School of Nursing
Grading
Grades are available to students and their advisors via the UR Student information system. Students should check their total hours, grade points, and cumulative averages to be sure they are correct. Students requiring an official grade should request an official transcript from the University of Rochester Registrar’s Office.
Note that the numeric grade posted in Blackboard is not the official record of grades.
Grading System Link to section
Undergraduate grading: A student must earn at least an overall course and exam average of 73.00% to pass a course. Grades will not be rounded. (Effective spring 2023).
The following numeric grading scale will be used for the undergraduate programs:
A = 93-100
A- = 90-92
B+ = 87-89
B = 83-86
B- = 80-82
C+ = 77-79
C = 73-76
C- = 70-72
D+ = 67-69
D = 63-66
D- = 60-62
E = Below 60
The following grades are used in computing cumulative point hour ratios for baccalaureate students:
A: Excellent 4.0
A-: 3.7
B+: 3.3
B: Above average 3.0
B-: 2.7 C+ 2.3
C: Satisfactory 2.0
C-: 1.7
D+: Below average 1.3 D 1.0 D- 0.7
E: Failure 0.0
P: Pass letter grade
WP: Withdraw passing (SON courses, see withdrawal information)
WE: Withdraw failing (SON courses, see withdrawal information)
I: Incomplete
N: No grade reported by faculty
Grades that carry no grade points and are not used to compute the cumulative point hour ratio are:
- P: Pass
- S: Satisfactory
- I: Incomplete
- AU: Audit
- N: No grade report
- WE: Withdraw failing
- WP: Withdraw passing
Incomplete Link to section
The grade of I is submitted at the faculty member's discretion under special circumstances and indicates that a course has not been completed. The incomplete grade cannot be used as a substitute for a failing grade when the student is doing unsatisfactory work. In order to post an incomplete grade, an incomplete contract must be established by the student and course faculty and must be on file in the Registrar’s Office. Faculty submit this form in an electronic database at the SON.
Typically, incomplete course work must be completed by the end of the following semester. If the work is not completed by the date on the contract, the grade will be changed from an I to an E (or as otherwise stipulated on the contract), which will appear on the student’s permanent record. The I grade will be converted to a failing grade after the third week of the following semester if the incomplete contract has not been fulfilled.
The conversion of an I grade to a final grade must be completed prior to the end of the subsequent semester (fall, summer, spring) for all students. If the incomplete course is a prerequisite to another course, the student cannot progress to the next course until the prerequisite course is complete. Under unusual circumstances, the time to complete the assignments may be extended with an extension to the Incomplete Contract.
N Grade Link to section
An N grade is posted when a grade was not reported for the course due to extenuating circumstances. The N grade will be converted to a failing grade after the third week of the following semester unless an Incomplete Contract has been filed in the Registrar’s Office and the N has been converted to an I.
Repeating a Course Link to section
Upon the recommendation of the Student Affairs Committee and with the approval of the associate dean for education and student affairs, matriculated students in the SON who receive unsatisfactory grades or who pass and want to improve their GPA may be allowed to re-register for the course. Credit will be given only once and the grade point average will be computed only on the second grade. The original grade will remain on the transcript when a course is retaken. Students who do not receive a passing grade in, or withdraw from, any nursing course because of unsatisfactory achievement (documented as WE on the student’s transcript), may retake the course only one time.
If an ABSN course must be repeated, the student will be assigned to that course on a space-available basis, not necessarily the next time the course is offered.