Types of Grades
The grades of A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D and F indicate:
A = 4.0 quality points per semester hour. Superior work.
AB = 3.5 quality points per semester hour. Intermediate grade.
B = 3.0 quality points per semester hour. Above average work.
BC = 2.5 quality points per semester hour. Intermediate grade.
C = 2.0 quality points per semester hour. Satisfactory achievement.
CD = 1.5 quality points per semester hour. Intermediate grade.
D = 1.0 quality points per semester hour. Course requirements were satisfied to a minimum level.
F = 0.0 quality points per semester hour. Course requirements were not satisfied.
The grades/notations of I, P, *, W, AU/SA, UAU/UAL, WAU/WAL, X, NC, and NR indicate:
I = Incomplete: Indicates that the student has the prior consent of the instructor to complete required coursework after the end of the regular term. To be eligible for an incomplete, a student must meet the following criteria:
- Making satisfactory progress in the course.
- Once a signed contract between the student and instructor arrives at the Registrar’s office the I grade entry occurs.
- This contract is due on or before the last day of course/ last day of final exams for the relevant term.
- This form is available in the Office of the Registrar. Incomplete grades, if not complete revert to the grade recorded on the incomplete contract in accord with the following rules:
- Summer term incomplete must work is due by the end of the following fall term.
- Spring term incomplete must work is due by the end of the following summer term.
- Fall term incomplete work is due by the end of the following spring term.
International students are not eligible to obtain an incomplete grade in their final term at Lakeland University.
P = Pass: Given in courses where grading occurs on a pass/fail or pass/no credit basis.
* = Repeated: Indicates a repeated course along with the original grade received.
NC = No Credit: Progress was made in the course, but not all final work was completed. No credit or quality points awarded.
W = Withdraw: Indicates that the student has formally withdrawn from a course.
Formal withdrawal must be completed before the published withdrawal dates for all terms.
Audit Grades:
- AU/SA = Audit: Grade assigned for students who have formally declared an audit-based grading basis and have successfully completed coursework assigned by the course instructor.
- UAU/UAL: Grade assigned if student fails to complete coursework assigned by instructor.
- WAU/WAL: Students who withdrawal from an audited course receives this grade.
- Grade points calculations do not include audit courses as they receive no quality point awards for completion.
- SA/UAL/WAL audit grading is in use for Life and Career Studies program.
- Formal declaration of audit status or withdrawal from an audit must take place on or before the withdrawal deadline date indicated on the academic calendar each semester.
- Refer to the Auditing a Course section for more details.
NR = Not Reported: This is a temporary mark. It indicates that the grade for the course had not been received by the Registrar at the time the grades were reviewed.
X = Fundamental skills course semester hours and quality points removed. Only six semester hours of these courses allowed toward degree.
- Semester hours and quality points indicated as X grade on the transcript (example: XBC is entry if the BC grade was removed from these calculations).
Grade Reports
Printer-friendly versions of midterm and final grade reports are available at my.LAKELAND.edu at the end of each grading period. Although parents may provide a major portion of the financial support for a student’s education, they will not receive college grade reports. Legally as an adult, the student must choose to share the grade report information with parents.
Grade Changes
- Once grades have been submitted via my.LAKELAND.edu, and the grading period is closed, the Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) must approve changes of grades.
- Faculty may initiate a grade change if an error was made or when no grade was entered upon initial grade entry during the grading period by emailing the Registrar’s Office.
- After grading period is closed, submit the grade change form for approval to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
- If a student identifies an error in the final grade, the student must first contact the instructor to resolve the issue, and if the issue cannot be resolved between the instructor and student, the student may submit a grade appeal following the procedure outlined below.
- Students are responsible for monitoring grades during and at the conclusion of a course and addressing concerns as they arise during the course. Changes of grades will not be permitted based on work submitted after the end of the semester.
Grade Appeal Policy
At the end of the semester, final official grades are available to students on my.lakeland.edu. If a student identifies an error in calculation or has reasons to believe the grade posted on my.lakeland.edu differs from the grade earned, the student may initiate a grade appeal.
- Students with questions about their grades must first contact the instructor.
- Grade appeals may be appropriate when there is a miscalculation or error on the part of the instructor or when the student is not held to the criteria identified in the course syllabus.
- Grades cannot be appealed based on work that was submitted after the end of the semester or after an “incomplete” due date.
- If the student is not able to resolve the concern with the instructor, the student may submit a written grade appeal to the Academic Dean of the College in which the course is housed.
- Grade appeals must be submitted no later than three (3) weeks after the official grade is posted.
- Students submitting a grade appeal to the Academic Dean must include a written letter of appeal, a completed Grade Appeal Form available through my.lakeland.edu, and all appropriate documentation.
- If necessary, the Dean may form an Appeal Committee to investigate and review the appeal. The Dean makes a final decision no later than one (1) week after the appeal submission due date. The decision of the Dean will be final.
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