School of Nursing
Grading
Grades are available to students and their advisors via the UR Student information system. Students should check their total hours, grade points, and cumulative averages to be sure they are correct. Students requiring an official grade should request an official transcript from the ÈËÆÞÉÙ¸¾×¨Çø Registrar’s Office.
Note that the numeric grade posted in Blackboard is not the official record of grades.
Grading System Link to section
A student must earn an overall course average of 73.00 percent. Grades will not be rounded up.
Numeric Grade (Blackboard) | Letter Grade (UR Student/Transcript) | Grade Points (UR Student/Transcript) |
93-100 | A | 4.0 |
90-92 | A- | 3.7 |
87-89 | B+ | 3.3 |
83-86 | B | 3.0 |
80-82 | B- | 2.7 |
77-79 | C+ | 2.3 |
73-76 | C | 2.0 |
70-72 | C- | 1.7 |
67-69 | D+ | 1.3 |
63-66 | D | 1 |
60-62 | D- | 0.7 |
Below 60 | E | 0.0 |
Incomplete Link to section
The grade of I is submitted at the faculty member's discretion under special circumstances and indicates that a course has not been completed. An incomplete grade cannot be used as a substitute for a failing grade when the student is doing unsatisfactory work.
To post an incomplete grade, an incomplete contract must be established by the student and course faculty and must be on file with the Registrar’s Office via the electronic Incomplete Contract.
Typically, incomplete coursework must be completed by the end of the following semester. If the work is not completed by the date on the contract, the grade will be changed from an I to an E (or as otherwise stipulated on the contract), which will appear on the student’s permanent record. If the incomplete course is a prerequisite to another course, the student cannot progress to the next course until the prerequisite course is complete.
Under unusual circumstances, the time to complete the assignments may be extended with an extension to the Incomplete Contract.
N Grade Link to section
An N grade can initially be posted when a grade is not yet available due to extenuating circumstances. The N grade is temporary and must be resolved with a grade unless an Incomplete Contract has been filed in the Registrar’s Office and the N has been converted to an I.
Repeating a Course Link to section
Upon the recommendation of the Student Affairs Committee, matriculated students in the SON who receive unsatisfactory grades may be allowed to re-register for the course.
Credit will be given only once, and the grade point average will be computed only with the second grade. The original grade will remain on the transcript when a course is retaken. Students who do not receive a passing grade in, or withdraw from, any nursing course because of unsatisfactory achievement (documented as WE on the student’s transcript), may retake the course only one time.
If a clinical course must be repeated, the student will be assigned to that course on a space-available basis, not necessarily the next time the course is offered.