deadline and submit all outstanding work before a letter grade is submitted to the Academic Dean. If course requirements are not met by the deadline, the Academic Dean will automatically convert any "Incomplete" grade into a failing grade (F).

2. Withdrawals

A student may voluntarily withdraw from a course by sending the Academic Dean the Course Withdrawal Form. The Dean requests the course instructor assigns a Withdrawal grade to the student.

A grade of WP is assigned when the instructor determines that the student’s work is satisfactory at the time of withdrawal. The WP grade is not included in the calculation of the GPA.

A grade of WF is assigned when the instructor determines that the student’s work is unsatisfactory at the time of withdrawal. A grade of WF has the same academic effect as an F grade when computing the GPA.

3. Transfer Credits Grades obtained in courses transferred from another institution are omitted from calculation of the GPA.

The information from this section is summarized in the following table: