Grading Policy Manual
University Academic Grading Policies:  Reporting of Final Grades

All courses offered for credit shall include either a final examination given at the regularly scheduled final examination time or a summative assessment (e.g., portfolios, essays, project reports). Once the examination schedule is printed, no changes are permitted.  All forms of examination (quizzes, take-home tests, etc.) are prohibited on any scheduled class or reading day during the calendar week in which regularly scheduled final exams begin.  

Official Grade rosters must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar not later than 48 hours after the final examination is held.

"Blank" Grades:  If grades for an entire class are not received by the final grading deadline, or if there are no final grades indicated on the Official Grade Roster, all students in the class will be left blank.  Prior to 2002, students were awarded the temporary "Y" grade.

"E" Grades:  If grades for an entire class are received, but individual students do not have final grades assigned, administrative "E" grades will be assigned to those individual students.   These administratively assigned grades of "E" can be changed only by the instructor's filing an Official Change of Grade form assigning the student the appropriate grade.

Related:
Publicly Posting Final Grades