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U S
Classication Codes
Code Description
Numerals
00, 01, etc.
Year of expected graduation
CA Part-time degree candidate
MT Part-time degree candidate who has earned
fewer credits than a CA
S, NU Special students or undergraduate student
T5 Matriculated student taking a special 5-yr.
program of study
R1 Matriculated student completing degree
requirements
SA Non-University of Rochester student enrolled
in a Study Abroad Program
Grading System (since Fall 1974)
Grade Description Quality
Points
A Excellent 4.0
A– 3.7
B+ 3.3
B Above Average 3.0
B– 2.7
C+ 2.3
C Minimum Satisfactory Grade 2.0
C– 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
D– Minimum Passing Grade 0.7
E Failure 0.0
XE Failed, Academic Dishonesty —
S Satisfactory—S/F Option —
P Satisfactory—faculty-approved courses only —
F Fail—S/F Option and faculty-approved
courses only
—
XF Failed, Academic Dishonesty (S/F Course) —
CR Credit —
NC No Credit —
I Incomplete —
AU Audit —
W Drop Without Penalty —
W
07
A “W” with a numeric sux indicates the
week the course was dropped
—
N No grade assigned —
UR Replacement for a “blank” grade due to
the UR Student system upgrade
—
XG No grade reported
Repeated Course Policy
T S 1986 B W F 1993
e symbol “R” appears adjacent to the grade earned for each
attempt when a course has been repeated. Only the last com-
pleted attempt counts toward the degree and is included in the
grade-point average.
E F T 1986 T S T 1993
Only the last completed attempt appears on the transcript and is
included in the grade-point average. Note: Information about grad-
ing policies in eect prior to the dates listed on this KEY is available
upon request, if not supplied at the time transcript was issued.
Spring 2020 semester was disrupted by the public health
pandemic caused by COVID-19. A satisfactory/fail grading
basis (S/E for graduate students and P/F for undergraduate stu-
dents) was instituted as a response to the pandemic. Students
were permitted to use these grades to satisfy academic degree
requirements for various University programs. For information
on how these grades factored into individual school programs,
please consult the appropriate school registrar.
Current and Cumulative Data
Example: 96 12 16 3.75
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RANK HRS IN GPA HRS EARNED GPA
Label Name Description
RANK Percentile
Rank
Indicates student’s standing
within the class. Reects the
percentage of students with
lower grade-point averages than
the student in question
HRS IN
GPA
Hours in
GPA
Hours used to compute under-
graduate grade-point average.
Transfer credit and S/F Option
courses are excluded.
HRS
EARNED
Hours
Earned
All hours counted toward
undergraduate degree
GPA Grade-Point
Avera ge
Computed by dividing the
number of quality points by the
number of hours in GPA
September 1986 through May 1994
• F A U—Only completed courses
appear on the student’s ocial transcript.
• F F O—Only courses and credits earned
appear on the ocial transcript.
• D’ L—Beginning fall 2000 a grade-point average of
3.4 or better is required.
R N
Required notations of academic and non-academic suspensions
and expulsions will appear aer the eective term.
U C
Undergraduate students are awarded four (4) semester hours of
credit for each successfully completed course. Each four-credit
course requires three 50-minute periods of classroom instruc-
tion per week plus independent study equivalent to a fourth
period.
G S
Classication Codes
G: Matriculated in a degree program except for students work-
ing toward the post-master’s certicate: these are designated as
PMC in the degree eld.
N, NG: Nonmatriculated graduate student.
Grading System
Grade Description
AExcellent
*A–
B+
B Good
*B–
*C Poor
E Failure
XE Failed, Academic Dishonesty
I Incomplete
AU Audit
W Drop Without Penalty
N No grade assigned
UR Replacement for a “blank” grade due to the UR
Student system upgrade
Alternate System
S Satisfactory
E Failure
XE Failed, Academic Dishonesty
XG No grade reported
* Valid grade eective until fall term 1985
S C & N
Code Name
1 e College: School of Arts & Sciences
4 e College: Hajim School of Engineering &
Applied Sciences
2 Simon Business School
3 Warner School of Education
5 University College of Liberal & Applied Sciences
(Prior to Fall 2013)
5 Eastman Institute for Oral Health
(Fall 2013 and aer)
6 Eastman School of Music
7 School of Medicine and Dentistry
8 School of Nursing
C N S
Number Description
001–099 Non-credit courses
100–199 Introductory courses—undergraduate credit only
200–299 Advanced-level courses—undergraduate credit
and graduate credit when approved.
300–389 Study Abroad, experimental courses and others
as designated by the faculty.
390 Supervised teaching
391 Independent study
392 Practicum
393 Senior Project
394
Internship
395 Independent Research
396 Senior Seminars
399 In absentia
400–489 Graduate courses—master’s level
490–499 Reading and Research courses—master’s level
500–589 Graduate courses—doctoral level
590–599 Reading and Research courses—doctor’s level
895–999 Special Categories
S :
P: Participation course. A signicant component of the re-
quired work in participation courses is carried forward beyond
the University classroom.
Q: A research-based seminar course designed primarily for
freshmen.
W: Course counts toward the upper-level writing requirement
in the School of Arts & Sciences.
C
e University of Rochester operates under a semester calendar
system with summer sessions, including the Simon Business
School, which previously used the quarter system (Fall 1982–
Spring 2019). Semester start and end dates vary by school.
A
e University of Rochester is accredited by the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools/Commission on Higher
Education. See ocial bulletins for other accreditations.
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