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STANDARDS OF WORK
Conferral of either the master's or Ph.D. degree requires at least a B (3.00) grade-point average. The grade-point average in formal coursework will be computed separately from the average in research, thesis, and dissertation credits to determine eligibility for graduation. At least a B (3.00) grade-point average is required in each category. No grade below C (2.00) can be used to satisfy any degree requirement. A department may establish more rigorous standards. All graduate students are expected to maintain at least an overall B (3.00) grade-point average on a continuing basis. Should you achieve less than an overall B (3.00) grade-point average, the office of the dean of the college in which you are enrolled will solicit a written statement from your departmental graduate committee to justify your continuation in the program.
GRADING SYSTEM
Academic work at Ohio University is evaluated on the following grading system: a grade of A equals 4.00; A- equals 3.67; B+ equals 3.33; B equals 3.00; B- equals 2.67; C+ equals 2.33; C equals 2.00; C- equals 1.67; D+ equals 1.33; D equals 1.00; D- equals 0.67; and F equals 0.00. In addition to letter grades, the following grades also may be recorded. Credit (CR) is usually awarded for satisfactory completion of seminars, research projects, and thesis or dissertation credit. You may receive a grade of progress (PR) in courses which are not yet complete or which will extend over more than one quarter. Grades of CR or PR are not used in computing your grade-point average. An incomplete (I) indicates that you have made progress in a course but have not finished the work required to receive a letter grade. An I symbol is not counted in quarter hours attempted, hours earned, or quality points until a letter grade is reported. If neither a letter grade nor notification from the instructor for an extension of time is received by the Office of Student Records, the I symbol reverts to an F letter grade six weeks into the next quarter you are enrolled. Requests from the instructor for an extension of time beyond six weeks cannot exceed the end of the next quarter enrolled. Any remaining I symbols will be calculated as F in determining your eligibility for graduation.
Determination of appropriate use of letter grades, CR, PR, or I is made by the department and is recorded in the Office of Student Records.
A grade of NR means that the instructor has not submitted a grade, or that there has been a processing error. Check with the instructor; if a grade was in fact submitted, go to the Office of Student Records to learn what is necessary to clear up the problem.
An administrative incomplete (I*) is given by the Office of Student Records when you fail to drop officially a course for which you have registered. Until removed, an administrative incomplete is computed as an F in calculating the grade-point average.
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