Grading
Adult non-traditional and graduate student grades at Roberts Wesleyan College reflect assessment by the instructor of key course components. The following grades are assigned:
Levels of the grading schedule are assigned as A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, and F. At all grade levels the quality of English is taken into consideration.
Definition of Grades
A grade of A indicates that a student has grasped the subject matter of a course and has internalized the material by thinking about it and acting on it. It represents not only industry, thoroughness, and correctness of detail, but also originality, natural ability, and no small degree of insight.
B indicates that a student has intellectually fulfilled the requirements of a course, assimilating the subject matter with thoroughness and correctness and some understanding of its relationship to life, yet without distinctive ability and insight in acting on the subject in such a way as to own it.
C indicates average work, either steady work of an acceptable quality, or work of a high quality which is uneven, irregular, or fragmentary. This grade is given to work that may be mechanically or outwardly correct but which shows little reflection upon or assimilation of the material.
D indicates barely passing work, work that is inferior to the average both in quantity and in quality. It manifests either low potentiality, the lack of initiative and sense of responsibility, or both.
F indicates failure.
I is a temporary grade indicating that not all requirements for the course have been completed. The course instructor may grant the "I" at the request of the student if participation requirements have been met. The instructor has the right to refuse a request. When the instructor and the student have agreed upon a completion plan, a contract must be completed and signed by the instructor, student, and program director (the completed contract needs to be sent to the Registration Office). The outstanding work must be completed within six weeks from the final day of the course. When the coursework is completed and the final grade received, the "I" grade will be replaced. If the work is not completed by this date, the "I" is converted to a permanent grade of "F" on the student's record.
N indicates no credit and no quality points. It is assigned to allow extension of time for Independent Study and Directed Study courses or for research projects extending beyond one semester.
P indicates pass and is used in a very limited capacity. No quality points are assigned
S - indicates Prior Learning Assessment credit at college level of "C" or better. No quality points are assigned.
W indicates withdrawal from a course during the third through twelfth week of a semester or between the second day and last three days of a class in summer session. Although the grade is noted on the transcript, it has no effect on the GPA.
Grade Changes
A student must file an appeal for a grade within six months of the end of the semester in which the disputed grade was given. To appeal a grade, a student must follow the Academic Grievance Policy found in the Catalog.