The semester hour is the basic unit of work, in which each course offered has credit value in terms of a certain number of semester hours normally conforming to the number of contact class hours per week. For example, courses meeting three hours a week carry three hours credit. Grades and quality points represent the instructor's final estimate of the student's performance in a course.
All grades assigned remain on the student's permanent record and transcript.
The following letters denote grades which are included in the computation of the grade-point average. Throughout their program, students' performance must be acceptable on a continuing basis. Students must at all times maintain an overall grade-point average of not less than 2.5. No grade below C will be credited toward a graduate degree. Any student acquiring any combination of two grades D , F , WF, or U will be dismissed from the Graduate School.