Good Academic StandingĪ student is in good academic standing and is deemed to be making satisfactory progress for the purpose of participation in extracurricular activities if he/she is not on academic probation. Individual schools may set additional criteria for their dean's list.

For calculation of the grade point average and for fulfillment of curriculum requirements, the credit and the grade of the repeated course will apply and the credit and grade of the original course will no longer count.Ī dean's list is published for each semester to recognize those students who in a degree program have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average in a full-time course load for that semester.

Both courses and grades will be recorded in the student's file and transcript.

The second time the course cannot be taken for pass/fail.The course must be identical in listing and cannot be taken at another institution.

When a course with a grade of D or F or F* is repeated, the following rules shall apply: The grade point average is computed only for courses registered through The Catholic University of America. To compute the grade point average, divide the total number of quality points earned by the total number of credits attempted (pass/fail credits not included). The quality points for a course are computed by multiplying the points for the grade equivalent by the number of credits for that course. The pass/fail option is not available to students in the schools of engineering and architecture and planning. Neither such grade will affect the student's cumulative average but a fail will earn no degree credit. Once approved, this status cannot be changed back. Pass/Failįree electives may be reported on a pass/fail basis upon written application to the academic dean, prior to the announced date. This allows the University to differentiate between an F grade awarded to students who complete the course but fail to achieve course objectives, and those students that receive an F grade because they have stopped attending or never attended a class The official definition of F* to be used on transcripts and wherever else published would be 'Administrative Failure,' awarded to a student who did not officially withdraw from the course, but who failed to participate in course activities through the end of the period. It is used when, in the opinion of the instructor, completed assignments or course activities or both were insufficient to make normal evaluation of academic performance possible. I 1 Reverts to an F if not removed by mid-semester of succeeding term, whether or not student continues in residence.Ī grade of F* should be awarded to students who did not officially withdraw from the course, but who failed to attend and participate in course activities through the end of the period. See the policy regarding Grades and Academic Standing: Graduate for details. When undergraduates take graduate-level courses (those numbered 500 and above), they are graded according to the graduate grading scale, which does not provide for C+, C-, and D grades. The foregoing grading scale only applies to undergraduate-level courses.

Reports of grades in courses are made available on the Web by the registrar at the end of each term. Commencement and Honors Appeal of Failing Grades Student Academic Dishonesty Grades and Academic Standing: Graduate

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