All credits offered are expressed in term hours. One term hour of credit is granted for the successful completion of one hour per week of lecture, or two or more hours per week of laboratory training, for the period of fifteen weeks.

At the end of each term, faculty members are required to submit final course grades. Students may access their grades by using MyFSU. Official grades are available starting the Tuesday following exam week starting at 8:00 a.m.

Students requiring a printed copy of their grades, can obtain it by using the internet and clicking on MyFSU, by stopping at the Timme Center for Student Services with picture ID, or by calling toll free 1-800-433-7747 or 591-2792 locally.

The following grading system and grade point values are used for all courses at Ferris State University:

• A   (4.0),        A- (3.7)
• B+ (3.3),        B   (3.0),        B- (2.7)
• C+ (2.3),        C   (2.0),        C- (1.7)
• D+ (1.3),        D   (1.0),         D- (0.7)
• F    (0.0)

Grades of CR (Credit), NC (No Credit), AU (Audit), I (Incomplete), IP (In Progress), W (Withdrawal), and AW (Administrative Withdrawal) are not considered in computing grade point averages. Grades of WF(Withdrawal Failing) or AWF (Administrative Withdrawal Failing) are computed as a grade point value of (0.0).

Ferris State University uses a standard four-point grading scale with plus and minus factors (e.g., C-, B+). You can easily calculate your GPA.

At mid-term (fall and spring terms only), faculty are encouraged to assign mid-term grades to all students but especially students in 200 level and below courses. Mid-term grades are available through MyFSU the ninth week of fall or spring term by using the internet.

The assignment of grades is a faculty responsibility. If a student disagrees with an assigned grade the student should follow the appeal process. The student should first contact the instructor of the course. If there is still disagreement the student should contact the department head of the offered course. Final appeal rests with the dean’s office that offered the course. The appeal process should be initiated as soon as possible, but no later than one year after the course was graded. Refer to the Retention of Student Work section for additional information.

When a course is such that the work of a student can be evaluated only after two or more terms, an in-progress (IP) grade may be assigned with the approval of the college dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The instructor must file a form authorizing the “IP” grade and the requirements for completing the course with a copy provided to the student. Once the student completes the course requirements the professor must submit a grade change form to the dean’s office for approval and processing.

Receiving a grade of incomplete (I) in a course indicates that you have successfully completed a major portion of the course requirements, and you should not re-register for the course. The grade of "I" is a temporary designation that is assigned for illness, injury, birth of a child, death of a family member, jury duty or other necessary absences, generally beyond the control of the student, which prevents you from completing the course requirements. Completion of at least 75% of course work at passing levels is required before an (I) grade is assigned.

The instructor must file the Incomplete Grade form with the dean’s office authorizing a grade of incomplete along with the requirements for completing the course. The student must make arrangements with the professor to complete all required work by the close of the following term, excluding summer. Instructors may require students to sign an agreement stipulating assignments and deadlines that must be met. Once the student completes the course requirements the professor must submit a grade change form to the dean’s office for approval and processing.

Incomplete grades that are not made up within the following term, excluding summer term, are changed to the grade of "F", unless written authorization for a time extension from the instructor is received by the Record’s Office. No time extensions will be given beyond one year after the close of the semester in which the “I” was received.

Participants in symphonic band, jazz ensemble, collegiate-community orchestra, concert choir, glee club, Collegiate, forensics, dramatics, intercollegiate athletics or journalism may be granted credit for work in these activities supervised by members of the faculty. Credit may be earned each term, but no more than four (4) term hours of combined credit in activity courses may be counted toward graduation in an associate degree curriculum or five (5) term hours of combined credit in activity courses may be counted toward graduation in an bachelor’s degree curriculum.

Students are permitted to register for courses, space permitting, on an audit (no credit) basis during the designated “Institutional Change Days” during the first four (4) days of the term. Approval and signature of the student’s dean’s office and the head of the department offering the course are required and forwarded to the Records Office for processing. Where course capacity is limited, students taking the course for credit will have registration priority over audit students. Tuition rates and fees for auditors are the same as for credit students.

The repeat policy has changed effective Fall 2008 and should be reviewed. In part it states: A student may repeat a course previously taken up to three (3) times. For exceptions to this limitation a student may appeal to the Chairperson/Department Head of the department offering the course. Credit is given for a course only once, even though it can be repeated up to three times.

The grade received the last time the course is taken, excluding I, W, CR or NC, is the only grade used in computing the cumulative grade point average (GPA).
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A student will be placed on academic probation whenever any one of the following conditions happens.

1. The student's cumulative grade point average (CGPA) falls below 2.00.
2. The student's term grade point average (GPA) for two consecutive semesters is less than 2.00
3. The student is on term trial, as defined by the Dean's Office.

The number of credit hours enrolled in by any student on probation will be determined by the student's advisor; however, any student who is on academic probation normally should not enroll for more than 14 term hours of credit, nor fewer than 12 term hours of credit.