What grade notations are used at UCR?

The following grades are used to report the quality or status of students’ work:

A Distinction, indicating exceptional achievement (= 4.0 grade points)

B High pass, indicating more than minimal competence but less than exceptional achievement (= 3.0)

C Pass, indicating competence (= 2.0)

D Marginal pass (= 1.0)

F Failure (= 0)

S Satisfactory or passed, at a level of B- or better *

NC Unsatisfactory

I Work of passing quality but incomplete due to circumstances beyond the student’s control

IP Work in progress; final grade to be assigned upon completion of course sequence

* If an undergraduate takes a graduate course, he or she can receive a letter grade or S and would be expected to perform at least at a C- level. If a graduate student takes an undergraduate course, he or she may be assigned a letter grade or S, and would be expected to perform at least at a B- level.

Passing grades A, B, C and D may be modified by plus (+) or minus (-) suffixes. Minus grades carry three-tenths grade point less per unit, and plus grades (excluding A+) carry three-tenths grade point more than the unsuffixed grade. The grade A+ carries 4.0 grade points per unit, the same as for an unsuffixed A; but when A+ is reported it represents extraordinary achievement

A student in good standing may undertake courses on an S/NC (satisfactory/no credit) basis subject to the following limitations. The grade S shall be awarded for work satisfactory, that is, work equivalent to a GPA level of 2.0 or higher at the undergraduate level and a GPA level of 3.0 or higher at the Graduate level, for unit credit in meeting degree requirements. Units are assigned for courses graded S, but it has no grade point equivalent and does not enter the grade point average. Neither units nor grade points are assigned for an NC grade; the grade is recorded on the transcript but does not enter the grade point average.

Students enrolled in any undergraduate degree program may receive credit for courses undertaken and graded S on the Riverside campus to a limit of one-third of the total units undertaken and passed on the Riverside campus at the time the degree is awarded. Units completed on another campus of the University by a Riverside undergraduate student enrolled as an intercampus visitor are considered Riverside work for the purposes of this regulation.

Courses which are required in, or prerequisite to, the undergraduate student's major subject may be taken on an S/NC basis only on approval of the Chair of the student's department (or other primary instructional unit) in each individual case.

All grades except I and IP become final when they are assigned. No term grade may be revised by reexamination. The only exception to these rules is in the Regulations of the Riverside Division, R1.7.1, an instructor may approve and report to the registrar a correction of a recorded course grade at any time if clerical or procedural error has been made in assigning, transmitting, or recording the original grade.

A student may repeat only those courses in which a grade of D, F, or NC was received. See special conditions regarding repetition of courses in the General Catalog.

For more detailed information see the Academic Senate Regulations of the Riverside Division.