How are incomplete grades handled?
Beginning with the Fall 2008 semester, when an instructor determines that a student is eligible for an incomplete (‘I’) grade, he or she will also specify a default letter grade (e.g., ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘F’) the student would receive if the student does not complete the remaining coursework within the specified deadline. The instructor then assigns a temporary composite incomplete grade (‘IB’, ‘IC’, ‘ID’, ‘IF’) which will be recorded on the unofficial transcript until the final grade is assigned. Composite incomplete grades are reflected on the official transcript as simply an ‘I’. Incomplete grades that are not changed by the instructor within one year will revert to the default letter grade (e.g., ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘F’) that was determined by the instructor at the time the original composite incomplete grade was posted. Prior to the Fall 2008 semester, incomplete (‘I’) grades that were not changed within one year after the date the original ‘I’ grade was granted remained as permanent ‘I’ g
