Faculty Senate: Plus/Minus Grading Policy

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #137 on May 1, 2006:

MOTION:

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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the grading policy and grade point average (GPA) computation to include +/-'s as specified in University Regulations R10.04.09.

EFFECTIVE: Fall 2007

RATIONALE: Plus/minus grades allow for more accurate instructor feedback to students. The majority of four-year colleges and universities use the plus/minus grades system. In a recent UAF referendum faculty supported changing to +/-'s by a nearly 3:1 margin.

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UNIVERSITY REGULATION  R10.04.09

Numerical Equivalencies for Grades

A+ = 4.0    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

Also, reference page 77 of the 2007-2008 UAF catalog.