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<p>Grade guidelines for all College of Nursing PhD in Nursing graduate courses.<br /><br />The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:</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 />


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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>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 Subsection: 5.4.3
Section 5.0 - Students Originating Date: September, 2012
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
PhD Affairs Council
 
 


Policy:

Grade guidelines for all College of Nursing PhD in Nursing graduate courses.

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.