Graduate Grading System

The method of grading graduate students is the letter grade system (A, B, C, D, E). Courses in which grades of D, E, or U are earned cannot be used in fulfillment of degree requirements.

Grades of + and - may be given to graduate students whenever such fineness of discrimination is possible. These letter grades are translated into honor points for each hour of credit in a course as follows:

The honor points earned for a course are calculated by multiplying the number of credit hours for which the course was elected by the number of honor points earned on the above grading scale (e.g., if a grade of B+ is earned for a 3 credit hour course, the total number of honor points for the course is 3 credit hours times 6, or 18 honor points).

Additional symbols used in the grade reporting system are: F, failed (pass/fail option election); I, incomplete; NR, grade not reported; P, passed (pass/fail option election); S, satisfactory (courses graded S/E or S/U); NC, No Credit; U, unsatisfactory (courses graded S/U); UE or ED, unofficial drop; VI, audit; W, withdrawal; X, absent from final examination; Y, indicates the course extends beyond the term.

When courses are repeated at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the grades for all attempts remain on the transcript and are averaged into the cumulative GPA.