Health Sciences 2014–2015 University Calendar

3.5.3.1

Grading and Grade Point Averages (GPA): Other Grades

 

J	—	unexcused absence (failed); the student is registered for a course but does not write the final examination or do other required work; calculated as a failure in the TGPA and CGPA
K	—	incomplete; deadline extended for submission of work in a course
KE or K*	—	further extension granted
KF	—	failed to meet the extended deadline for submission of work in a course; calculated as a failure in TGPA and CGPA
KK	—	completion requirement waived; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA
L	—	deferred examination
LE or L*	—	permitted to defer examination for more than the normal period
NR	—	no grade reported by the instructor (recorded by the Registrar)
P	—	pass; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA
Q	—	course continued in next term (applicable only to courses taken pre-Fall 2002)
S	—	satisfactory; equivalent to C or better in an elective course; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA (See the eCalendar under University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Registration > Courses Taken under the Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option
U	—	unsatisfactory; equivalent to D or F in an elective course; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA (See the eCalendar under University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Registration > Courses Taken under the Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option
W	—	withdrew; a course dropped, with permission, after the Course Change deadline; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA
WF	—	withdrew failing; a course dropped, with special permission in an exceptional case, after faculty deadline for withdrawal from course, the student's performance in the course at that stage being on the level of an F; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA (Not used by Music.)
WL	—	faculty permission to withdraw from a deferred examination; not calculated in TGPA or CGPA
NA or &&	—	grade not yet available
W-- or --	—	no grade; student withdrew from the University, not calculated in TGPA or CGPA

Note for Physical and Occupational Therapy:

Grades of S/U are not applicable.

Note for Medicine:

Refer to www.mcgill.ca/ugme/academic-policies/evaluation-promotion/recording-numeric-grades and www.mcgill.ca/ugme/academic-policies/evaluation-promotion/medical-student-performance-record.

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