ADMINISTRATIVE RULE NO: C318

RELATED TO POLICY SERIES NO: 4040

TITLE: GRADING

Linn-Benton Community College has several options for grading students. The "A-F" option provides for a letter grade of "A, B, C, D, F or Incomplete." The "optional" grading practice allows the student to request either a letter grade or a pass, no-pass grade. This request is made at the Registrar's Office by the student within an appropriate time period during the term. If a letter grade is submitted by an instructor for an optional graded class, and a P/NP has been requested by a student, the grade program will automatically convert grades "A" through "D" to a "P" and an "F" to an "NP". The "Pass/No Pass" option on a class provides only for one of these two grades. One of these three grading options is placed on every credit class by the Office of Academic Affairs with recommendations from staff.

The incomplete grade may be issued for non-completion of course work at the discretion of the instructor.

The Work in Progress grade "WP" is used for specifically approved courses in which the work in progress has been satisfactory to date, but assignment of a grade must wait for completion of additional work. When one or more credits have been earned, an appropriate grade must be issued.

The Audit grade "AU" is at the request of the student, at the time of registration only. If a letter grade is issued in a class where the student has previously requested an Audit, the grade will automatically be changed to an Audit grade. (See Administrative Rule, Auditing Classes, for further information.)

The withdrawal grade "W" is issued only upon official withdrawal from a class by a student within the appropriate time period during the term.

The grade "Y" can be issued at the discretion of the instructor. It stands for "No Basis to Issue a Letter Grade." It is nonpunitive and will not be computed in the student's grade point average.

A "WP, NP, F, IN, Audit, W, Y, or CMP" grade will not count as completion for either financial aid or academic progress.

GRADING SUMMARY:

A - Excellent work: 4 quality/grade points per credit

B - Above average work: 3 quality/grade points per credit

C - Average work: 2 quality/grade points per credit

D - Below average work: 1 quality/grade points per credit

F - Failing work, no credit earned: 0 quality/grade points per credit

IN - Incomplete work. (If a letter grade is not submitted by the instructor by the end of the following quarter, with the exception of Summer Quarter, the IN grade will automatically be changed to a "Y" grade.)

P - Pass, credit earned (not computed in GPA).

NP - No Pass, no credit earned (not computed in GPA).

WP - Work in Progress, no credit earned (not computed in GPA).

AU - Audit, no credit earned (not computed in GPA).

W - Official Withdrawal, no credit earned (not computed in GPA).

Y - No Basis to Issue a Letter Grade, no credit (not computed in GPA).

CMP- Completion of a noncredit course or seminar, no credit earned (not computed in GPA).

Pass Grading

If a class is listed in the schedule as "OPT," the student may submit a "Pass/No Pass Request" form to the Registrar's Office any time prior to the seventh week of the quarter and the computer will convert an A, B, C or D grade to a P, and an F grade to an NP at grading time.

Classes listed in the schedule as "PNP" will be graded only Pass or No Pass by the instructor or converted to those grades by the computer.

The OPT and PNP designations are printed on each class list, class list supplement and the grading sheet, and the instructor should contact their department chair if the designation does not appear to be correct.

DATE OF APPROVAL: 8/13/84

DATE OF REVISION: 1/3/92