Grading System
Grades are recorded by letter, but grade points are used to compute
averages. Letter grades and the corresponding number of grade points for
each hour of semester credit are as follows:
- A+ = 4.4
- A = 4.0
- A- = 3.7
- B+ = 3.4
- B = 3.0
- B- = 2.7
- C+ = 2.4
- C = 2.0
- C- = 1.7
- D+ = 1.4
- D = 1.0
- D- = 0.7
- E = 0.0
- F,NR,X,I,Y = 0.0
No credit toward satisfaction of degree requirements is granted for
courses in which grades of E, F, NR, I, Y and X are received.
Courses elected under the pass-fail, credit-no credit and
satisfactory-unsatisfactory policies are not considered in computing
grade point averages.
Course Grading Distribution
The Dean’s Office and Faculty have set the following guidelines
for grades issued in our undergraduate Business classes. These
grading guidelines are subject to review and change by the Dean’s
Office and Faculty.
- Current BBA students earn credit toward degree requirements
with any grade of D- or higher while in the Business School,
although lower grades may cause the GPA to fall below
satisfactory levels.
- A grade of “E” carries no credit; the course must be
repeated only if it is a required course.
- In 200-level courses, grades are to be distributed as: 25%
A- or above; 50% B or above, 50% B- or below.
- In BBA core classes: <40% A- or above; <80% B or above; <20%
B-or below.
- In BBA elective classes: <60% A- or above; < 90% B or above;
<10% B- or below.
Incompletes
When a minor part of the work of a particular course is not
completed at the end of a term, a mark of “I” may be recorded,
provided the work actually completed is of not less than C-
quality. If a student is absent from the final examination for a
reason considered excusable by the instructor, a mark of “X”
will be recorded, provided the previous work is of not less than
C- quality. Grades of I and X must be resolved and corrected
within four weeks following the last day of classes of the term
in which they were earned. If they are not corrected within this
period, they automatically are converted to failures. When the
instructor submits a final grade for an incomplete course, the I
will remain on the transcript.
Dispute of Final Grades
After a faculty member determines a final grade, a student
may feel it is necessary or appropriate to dispute that grade.
Students should review the Ross procedures for
student
disputes with an instructor, and proceed to the first step:
discussing the issue with the instructor (in person). |
