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THE GRADING SYSTEM
Courses are recorded in terms of credit hours. The fall and spring semester
each consist of 15 weeks of instruction plus a one-week final examination
period. Summer sessions may vary in length. One theory credit hour is
equivalent to a 50-minute period of class work per week per semester.
One laboratory credit hour is equivalent to a three-hour period of laboratory
experience per week per semester. Students receive a grade report following
the close of each semester.
The School uses the following system of grading to indicate on its records
the quality of a student’s work:
| A |
Excellent |
90-100 |
| B+ |
Very Good
|
85-89 |
| B |
Good |
80-84 |
| C+ |
Above Average |
75-79 |
| C |
Average
(Minimum passing grade for NURM100, 120,
121, 122, 221, 222, 141, 241, 242;
BIO102, 105, 106, 108; CHE005, 105, 113, 114) |
70-74 |
| D+ |
Below Average |
65-69 |
| D |
Unsatisfactory |
60-64 |
| F |
Failing |
below
60 |
| I |
Incomplete |
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| XF |
Incomplete
changed to failing |
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| J |
Continuing
Satisfactory Progress
(For institutional
credit by department arrangement) |
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| S |
Satisfactory
(non-credit courses) |
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| W |
Withdrawl |
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Transfer credit for nursing & non-nursing courses
taken in the JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder School of Nursing/Union County
College Cooperative Nursing Program is awarded at the discretion of the
receiving institution.
A grade reported as incomplete at the end of a semester in a nursing or
non-nursing course will be permanently reported as “XF” if
the incomplete is not removed within the first six weeks of the next regular
semester. The student will be officially withdrawn from any sequential
course if the incomplete is not removed within the first six weeks of
the next regular semester. The student will be officially withdrawn from
any sequential course if the incomplete is not removed from the prerequisite
course within the stated six-week time period. However, students may NOT
progress in the nursing sequence with an incomplete in the prerequisite
nursing course.
The last date to withdraw is published for each semester and for each
summer session. Students withdrawing after that date will receive an “F”
in the course.
GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
A student’s academic standing is based upon his/her performance
in all courses expressed in terms of the academic grade point average.
In computing this average, the following numerical values are assigned
to each letter grade:
A |
B+ |
B |
C+ |
C |
D+ |
D |
F |
XF |
I |
4.0 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Numerical quality points are then determined by multiplying the above
values by the number of credit hours which a course carries. For example,
a three-credit hour course in which the student receives a “B”
represents nine quality points earned.
The grade point average is determined by dividing the total number of
quality points earned by the total number of credits attempted, whether
passed or failed. The following is an illustration of this computation:
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Credits
|
Grade
&
numerical
value |
Quality
points per
course |
| Biology
106 |
4 |
C(2) |
8 |
| Psychology
205 |
3 |
A(4) |
12 |
| Nursing
I |
8 |
B(3)
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24
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total |
15 |
total |
44 |
44 divided by 15 results
in a
2.93 quality point average.
Institutional credits (zero-level courses) are not included in the computation
of averages.
When a student repeats a course, the higher grade will be substituted
for the lower grade in the student’s average. The student’s
record, however, will show all courses attempted and all grades received.
REPEATING COURSES
The policy relative to repeating non-nursing courses is found in the Union
County College Catalog and Student Handbook. The minimum acceptable grade
in science courses, NURM 100 and all nursing courses is a “C”.
A student may not repeat a nursing course (in which any grade other than
a “W” has been received) more than once.
GRADING OF NURSING COURSES:
NURM 100, 119, 120, 121, 122, 221, 222, 141, 241 AND 242
The minimum acceptable grade in these nursing courses is a “C”. NURM 100 and
NURM 119 are theoretical courses. A letter grade is assigned to the student’s
achievement in theory. All other courses are comprised of theoretical and
laboratory components. The laboratory is graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
basis, while a letter grade is assigned to the student’s achievement in theory.
A student must pass both the theory and the laboratory component of a course. A
failure in either component will result in a failure in the total course. All
grading, both theory and clinical, is a measurement of the degree to which the
student has met course objectives.
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