Grading Instructions

Web Based Grading Instructions


Grading Calendar (Grading available daily 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.)

May 8  Grading via the Highlander Pipeline available for Spring
May 15 All Spring Grades Due 10:00pm
June 31 Grade Changes End via Highlander Pipeline For Spring


Faculty Web Grading Instructions

Undergraduate Grading Legend

Grades Significance
A Superior
B+ Excellent
B Very Good
C+ Good
C Acceptable
D Minimum 
F Inadequate
AUD Audit
INC Grade deferred--given in rare instances to students who would normally have completed the course work but who could not do so because of special circumstances. If this grade is not removed during the next regular semester, a grade of F will result.
W Withdrawn
S Satisfactory
U Unsatisfactory


Graduate Grading Legend

Grades GPA Significance
A 4.0 Excellent
B+ 3.5 Good
B 3.0 Acceptable
C+ 2.5 Marginal Performance
C 2.0 Minimum Performance
F 0.0 Failure
I   Incomplete
W   Approved Withdrawal
AUD   Audited (no academic credit)
S or U   Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory
P   Passing for Doctoral Dissertation and Defense


Unlike undergraduate courses, there is no D grade for graduate courses. Assigned grades must be consistent with the level of the course and not the matriculation level of the student in the course.