The UNC Grading System Grades Undergraduate A AB

The UNC Grading System

Grades • • • Undergraduate A AB B+ BC C+ CD D+ F AB FA IN NG (PS W) • • Graduate (CS only) H H+ HP P+ PL L+ LF AB FA IN NG S

GPA A 4. 0 C+ 2. 3 A- 3. 7 C 2. 0 B+ 3. 3 C- 1. 7 B 3. 0 D+ 1. 3 B- 2. 7 D 1. 0 F 0. 0 If you take a course more than once, all count in your gpa, but only one counts for graduation hours. That’s not true at all schools.

UNC grade requirements • You need a 2. 0 gpa to move from one year to the next. • You need a 2. 0 gpa to graduate. • You can take more than 18 hours in one semester only if you received at least 3. 0 the previous semester and 2. 5 overall, except for second semester seniors who can take up to 20 hours if they have 2. 0 or better.

CS grade requirements for undergraduates • You need a C or better in the 9 introductory courses (COMP, Math, Physics) to be admitted to the major (no requirement for COMP 110 or 116). • You need a C- or better and a C average in courses that count toward the CS major.

UNC grade requirements for graduates • Get an F or 9 hours of L and you get kicked out! (Readmission the first time is generally easy).

CS grade requirements for graduates • We expect our Ph. D. student to receive at least half H’s. We compute this using the Calingaert Number. H+ H H- P+ P P- L+ L L- 5 3 1 -1 -3 -5 -7 -9 -11

Undergraduate Classifications FR, SO, JR, SR, FYR (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, fifth-year) indicate undergraduate students. Additional codes are: • • • SPU Special Undergraduate Non-Degree II Inter-Institutional SDS Special Degree Seeking and Off-Campus Nursing Program FX Foreign Exchange FYR Fifth Year (Pharmacy) VS Visiting Student • These students get undergrades, except…

Graduate and Professional Classifications • • • GD Grad Doctoral GM Grad Masters GPM Grad Post Masters GMD Grad Masters then Doctoral GPD Grad Post Doctoral SPG Special Graduate Non-Degree 1 ST First Year MBA or Professional II Inter-Institutional FX Foreign Exchange SPP Professional Non-Degree SDS Currently used for Off-Campus Professional Pharmacy • Grad students taking courses under 400 get undergrades.

Grade reporting

Grade reporting

Grade reporting • Write neatly. Someone has to read the grade. • Department keeps a copy. • You keep a copy. • There’s no feedback (other than students’ complaints) that the grade you wrote is the grade that was recorded. • We can check individual grades.

In the future… We will access a web page showing a list of our students and for each, just the grades for which they are eligible and a set of radio buttons. We will be able to bring up a web page showing the grades that were actually recorded. Maybe, starting fall 2010.

Changing a grade • Changing a temporary grade is easy. • Changing a permanent grade is harder. Only valid reason is clerical error. • Student can appeal a grade.