Students auditing a course (see Auditing courses in the Academic Policies Handbook) are marked "AUS" if he or she completes the course and "AUU" if not.

Note: Students may not attend a class without being registered; those who do not wish to earn credit in a course should request permission to register as auditors.

Instructors may report a mark of I (Incomplete) only if the unfinished part of the student's work, in a course other than research, thesis, or independent study, is small; the work is unfinished for reasons acceptable to the instructor; and the student's standing in the course is satisfactory. A course may not be repeated to remove a grade of Incomplete; the grade must be removed by completing the unfinished part of the work.

During the semester immediately following the one in which a mark of I (Incomplete) was recorded, the mark may be changed to a grade without the approval from the student's college of enrollment. The instructor initiates this by completing a grade change at the Course Grade Change link on MAUI and by submitting the grade change to the DEO. When the DEO approves the grade change, it is routed to the Registrar's office for processing.

If the instructor does not submit a grade change by the end of the next full semester, a mark of I will convert to F=. To change an Incomplete that has converted to F=, follow the same procedure as outlined above, but include an explanation of why the student was allowed extra time to remove the Incomplete.

The mark of IP is used to denote a course in progress.

Students who drop a class after the "last day to drop without a W" have a "W" entered on the permanent record (see Mark of "W" in the Academic Policies Handbook).

A mark of O is assigned when a final grade is not submitted to the Registrar by the designated deadline. The O will remain on the student's record until a valid grade is submitted. Every effort must be made to avoid assignment of an O and to submit a valid grade as soon as possible when an O has been assigned.

With the instructor's permission, students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may take elective courses pass/nonpass (P/N). Students who request this option must obtain authorization from their academic advisor and the course instructor online or using a Grading Option Form. Information about submitting the P/N grading option request may be found on the Office of the Registrar's website. The request must be submitted by the deadline, which is on the 10th day of classes for semester-length courses in the fall or spring semester. For off-cycle, summer session, or winter session courses, students may register for P/N at any time during the first one-fifth of the duration of the course. Course deadlines may be found on the Calendars & Deadlines pages of the Registrar's website The grading option may not be changed after the deadline.

At the end of the semester, the instructor calculates a standard letter grade for any student who has registered under the P/N grading option. When reporting grades, if the course grade is C- or higher, the instructor assigns a P. If the course grade is D+ or below, the instructor assigns an N.

Students may not use the pass/nonpass (P/N) grading option in courses taken for General Education CLAS Core credit or to satisfy requirements of a major, minor, or certificate. However, the DEO of a department or program may authorize the P/N grading option for a student in a departmental course if it will not be applied toward the requirements for the major.

Some departments offer courses for zero credit only. If you take one of these courses, you will be assigned a “grade” of either “R” (for satisfactory performance and attendance) or “W” (unsatisfactory performance and attendance).

Satisfactory/Fail grading is an option available for undergraduate courses in which letter grading is not the most useful measure of the learning taking place and for experiences that are not specifically academic in nature but for which credit toward graduation may be appropriate. The department may designate independent study courses, readings courses, academic internships, and other appropriate courses as "offered on S/F basis only. " Instructors must submit S or F grades for all undergraduate students enrolled in these courses.

S/F grading may be adopted at the time a course is developed, or it may be requested later by submission of a course approval form. Students do not need special forms to register for S/F courses, since all undergraduates enrolled in such courses automatically receive either an S or an F.

Restrictions on the use of S/F grading are described in the Academic Policies Handbook.

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading is an option available for undergraduate courses in which neither letter grading nor S/F grading is the most useful measure of the learning taking place and for experiences that are not specifically academic in nature but for which credit toward graduation may be appropriate. A department may designate a course as "offered on S/U basis only" and instructors for such courses must submit S or U grades for all undergraduate students enrolled in these courses.

S/U grading may be adopted at the time a course is developed, or it may be requested later by submission of a course approval form. Students do not need special forms to register for S/U courses, since all undergraduates enrolled in such courses automatically receive either an S or an U.

A "U" grade in an undergraduate course will not affect the GPA.

Further information on the use of S/U grading is available in the Academic Policies Handbook.

Information on S/U grading for graduate students can be found in the Graduate College's Manual of Rules and Regulations.