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SPSU 1001Hitchhiker’s Guide to SPSU
Mid Term Assessment
Copyright © 2010 by Bob Brown
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Midterm Grades• For undergraduate students only.• Are submitted by faculty in week 3 of a
regular semester• Visible to you nearly immediately after.
(Must be “released” by the Registrar.)• Grades are S (satisfactory) or U
(unsatisfactory.)• Midterm grades are evanescent; they
“disappear” at the end of the semester and are replaced with your final grade.
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A Midterm Grade of S• A grade of S means you are on track to
earn a satisfactory grade.• That’s a C in some courses (all computing –
CS/IT/SWE/CGDD – courses and ‘basic’ ENGL and MATH)
• It’s a D in others.
• A grade of S is not a guarantee of a satisfactory grade at the end of the term.
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A Midterm Grade of U• A grade of U means, if you were given a
final grade on work to date, it would be unsatisfactory: a D or lower.
• It is probably not too late to “pull it out.”
• Check the grading plan in your syllabus:• What part of your course grade is already
accounted for.
• How well did you do on that part
• What would you have to do on the remaining work to bring your grade up.
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Withdrawing from a Course• You can withdraw from a course using
BANNER until the midterm deadline.• If you withdraw, your transcript will show a
grade of W.• A grade of W does not affect your GPA.• It may affect your financial aid by affection
your completion ratio; you must check with the Financial Aid office.
• If you withdraw from a required course, you must repeat it.
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Withdrawal After the Deadline• If you withdraw from a course using
BANNER after the deadline, your transcript will show a grade of WF.
• A grade of WF counts the same as an F in your GPA.
• A grade of WF is very likely to affect your financial aid.
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Petition for Late Withdrawal• You can petition for a late withdrawal up
to the last day of classes. (And no later!)
• If granted, your grade will be a W.
• Late withdrawal is not automatic.• Usually you must present evidence of hardship,
for example, illness or a changed work schedule.
• Your professor must agree.
• In some cases, the department chair and dean must also sign off.
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A Grade of “Incomplete”• These are rare at SPSU because…
You must be doing satisfactory work in a course when…
A non-academic event makes it impossible for you to complete the course.
• You have one semester to complete the remaining work, or your I turns into an F!
• You and your professor should agree in writing what “the remaining work” is.
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Grade Forgiveness• If you repeat a course:• The last grade you earned is used for your GPA• All grades appear on your transcript.
• You must repeat required courses for which you earned an unsatisfactory grade• Below C in major required courses• Below D in other courses.
• Grade forgiveness allows you to improve your GPA, and maybe avoid probation
• Grade forgiveness may not apply to financial aid.
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The Grade Forgiveness Trap• Example: Bob earned a C in CGDD2002.• Bob’s GPA needs help, so he repeats 2002
to earn a higher grade and get that C out of his GPA.
• But, Bob is overconfident and earns a D on the second try.
• Big trouble:• The D is now used instead of C for Bob’s GPA• Bob must repeat 2002 again because it’s a
required course for his major and so needs a grade of C or better!
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“Satisfactory Academic Progress”• To continue to receive financial aid, you
must make satisfactory academic progress• There is a time limit
• There is a completion requirement
• There is a GPA requirement
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The Time Limit• It’s expressed in credit hours, not years.• You must complete your program within
150% of the hours required to graduate• Determine hours to graduate from the catalog
• Multiply by 1.5 (150%)
• Subtract any hours transferred in
• Example:• 128 hours to graduate in Construction
• 50 hours transferred in
• 128 1.5 – 50 = 192 – 50 = 142 hours maximum
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The Completion Requirement• You must complete 66.7% of hours
attempted. In other words, you must pass 2/3 of your classes, credit hours being equal.
• The completion requirement is cumulative. (That’s good after you’ve been here a while, but a couple of F’s early on can put you in jeopardy.)
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The GPA Requirement• Your cumulative GPA must be 2.0 (could be
higher for some types of aid.)
• Your GPA is the number of quality points earned divided by total credit hours attempted.• A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F, WF, or I=0
• Times credit hours for the course.
• Grade forgiveness may not apply
• Example: A, B, and C in three 3-hour courses43 + 33 + 23 = 27 / 9 = 3.0
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Financial Probation or Suspension• Probation:• GPA less than 2.0 but greater than 1.0
• Completion less than 66.7% but greater than 25%
• Suspension:• GPA less than 1.0
• Completion rate less than 25%
• On probation, but still not making SAP
• Computed at the end of each spring term.
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Academic Standing• Dean’s List: 12+ credit hours, 3.5 GPA for
the current term• Dean’s Merit List: Less than 12 hours, 3.5
GPA for the current term.• Good standing: cumulative GPA of 2.0• A cumulative GPA below 2.0 refers student
to Student Status Committee for consideration for probation.
• Students who do not meet probation requirements are suspended.
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Grade Appeals• The only basis for a grade appeal is “clear
evidence that a grade was assigned by some criteria other than an evaluation of academic performance.”
• Grade penalties for academic misconduct are allowed (up to a grade of F for the course)
• You may appeal a misconduct penalty on grounds of innocence.
• All appeals start with the professor.
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So, You’ve Gotten Behind…• Take stock:• Where do you stand now?
• What do you have to do to earn a satisfactory grade?
• Can you do it? (Be honest with yourself!)• By yourself?
• With help?
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Getting Help
Your professors want to help you:
• They are available during office hours and probably at other times.
• They can answer specific questions.
• They usually cannot provide personalized tutoring
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Tutoring• Available for many core subjects in the
ATTIC (it’s in the basement of the Student Center.)
• Available for computing subjects in the CSE main lab.
• Tutoring schedules are posted in both places.
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Helping Yourself• Have you read the assigned material
before class? Every time? (You need to do so.)
• Have you been in class (and engaged with the professor and the class) on time? Every time? (You need to do so.)
• Have you made an honest attempt at every homework problem on time, every time?
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About Grades for This Course• All grades are based on discussion,
assignments and assessments (no exams)
• And, it’s all (or at least mostly) work you should be doing anyway.
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Homework• For each of your classes, based upon
graded work to date, assess your expected final grade.• You will have received emails from me
confirming grades
• I’ll also pester you this semester, but don’t expect that later
• If your expected final grade is less than A, identify three things that could help you improve it.
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Questions