Only with extenuating circumstances can a student graduate with an F or NP on the permanent record. The major professor must make a written request to the Dean of the Graduate College explaining those circumstances. Both the instructor and student should sign this report. Repeating a course does not resolve an Incomplete. That new grade will appear on a student's record the term that it is submitted.
T Test out with credit obtained by special examination.
X Course dropped after first week of the semester. The grading system for undergraduates is described in the Teaching Assistant Handbook . The GPA is determined by dividing the number of grade points earned by the total number of ISU cumulative hours. In the case of repeated courses, only the grade achieved the last time the course is taken is used in computing the grade point average. Grievances about Grades A graduate student who feels that a course grade has been unjustly assigned, and whose attempts to resolve the matter with the instructor have failed, may appeal through the grievance procedure described in Chapter 9 .