The University Senate of
PROPOSAL 10-07
MID TERM
GRADE PROPOSAL
(Voting Units: Academic)
Background
Students find
they do not have enough time after receiving midterm grade reports to decide
whether to stay in the course. They requested more time to be able to discuss
their situations with their parents, professors, or academic counselors.
Proposal
1) Change the current due date from end of week
7 of the semester to the end of week 6.
2) Clean up verbiage
from 27-94, 24-99 and 11-00
Mid-Term Grades A mid-semester grade will be given to each first-year
student enrolled in a course offered for credit. Mid-semester grades will not be considered
permanent and thus will not be recorded on the academic transcript.
A standard grading system shall be used by all course
instructors.
| Symbol |
Description |
Grade Points per Credit |
Definition |
| SA |
Mid-term Satisfactory |
N/A |
Indicates
that satisfactory progress is being made in the course at the end of the 6th
week of class. |
| NA |
Mid-term Not Applicable |
N/A |
Administratively assigned
to a course for which a midterm grade is not applicable. |
| UN |
Mid-term Unsatisfactory |
N/A |
Indicates that
unsatisfactory progress is being made in the course at the end of the 6th
week of class. |
| M |
Missing |
N/A |
Status grade
administratively issued to each student in a course whose instructor failed
to meet the grade reporting deadline or when a grade is intentionally left
blank by the instructor in cases where there is an academic integrity issue. |
Adopted by Senate: 13 December 2006
Approved by Administration: 22 December 2006
Became Senate Policy 309.1