Grading Policies and Procedures
Grading System
Undergraduates, graduate students, law students and dentistry students are subject to grading systems that need to be represented in the courses they take.
Grade Deadlines
Midterm and final grade deadlines are established by the Registrar’s Office and published in the Registrar’s Calendar.
Procedures for and information about submitting grades.
Incompletes
The Registrar’s Office recognizes two types of incomplete for undergraduates:
“I” is a temporary grade assigned by the instructor, normally on a pre-arranged basis, to allow completion of course assignments other than the final examination. The I grade is based on the instructor’s judgment that the student merits the I grade. If not, he or she will assign a grade that reflects the quality and quantity of the work completed, and the significance of the work that has not been completed.
“X” is a temporary grade assigned to as student who is absent from the final examination and who might earn a passing grade in the course if he/she were to take a delayed examination. If the two conditions do not exist, the student is assigned the grade of F immediately. A student receiving the grade of X must file an explanation for his or her absence in writing to the dean of the student's college.
Auditing
Students who wish to audit classes without earning credit must present evidence of their preparation for the course or courses in which they wish to enroll. Auditors are required to attend all classes but are not required to complete written class assignments or examinations.
Withdrawals
The Registrar’s Office recognizes several types of withdrawals: official, approved withdrawals, unapproved withdrawals, and administrative withdrawals for excessive absences. Contact your department chair, administrative assistant or liaison for department-specific policies regarding incompletes, audits and withdrawals.
 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option
Certain courses taken by juniors and seniors, law students and dentistry students may be taken as S/U. A satisfactory grade is assigned for achievement equivalent to the letter grades, A, AB, B, BC or C. An unsatisfactory grade is assigned for achievement equivalent to the letter grades CD, D, or F. The Graduate School does not offer students the S/U option to graduate students taking undergraduate courses for graduate credit. A select number of graduate classes are offered for S/U grades only. Individuals should check the course descriptions in the Graduate Bulletin and the Schedule of Courses to determine whether a course in offered on this basis.
Repeating a Course
Undergraduates may be required to repeat a course because of failure to achieve a required minimum grade for a specific major or minor. Graduate, law and dental courses are not repeated for a higher grade.
Midterm Grades
All students in undergraduate courses must receive midterm grades based on appropriate evidence of achievement. Consult the Registrar’s Office calendar for midterm exam scheduling information. The Spring 2006 calendar is provided as an example. Midterm grades are to be submitted in CheckMarq.
Student Privacy
Marquette has adopted as its policy the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act with respect to the maintenance, inspection, review and disclosure or student educational records, including assignment, examination and course grades. It is not only inappropriate but also illegal to post student grades in public places, or to leave student papers with grades or narrative feedback in public places, including electronic ones. Use of Social Security numbers, MUID numbers or other individual identifiers in place of names is also improper. A ruling from the U.S. Department of Education also prohibits the posting of any portion, such as the last four digits, of a student’s Social Security number. Additionally, grades and other educational records cannot be released to the parent or legal guardian of an independent student without the student’s prior written consent.
The simplest method of ensuring the privacy of a student’s grade is to individually return all assignment and examinations individually or through Marquette’s electronic courseware Desire2Learn* which is password protected, and to return all course grades individually, through Desire2Learn or through CheckMarq. There are other violations of students privacy to avoid including allowing students access to graded class papers, exams, or quizzes to find their own. If an instructor needs to leave graded work for student’s to pick up, that work must be left in a sealed envelope with an identified department faculty or staff member from whom students can personally receive their work.
*Each course offered at Marquette has a corresponding Desire2Learn course space, which can be used to support student learning. Instructors may choose any Desire2Learn courseware tools, including the grading tool or the digital drop box, which allows students to submit and instructors to comment on papers privately. Instructor training is available to support your use of Desire2Learn.
Attendance
 Students are expected to attend all exercises of the courses in which they are registered and to be on time. Any absence, regardless of the reason, will prevent the student from getting the full benefit of the course. Instructors may include class attendance as a measure of academic performance, and inexcusable absences may render a student liable to censure. Students must comply with the absence regulations of the college or school in which the course is offered. An instructor's syllabus should give particular directions regarding class attendance. Students who miss an exam or a deadline for an excusable reason should contact their instructor as soon as possible. Contact your department chair, administrative assistant or liaison about your department’s attendance policy.
Class Registration Procedures
Students are responsible for registering, and confirming they are appropriately registered, for courses. Student registration is conducted via CheckMarq. Contact the Registrar’s Office for specific registration questions.
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