Grades and Credits | Student Records and Registration | BYU-Idaho

# Grades and Credit

Students wishing to appeal any BYU-Idaho academic policy must submit a petition to the Academic Exceptions Committee through the Student Records and Registration Ofﬁce. These situations may include dropping classes or withdrawing from school after published deadlines. Petitions must be submitted within one year of the semester for which the student is requesting exception to academic policy. The petition process is meant to accommodate students with extenuating circumstances or emergencies beyond their control that may impact their academic record. Only BYU-Idaho policies can be appealed; federal guidelines and/or requirements cannot be appealed through this committee.

Please refer to the official University catalog for information on the Academic Renewal policy.

BYUI offers three alternate ways to earn credit: 

1. Vertical Credit
2. Competency Credit
3. Military Credit

Students who audit a class are not responsible for attendance, daily preparations, or examinations, and no grade is reported or recorded on the permanent academic record. An Incomplete (I) grade may not be made up by repeating the class as an audit. 
 
Students must first register for the class for credit and then complete the Audit Request Form. For questions, please contact registration@byui.edu. 
 
Tuition for audit classes is assessed on the same basis as for-credit classes. Students may not change from credit to audit after the deadline to drop a course without earning a "W." Students wishing to change from audit to credit after the deadline to drop a course without earning a "W" must receive instructor approval. 
 
Registered students who drop all credit section(s) and only have audit section(s) remaining during a term in which they are required to enroll to maintain their admission status are considered withdrawn from the University effective the last drop date of the non-audit section(s). Students will need to re-apply through the Admissions Office for the next available semester. 
 
Departments have the right to refuse to allow students to audit individual courses. The Department Chair must report all courses that students may not audit to the Student Records and Registration Office. Generally, students may not audit a Foundations or online section. Audit restrictions will remain in effect until they are removed by the Department Chair.

During the open grading period, instructors can modify midterm or final grades via the Grade Entry Portal on student.byui.edu. Once the grading period closes, a change in the final grade needs to be submitted by the instructor using the BYU-Idaho Grade Change Portal. 
 
Change in Final Grade Forms is available from department secretaries or the Student Records and Registration Office. Online instructors can seek assistance to change a final grade from the Online Learning Office. Once submitted to Student Records and Registration, the grade change will be entered within 48 business hours, and an email notification of the change will be sent to both the student and the instructor.

BYU-Idaho offers a limited number of pass/fail courses. Students in these classes receive no letter grade; instead, they either pass or fail depending on whether or not they have met the course criteria. All pass credits count toward graduation but are not included in GPA calculations. Courses designated as letter grades cannot be changed to pass/fail, and courses designated as pass/fail cannot be changed to letter grades.

****Progress grades**** include both attempted and earned credits (A, B, C, D). 
****Non-progress grades**** include attempted but not earned credits (F, W, UW, I, T).

****Repeat Classes**** 
Repeat classes allow a class to be taken two or more times for additional credit. Most classes at BYU-Idaho are not repeatable for credit. Departments establish the maximum number of times a class can be repeated. A repeated class does not replace the former grade or credit of a previously repeated class. Approval to enroll in a repeatable course for the purpose of replacing a previous credit grade must be obtained from the Academic Exceptions Committee prior to registering for the course. 
 
****Retake Classes**** 
Please refer to the official University catalog for information on the retake policy.

"T" grades represent a temporary grade that was assigned for courses that do not fall within the normal academic deadlines of any given semester (e.g. internships, student teaching, tours). T grades can only be assigned by the Student Records and Registration Office for courses that meet these conditions. 
 
T grades do not impact a student's GPA, but may impact Satisfactory Academic Standing in that the credits for the course are counted as attempted, but not yet earned. Therefore, instructors over courses for which T grades are assigned are encouraged to submit their final grades as soon as the coursework is completed. 
 
"NR" represents that the grade was not reported by the instructor. A student receiving an "NR" grade should contact the instructor to request that a valid grade be submitted to the Student Records and Registration Office. 
 
As with T Grades, NR grades do not impact a student's GPA, but may impact Satisfactory Academic Standing in that the credits for the course are counted as attempted, but not yet earned. Therefore, instructors over courses for which NR grades were assigned are encouraged to submit their final grades as soon as possible.