Grades are processed at the end of each
term. Grades can be viewed through R-Serve.
Grades may not be viewed if a restriction has been placed on your
academic record. Grades may be withheld for several reasons
such as an unpaid balance, library, and/or parking fines.
Grades cannot be released to students until the restriction on the
academic record has been cleared.
Grades can only be released to a
parent/guardian/spouce once the Release of Information to
Parents/Guardian/Spouse form has been completed and submitted
to the Registration Office.
Grading System
Roberts Wesleyan College uses a letter
grading system such as A, A-, B+, etc. In a few courses, such
as mandatory teaching labs, grades are assigned P = Passing or F =
Failing.
Incomplete Grades
In the case that students have not completed all the course
requirements, instructors may assign a temporary grade of I =
Incomplete. All incomplete work is due the first day of
classes of the next session (i.e., Fall incomplete work due the
first day of classes of the Spring semester), EXCEPT incomplete
work for the Spring semester is due the first day of the second
summer session. The instructor of the course should then
input a grade for this course by the due date indicated on the
Academic Calendar. Grades which are still Incomplete at the
due time are changed to reflect a grade of F = Failing.
Withdraw
Students receive a grade of withdraw, W, when dropping a course
after the first 10 days for regular terms and 2 days for summer
terms. If a course has been dropped after the drop/add period the
grade of W will appear on the student's transcript. Please
note that students may not drop a course after the twelfth week of
the semester.
W grade has no effect on the grade point
average.
Repeating Courses
A student may repeat any course for which
the grade is lower than a B-. When a course has been
repeated, the most recent grade is the one used to calculate the
grade point average, GPA. The prior grade will still appear
on the transcript and the new grade will be indicated by
brackets.
Grade Point Average
The grade point average, GPA, is the
numerical average of the letter grades the student has
received. It is determined by multiplying the quality points
of each letter grade by the number of semester hours in that
particular course, adding all such products, and dividing by the
total number of semester hours.
| A = 4.0 |
C = 2.0 |
| A- = 3.7 |
C- = 1.7 |
| B+ = 3.3 |
D+ = 1.3 |
| B = 3.0 |
D = 1.0 |
| B- = 2.7 |
D- = .7 |
| C+ = 2.3 |
F = 0.0 |
Example:
John Doe took a course for 3 credits
receiving an A (4 quality points), 2 credits receiving a B (3
quality points), and 3 credits receiving a C (2 quality
points).
(3 x 4) + (2 x 3) + (3 x 2) = 24
(credits of 1st course x quality pts. for
grade) + (credits of 2nd course x quality pts. for grade) +
(credits of 3rd course x quality pts. for grade) = total quality
points
24/8 = 3.0 gpa
Total quality points divided by total credits of courses =
cumulative Grade Point Average
John Doe's cumulative GPA is 3.0