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         <td align="center" colspan="2"><big>'''UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER<br />COLLEGE OF NURSING'''</big></td>
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         <td width="60%"><big>'''Graduate Grading System'''</big></td>
         <td width="60%"><big>'''Graduate Grading System - PhD Program'''</big></td>
         <td width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''5.4.3'''</big></td>
         <td width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''5.4.3'''</big></td>
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         <td width="60%">Section 5.0 - Students</td>
         <td width="60%">Section 5.0 - Student Policies</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: September, 2012</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: September 2012</td>
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         <td width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">PhD Affairs Council</div></td>
         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">PhD Affairs Council</div><br />Related Documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">UNMC Graduate Studies Scholarship Requirements</div></td>
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                 <td>Revised: April, 2012<br />Revised: February, 2013 (PGNPA)</td>
                 <td>Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/9166|September 2015]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/10196|May 2017]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/14480|May 2018]]<br />Revised: October 2023 ([[Special:Diff/14480/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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===Policy:===
===Purpose===
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<p style="max-width:70em !important;">Provides grading standards for all courses in the PhD program.</p>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Grade guidelines for all College of Nursing professional graduate courses.<br /><br />The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:<br /><br />
===Scope===
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to PhD students.</p>
===Policy===
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<p style="margin-left:3em;">The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:</p>


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<p style="margin-left:3em;">Quality points are calculated according to the following system:</p>
Quality points are calculated according to the following system:<br /><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Grades of Incomplete are to designate incomplete work in a course and will be used in extenuating circumstances such as illness, military service, hardship or death in family.</li>
<p>Please see UNMC Graduate Studies Scholarship Requirements for detailed information. </p>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Grades of Incomplete are given when student has already completed substantial requirements in the course.</li>
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">To monitor student progression, faculty must notify the PhD Program Director and the Director for Student Services when a student’s grade falls below the level of B at midterm and/or course completion.</p>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Grades of Incomplete must be completed in one semester after they have been awarded or the grade of Incomplete will revert to a grade of F.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The course instructor, or in the absence of the instructor, the specialty coordinator, shall supervise the completion of the course work and removal of the incomplete to a course grade.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">If the incomplete is in a course that is a prerequisite for another, the student may not progress until the incomplete is removed.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Student Services will run a query each semester to monitor student progression. They will notify the student advisor of failure to meet grade expectations of a 3.0 or above. Please see Policy 5.3.11 for progression of the student.</li>
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Graduate Grading System - PhD Program Subsection: 5.4.3
Section 5.0 - Student Policies Originating Date: September 2012
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
PhD Affairs Council

Related Documents:
UNMC Graduate Studies Scholarship Requirements
Reviewed: September 2015
Reviewed: May 2017
Reviewed: May 2018
Revised: October 2023 (changes)


Purpose

Provides grading standards for all courses in the PhD program.

Scope

This policy applies to PhD students.

Policy

The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:

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

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

Please see UNMC Graduate Studies Scholarship Requirements for detailed information.

To monitor student progression, faculty must notify the PhD Program Director and the Director for Student Services when a student’s grade falls below the level of B at midterm and/or course completion.