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Two grading options
are offered: letter grades or credit/no entry. Each semester undergraduate
students may choose to have some or all of their courses evaluated
by the credit/no entry grading mode. To exercise this option, students
must file a card, signed by the advisor, in the Registrar's Office
by the 28th calendar day of the semester for semester-long courses
or by the 14th calendar day for a module course. Once the deadline
has passed, no change in the grading option may be made. This means
that students must elect the CR/NE grading option by the deadline.
Similarly, CR/NE grading will not be reversed to letter grading
after the deadline. If no option card is submitted, letter grades
will be recorded. In courses in which the instructor declares credit/no
entry grading, the student has no option.
Letter
Grades. The grades recorded and their equivalents
in quality points (used in computing grade-point averages)
are as follows:
| A+ |
A |
A |
B+ |
B |
B |
C+ |
C |
C |
No |
| 4.33 |
4.00 |
3.67 |
3.33 |
3.00 |
2.67 |
2.33 |
2.00 |
1.67 |
Entry |
To obtain
the quality points earned in a course, the numerical equivalent
of the grade is multiplied by the number of hours for
which the course was taken. The grade-point average is
computed by dividing the total quality points by the total
number of hours for which letter grades are recorded.
Credit/No
Entry (CR/NE). All passing work (A+ to C-) is given
the uniform grade of CR (Credit). Work below C- is considered
not passing, and is given a grade of NE (No Entry).
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No Entry.
Whether
a course is taken for letter grades or credit/no entry,
work below the C- level is considered not passing and
no entry is made on the student's permanent record. Thus,
if a student does not pass a course, there is no indication
on the official transcript that the course was attempted.
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Written
Evaluation. Upon request, a student may receive a
written evaluation of his or her work taken under the
CR/NE option. Students desiring such an evaluation should
obtain the necessary forms from the Registrar's Office
and give them to the course instructor at the end of the
semester or course. At the student's request, such written
evaluations may be sent, along with transcripts, to a
graduate or professional school and/or a prospective employer.
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Incomplete
Grades.
An incomplete grade is a temporary grade, assigned at
the end of a semester, to permit students additional time
to complete work in a course. There are two kinds of incompletes:
1. While
at Oberlin a student is allowed up to two incompletes
authorized by course instructors for educational reasons,
such as a desire by the student to spend additional time
on a particular course. A request for such an educational
incomplete must be submitted to the Office of Student
Academic Affairs by the end of Reading Period. Course
work must be finished by the end of the first week of
Winter Term for first semester incompletes, and by three
weeks after the end of the semester for second semester
incompletes. Additional educational incompletes beyond
the first two may be authorized by the Associate Dean
of Student Academic Affairs, but only in very exceptional
circumstances.
2. Emergency
incompletes may be authorized by the Associate Dean for
Student Academic Affairs due to circumstances beyond the
student's control. Normally such incompletes are for medical
or life crisis reasons. The due date for course work will
depend on how much time was lost due to the emergency,
up to a maximum of three weeks.
The due
date for either an educational or emergency incomplete
may be extended only for emergency reasons. If work is
not completed within the specified time, a grade will
be recorded based on the extent to which the course requirements
have been met. All requests for incompletes must be made
through the Office of Student Academic Affairs.
Asterisk
Grade.
An asterisk grade is used at the end of the first semester
to indicate that the work of a course covers two semesters
and that no grade can be recorded yet. When the final
grade is given at the end of the second semester the asterisk
is removed and the grade earned is recorded for both semesters.
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Grade Reports.
Semester grade
reports are available to students via the World Wide Web.
Paper copies of the grade reports are not printed as a matter
of course, but students who need such copies may make arrangements
with the office of the Registrar to obtain them. Federal
law prohibits student grade reports from being sent to parents
unless the student signs a form releasing this information.
If a student opts to release grades to his or her parents,
either the student or the parents must request a copy of
the grades each semester from the office of the Registrar.
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