Grades

• The following system of grades is used for the evaluation of course work, with a 4.0 grading scale used to determine grade point average:

A ....... Exceptionally high quality; valued at four points for each credit.

B ....... Good; valued at three points for each credit.

C ....... Satisfactory; valued at two points for each credit.

D ....... Poor; valued at one point for each credit.

E ....... Failure, no credit; valued at no points and no hours earned.

P ....... Pass; credit valued at no points and no hours attempted. ( Used only for
            departmental challenge and officially approved pass/fail courses as stipulated
            in the course description section of the University Bulletin. )

AU .... Audit; no credit. ( Requires instructor's approval. )

I ......... Incomplete; computed as hours attempted and no quality points.

R ........ A grade to be used in restricted instances for specific approved courses to 
             denote either that credit is deferred until additional course work is
             completed,   or that the course must be repeated.

X ........ Absent from final examination; computed as hours attempted and no quality
            points.

W ....... Withdrawn; no hours and no quality points. ( Only may be assigned to eligible
              students who have officially dropped courses or withdrawn from MSU  by
              published deadlines. )

WP .... Withdrawn Passing; no hours attempted and no quality points. ( Only
              assigned to applicable students who completely withdrew from MSU after the
              last day to receive a W.  )

WE .... Withdrawn Failing; computed as hours attempted and no quality points. ( Only
              assigned to applicable students who completed withdrawal from MSU after
              the last day to receive a W.   )

 

• Grades of E, WE, I or X   affect a student's grade point average negatively. A student who receives I   or X   grades and fails to enroll at Murray State within one calendar year from the end of the term in which such grades were received will forfeit the privilege of making up the incomplete course work or examination for those courses.
  
  

• A grade of I  ( incomplete ) means that some relatively small part of the term's work remains undone because of sickness or other reason satisfactory to the instructor. This work must be completed within the first semester after the student reenters the institution if credit for the course is to be gained. The deadline for the instructor to come to the Registrar's Office to change an I is the last day of classes for the term within which the work must be completed. This deadline is not applicable to incompletes recorded for graduate research or thesis.
  
  

• A grade of an X   may be changed by special examination only within the first four weeks ( two weeks during summer term. ) after the student reenters the institution if credit for the course is to be gained.
  
  

• Candidates for degrees who have I  or X    grades in any courses required for graduation must complete all work and have the grades changed by the instructors prior to the end of the semester in which they are to graduate. If such grades are received for courses taken during the student's final semester, and the work is not completed before the start of the next term, that student's graduation will be delayed until the next term for degree conferral. A $5 degree reinstatement fee will be assessed.