Only
the grades of A or B are normally taken as indications that
a graduate student has done satisfactory work in the courses
in which they are received. Under current Graduate School regulations,
A designates above average work; B, average work; C, passing
but below average graduate work; D and F, failing graduate work.
The
grade I is used to indicate work of passing quality in a course
some part of which is, for good reason, unfinished. It is given
only by advance arrangement between instructor and student.
The Department discourages the assiging of the grade I except
in emergency situations. Unfinished work must be made up and
a final grade assigned by the following August 15. Instructors
of graduate courses will complete a Departmental card for each
I assigned indicating the nature of the work to be completed
and the final grade to be assigned should the work not be completed
by the following August 15.
In
the Graduate School grading system defined above, at least a
B average is required on course work counted toward the master's
degree. Course work counted toward a doctorate, including that
for a master's degree if obtained at the University of Kansas,
should average better than a B. For the purpose of computing
the graduate average, only work performed at the University
of Kansas which has been accepted for graduate credit is used.
Upon
falling below a cumulative graduate grade point average of B,
computed in the manner described above, the student is placed
on probation. At the end of the next semester of enrollment,
the student's overall graduate average must be raised to B (in
which case the student is returned to regular status), or a
Departmental recommendation will be required for the student
to continue in graduate study.
If
admitted on probation, a student's overall graduate average
during the first semester of enrollment must be at least B (in
which case the student is considered to have achieved regular
status), or a Departmental recommendation will be required for
the student to continue in graduate study. If admitted as a
provisional graduate student, the Department will review the
student's performance after the first semester of graduate study
and make an appropriate recommendation.
