Freshman Grading Policy
- All grades of F submitted by an instructor for first-semester students will be converted to an NC grade, which is not included in the grade point average provided the student continues attending class and completes all work assigned. A first-semester freshman who stops attending class without officially withdrawing will receive a grade of WU, which is calculated as a failure and counts as a zero in the GPA.
- Second-semester students who meet the qualifications for credits completed and semesters at Queens receive an extension of the Pass/No Credit deadline until the end of the fourteenth week of the fall and spring semesters and until the next to the last day of each Summer Session.
- Please see the Queens College Undergraduate Bulletin or check with an academic advisor to see if you meet the definition of a first-semester or second-semester student.
Resolution of temporary grade (INC)
- Temporary grades do not affect the GPA for the semester in which they are assigned.
- Students may make-up temporary grades by taking make-up final exams or submitting other missing work, only during the succeeding regular semester (spring or fall). The Make-Up Examination form may be obtained in the Registrar's Office (Jefferson 100). This form must be completed and the $15.00 fee paid before the grade will be posted on the student's transcript.
- If the temporary grade is not resolved by the last day of classes of the following semester, it will be converted to FIN (Failure from Incomplete). Once the grade of FIN has been assigned, students may not resolve these grades by submitting outstanding course work or by taking make-up final exams, and faculty may not receive late outstanding course work nor administer late make-up final examinations.
Pass/No Credit Option (P/NC)
- Under the Pass/No Credit option, letter grades A+ through D are converted to P. The letter grade of F is converted to NC. The grades of P and NC are non-punitive and have no effect on the grade point average.
- No more than 21 credits of P/NC may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree.
- Following may not be taken under the P/NC Option:
- Courses used to satisfy the LEAP seminar courses
- ACE seminar courses.
- English 110.
- Graduate courses.
- Courses taken to satisfy the basic skills requirement in Math.
- All writing intensive courses.
- Any course in a student's major or major concentration or minor.
- Students must refer to the Registrar's Office by the eighth week of the fall or spring semester or by the end of the second week of either Summer Session.
Grade replacement policy
- Temporary grades do not affect the GPA for the semester in which they are assigned.
- Students may make-up temporary grades by taking make-up final exams or submitting other missing work, only during the succeeding regular semester (spring or fall). The Make-Up Examination form may be obtained in the Registrar's Office (Jefferson 100). This form must be completed and the $15.00 fee paid before the grade will be posted on the student's transcript.
- If the temporary grade is not resolved by the last day of classes of the following semester, it will be converted to a FAB (Failure from absent grade) or FIN (Failure from Incomplete). Once the grade of FAB or FIN has been assigned, students may not resolve these grades by submitting outstanding course work or by taking make-up final exams, and faculty may not receive late outstanding course work nor administer late make-up final examinations.
Appeals of Grade
The Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee has established the following procedures for student appeals of submitted grades:
- The student must first discuss the grade with the instructor.
- If dissatisfied with the instructor's explanation, the student must discuss the matter with the departmental chair or program director.
- If the matter is still not resolved, the student must take it to the Divisional Dean.
- Only after steps 1 through 3 have been followed will the USSC accept a formal student appeal of a submitted grade.
Dean's List
- Full-time students earn a place on the Dean's List with a semester grade point average of 3.5 in 12 credits of quality grades (A+ through F, WF and WU).
- Part-time students can be named to the Dean's List with a grade point average of 3.5 in 12 quality grades in one year.
