Grading Symbol Chart

This article contains the grading symbol chart. This grading symbol chart details all of the grading symbols that may appear on various reports, including historical grading symbols that are now obsolete and when particular grading symbols (such as plus/minus grades) began to appear.

Grade Obsolete? Description (if other than A-F)
A+ No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
A No

A- No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
AU No
Audit
B+ No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
B No

B- No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
C+ No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
C No

C- No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
CR No
Credit (includes credit-by-exam; need to also look at student’s grading basis of CBE to know it is credit-by-exam)
D+ No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
D No

D- No
Plus/minus grading began Spring 2005
E Yes, as of Fall 1973
Incomplete (we now use I)
F No

F* Yes, as of Fall 1977
Unofficial Withdrawal (we now use WU)
I No
Incomplete
IC No
Incomplete Charged (used when an incomplete grade expires and becomes the equivalent of an F)
IP No
In Progress
NC No
No Credit
NC* No
No Credit – Unofficial Withdrawal (like WU but used for credit/no credit classes)
NG No
No Grade
NP Yes, as of Fall 1973
No Pass (we now use NC)
NR Yes, as of Spring 1974
No Report (we now use WU)
P Yes, as of Fall 1973
Pass (we now use CR)
RD No
Report Delayed (enrollment is still considered in progress)
RP No
For all classes other than Early Start: Report in Progress; For Early Start Classes: work satisfactory to date.
SP Yes, as of Fall 2002
Satisfactory Progress (we now use RP)
U Yes, as of Summer 2003
Unauthorized Incomplete (we now use WU)
W No
Withdrawn
WF Yes, as of Fall 1991
Withdraw Failing (we now use W)
WU No
Withdrawn Unauthorized (student did not withdraw from the course and failed to complete the course)

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