Grading System

Incomplete Policy

The following is an excerpt from the Hiram College Catalog. Students should be encouraged to read the entire policy on the grading system when they are contemplating requesting an incomplete.

The mark I indicates work incomplete for reasons beyond the student’s control. Normally the student will have completed at least 75 percent of the course work. The student and instructor jointly file a formal contract which states the reasons for the incomplete and sets a precise deadline for completion of the work. The contract form is available from the Registrar. Upon expiration of the contract, which may not exceed one calendar year, the instructor is obliged to record a permanent grade determined by the degree to which course requirements have been met. If no grade is reported by the instructor the incomplete grade is permanently recorded as an F.

Upon graduation, all course work listed on a student’s transcript must have a grade. Any incomplete course work must be assigned a grade by the instructor. If no grade is reported by the instructor, the incomplete grade is permanently recorded as an F.

Pass/No Credit Policy

The following is taken from the Pass/No Credit Policy included in the Hiram College Catalog. Students considering taking a course on a P/NC basis should be encouraged to read the complete policy. The two sections in bold should be emphasized when discussing the Pass/No Credit option with students.

Students are not permitted to take courses in their declared major or minor under the pass/no credit (P/NC ) option. At the time of the declaration of a major or minor, the letter grade for any course previously taken P/NC will be displayed on the transcript, but the cumulative grade-point average will not be recomputed.

Traditional letter grades are submitted to the Registrar by faculty members for all students in course. If the course is taken P/NC, the Registrar records a P or NC on the student’s transcript and stores the letter grade; the grade of P is recorded if the student receives a C- or better in the course. If a student receives a grade of NC for a course, no hours will be awarded.