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Class Hours and Credit Hours
A class hour generally consists of 50 minutes. One
class hour per week of lecture throughout a semester generally earns a maximum
of one credit hour. One credit hour of laboratory usually meets for 2-1/2 hours
per week. The student should expect 3 hours of study time per credit hour
enrollment.
Grades
The grades awarded in all courses are indicative of the quality of work done.
Their significance in most courses is as follows:
A - Excellent 4 grade points per credit hour.
B - Good 3 grade points per credit hour.
C - Satisfactory 2 grade points per credit hour.
D - Barely Passed 1 grade point per credit hour.
F - Failed 0 grade points per credit hour.
CR - Credit: Gives credit for the course but is not computed in the scholarship
index. At the graduate level, CR is used to report completion of a master’s
thesis or a doctoral dissertation. CR credit is the equivalent of at least a
grade of "C" but is not computed in the scholarship index.
NC - No Credit: Not computed in scholarship index. At the graduate level, NC is
used to report unsatisfactory completion of a master’s thesis or a doctoral
dissertation.
PR - Progress (Selected courses only): This grade indicates that a student has
made progress but has not met the achievement requirements of the course and is
not able to advance to the next level course. No honor points are earned, and
the credit is not computed in the GPA, nor is it counted toward graduation.
Students may earn a progress grade once after which time they must earn a letter
grade: A, B, C, D, F, or CR.
I - Incomplete: The grade of I is given only when circumstances beyond the
student’s control have prevented completion of the work of a course within the
official dates of a session. (See removal of incomplete grade below.)
Audit: Audit is recorded for completion of enrollment in an audited course. No
credit is earned for audit grade option.
WP - Withdrawal Passing: All approved course withdrawals after the sixth week of
classes (after the third week during the summer session) are subject to the
grade of WP, if the student was passing the course at the time of completion of
the official paperwork to withdraw.
WF - Withdrawal Failing: All approved course withdrawals after the sixth week of
classes (after the third week during the summer session) are subject to the
grade of WF if the student was failing the course at the time of completion of
the official paperwork to withdraw. The grade of WF will be calculated as a
failing grade in the student’s grade point average.
Academic Standing
A student’s academic standing is defined in terms
of a grade point average obtained by dividing the total number of grade points
earned at UNM-Los Alamos by the total number of hours attempted. These hours
must be attempted in courses with letter grades and the courses must be numbered
100 or above. Hours given a grade of WP, CR, NC, or I are not included in the
computation.
The standing of all students (including those who withdraw from the university
during the session) is checked at the end of each semester and summer session.
At such times, all students who are deficient in scholarship are placed on
probation or are suspended for a period specified by UNM-Los Alamos.
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