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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Undergraduate Grading System	Subsection: 5.2.16
Section 5.0 - Student Policies	Originating Date: November 1971
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Final Approving Agency: General Faculty Organization Related Documents: Policy 5.1.9 - Undergraduate Grade of Incomplete	Revised: May 1994 Revised: October 2001 Revised: October 2004 Revised: December 2008 Revised: May 2010 Revised: October 2012 Revised: January 2013 Revised: May 2013 Revised: July 2015 Revised: May 2016 Reviewed: April 2021 (changes) Revised: April 2025 (changes)

Purpose

Establishes criteria for awarding grades, quality points, Pass/Fail, withdrawal and incomplete.

Scope

This policy applies to undergraduate students

Policy

1. For theory nursing courses, the following percentage system is used to award grades within the College of Nursing:
   
   

   Grade		Percentage
   A+		98-100
   A		93-97
   A-		90-92
   B+		88-89
   B		83-87
   B-		80-82
   C+		78-79
   C		73-77
   C-		70-72
   D+		68-69
   D		63-67
   D-		60-62
   F		below 60

   
   Quality points are calculated according to the following system:
   
   

   Grade		Quality Points		Grade		Quality Points
   A+ & A		4.0		C		2.00
   A-		3.67		C-		1.67
   B+		3.33		D+		1.33
   B		3.00		D		1.00
   B-		2.67		D-		0.67
   C+		2.33		F		0.00

   
   Grades of C+ or above are passing grades in the College of Nursing. Students must maintain a cumulative College of Nursing average of 2.33 GPA in order to remain in good standing.

2. For clinical courses, the following criteria apply: The faculty will assign the student’s grade by evaluating the student’s performance according to the critical clinical behaviors for each course.
   
   A student who faculty deems is unprepared or unsafe will be required to leave the clinical setting and enter into a remediation plan until they are deemed prepared to return to the clinical setting.
   
   The student may be removed for a short duration or the rest of the semester. A student not able to return and to complete the critical clinical behaviors before the end of the semester will receive a Fail for the clinical course.
3. The grade of "Incomplete" is awarded according to guidelines set forth in Policy 5.1.9.
4. For courses in which theory and clinical are combined, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a Pass/Fail basis. A rating of Fail in clinical laboratory performance results in a D in the course unless the theory grade is an F. If the clinical laboratory performance is Pass the grade awarded for the course will be based upon the theory grade.
5. For courses with only a clinical component, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a Pass/Fail basis. A rating of Pass in clinical performance results in a P in the course. A rating of Fail in clinical laboratory performance results in an F in the course.
6. Withdrew or Incomplete grades are indicated as follows:
   
   

   W -		Students who drop a course after the first seven calendar days of the term will receive a grade of W on their transcript. Students may not drop a course after 70% of the course has been completed. A grade other than W must be assigned.
   I -		Incomplete. (Grade average is not affected until the incomplete has been removed. Students have one semester to remove the Incomplete grade or the I reverts to an F. Refer to current Student Policy Manual for additional guidelines regarding incomplete grades.)

   
   Grades of W and P are not assigned grade points and therefore are not used in computation of a student's cumulative GPA.