Grading System

Course standings in the graduate programs will be reported as follows:

To maintain registration as a graduate student, a student must achieve and maintain satisfactory academic standing at all times. A student whose academic performance does not meet the minimum standing will be required to withdraw from the program.

An incomplete grade may, at the discretion of the instructor and in consultation with the student, be assigned to a course when the instructor believes that the student has not yet completed all the requirements of the course for a valid reason. In such cases, when a percentage grade would normally be assigned to the course, the instructor must also assign a numeric grade for work completed to the point of submission, unless stipulated in the course syllabus that a student will be deemed to have failed the course if a particular component had not been completed, in which case the student would be assigned a failing grade expressed as a portion of the entire course mark. Incomplete grades will not be included in the calculation of the student’s average.

The instructor is obliged to set the due date for the additional work in order to permit submission of the revised grade to the Registrar’s Office by the dates listed below: 

 The information contained in the chart directly above can also be accessed in the link here under V Standing section f).

To clear an incomplete grade, the student must complete the outstanding work and a Change of Grade form from the instructor must be received in the Registrar’s Office by the appropriate date (above). Grades that are not cleared by the appropriate date will be converted to the numeric grade assigned (students who have not successfully completed the required component needed to pass the course will receive the failing grade) and at that point will be included in the student’s average. Pass/Fail courses with a grade of INC will be converted to F.

Minimum Satisfactory Academic Standing

Graduate students must maintain at least a B overall average in their courses with no more than one full course equivalent graded C. A mark of less than 60% in a graduate course constitutes failure. A graduate student with a mark of 50 - 59% in a graduate course may repeat the course. No more than one full course equivalent may be repeated. If, after exercising this avenue for improving course marks, a student is still unable to achieve the minimum B overall average, the student will not be permitted to continue in the program.

Course marks below 50% are unacceptable in a graduate program. A graduate student with such a mark will not be permitted to continue in the program. Courses with a mark below 50% may not be repeated. 

A graduate student who does not complete the required courses, portfolio, or thesis within one of the prescribed periods of study and does not receive an approved time extension is considered to have failed the program and must withdraw.

Reappraisal

Please refer to the University Regulations, VI Reappraisal in the Calendar for information.

Academic Dishonesty

The Faculty of Education, in accordance with University regulations, maintains a strict policy regarding academic dishonesty. Rules and penalties for infractions are outlined in the “Code of Student Behaviour and Disciplinary Procedures,” which is available from the Office of the Registrar.