Grading Scheme
Students are assigned a grade in each course as follows:
Percentage |
Grade |
Value |
Grade Definitions |
---|---|---|---|
90 - 100 | A+ | 4.0 | Excellent Strong evidence of original thinking; good organization, capacity to analyze and synthesize; superior grasp of subject matter with sound critical evaluations; evidence of extensive knowledge base. |
85 - 89 | A | 4.0 | |
80 - 84 | A- | 3.7 | |
77 - 79 | B+ | 3.3 | Good Evidence of grasp of subject matter, some evidence of critical capacity and analytic ability; reasonable understanding of relevant issues; evidence of familiarity with the literature. |
73 - 76 | B | 3.0 | |
70 - 72 | B- | 2.7 | |
67 - 69 | C+ | 2.3 |
Adequate Student who is profiting from their university |
63 - 66 | C | 2.0 | |
60 - 62 | C- | 1.7 | |
57 - 59 | D+ | 1.3 |
Inadequate Some evidence of familiarity with subject matter and some evidence that critical and analytic skills have been developed. |
53 - 56 | D | 1.0 | |
50 - 52 | D- | 0.7 | |
0 - 49 | F | 0.0 | Little evidence of even superficial understanding of subject matter; weakness in critical and analytical skills, with limited or irrelevant use of literature. |
Credit | CR | No Value | Used in a Credit/No Credit evaluation |