Grading System for Undergraduate Students

For courses successfully passed, the student receives the number of semester credit hours assigned to the course.  For the purposes of determining the student’s grade-point average, the following point-values are assigned to each grade: A    -4.0 points          C    -2.0 points          Not calculated in GPA A-    -3.7 points         C-   -1.7 points          I  incomplete    P  pass B+   -3.3…

Grade Submission Procedure

Entering grades, via the Web, is the fastest way to get grades to your students and to the Registrar.  Once keyed in by you, students have instant access to their grades.  To do this, you’ll need a NetID and Password to access Blackboard.  Please contact the Registrar’s office if you have any questions.  Web-grading policies…

Grade Changes

To protect the interests of students and faculty and to avoid even the appearance of coercion or impropriety, any grade-change made after the conclusion of the end-of-the-term grading period as determined by the registrar must be approved by the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs in the case of undergraduate students, and by the Associate Dean…

Add / Drop Period

Dropping Courses Students may drop courses on-line through the end of the fourth week of the semester without instructor permission. The dropped courses will not appear on the academic transcript. Students may receive a partial refund based on the published tuition refund schedule. Students may not drop a course after the fourth week of classes.…

Final Examinations

In classroom subjects, examinations and quizzes are given throughout the semester at the discretion of the instructor. Final examinations are scheduled at the end of each semester for most courses and have significant influence on final grades. All students must be available to take final examinations throughout the announced examination period. Special examinations for individual students…

Course Evaluations

Course evaluation forms are automatically sent to all faculty who teach classroom courses.  You must (a) select a student from the class to be in charge of the evaluation process, and (b) leave the room while students fill out the forms.  Your designated student (and not you) should deliver the forms directly to your department…

Concerto Competitions

The performance departments, in collaboration with the Conducting and Ensemble Department, sponsor a number of concerto competitions throughout the academic year, following a prescribed distribution throughout the performance studios.  The specific concerto repertoire is determined by the studio teachers and announced well in advance. Students are all judged in performance of the same work by…