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Nontraditional Mode of Delivering Graduate Courses

A faculty member who proposes to teach a course using a nontraditional mode must present the appropriate documents to the departmental chairperson and dean of the college for approval. Examinations must be similar to those of regular classes and should be given and graded according to the established course syllabus. Students are required to complete all the requirements including projects and assignments as delineated in the course syllabus. Nontraditional mode of course delivery is usually designed to fulfill the needs of nontraditional students and people in the community.

 

Incomplete Grades 

Work that is of passing quality but, because of extenuating circumstances, is not completed by a student in a given semester or term may be given an "I" (incomplete) grade. Students must initiate an incomplete grade request through the course instructor and obtain approval of the department head and the Dean of the Graduate School. The instructor must submit the "Incomplete Grade Report" and file the form with the Office of the Registrar by the deadline for submitting grades to the Registrar. 

If a request is not received from the student prior to the issuing of a final grade, the instructor should consider the delinquent work to be of failing quality and the student should be given a failing ("F") grade and not an "I" grade. 

A grade of "I" received during a semester or term should be removed as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the semester/term following the one in which such grade was received (excluding Maymester and Summer Sessions). 

Incomplete grades are removed only by completion of the course work, not by repeating the course. A grade of "I" becomes a grade of "F" if not removed by the end of the semester/term following the semester/term in which the "I" grade was received. A grade of "I" carries no quality points and does not lower the overall grade-point average. All grades of "I" must be removed prior to the submitting an application for graduation and receiving a graduate degree.

 

Change of Grades 

Any change of grade must be initiated on the required form available in the Office of the Registrar by the instructor who originally assigned the previous grade. Grades that have been submitted to the Office of the Registrar can be changed only by submitting the official Change of Grade Form certifying that an error was made in recording the grade. Materials submitted by a student after the official completion of a course by means of the final examination or otherwise may not be used as a means of continuing the course and thus changing a previously submitted grade. 

A change of grade must be approved by the department head and the Dean of the Graduate School before the Registrar will make changes on the student's record. Any grade change must be received in the Office of the Registrar no later than 60 calendar days immediately following the beginning of classes in the semester following the one in which the grade was given or omitted. For a Summer term, the changes are due in the Office of the Registrar no later than 60 calendar days immediately following the beginning of classes in the succeeding Fall semester. If a student is not enrolled the following semester, then the grade change is due 60 calendar days following the beginning of classes in the next semester in which the student is enrolled.