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Incompletes

The last day to drop a course or file for an Incomplete is the last day of regularly scheduled classes in a given semester.  The authority to grant an Incomplete rests with the course instructor, who may simply enter a notation of Incomplete when submitting a student's final grade.  In most cases, course instructors are strongly encouraged to require students receiving incompletes to obtain a Request for Grade of Incomplete form (available in the Registrar's Office).  By filling out this form, the instructor and student agree together on when the work will be completed.

An Incomplete grade from Semester I that is made up before mid-semester in the spring will improve the student's academic status (e.g. from Warning to Good Standing), as will an Incomplete from Semester II completed by the first day of classes for the next fall semester.  Incompletes made up after that time still count as completed courses, but they do not change the student's academic status.

In those cases where a student on Warning hands in work due on an Incomplete before mid-semester (for Semester I classes), or the first day of classes (for Semester II classes), but the faculty member does not submit a grade until after the set deadline, the academic standing may be changed by the Chair of the Committee on Academic Standing provided that the faculty member testifies that the work was completed and received by the deadline.  Permission for credit to be awarded for Incompletes finished after the one-year deadline must be approved by the Committee on Academic Standing.

Students and faculty members should be aware that one-semester thesis courses taken in the first semester of senior year, if not completed by the end of the semester, result in a transcript grade of "I".  Also, transcripts by the Registrar at the end of the seventh semester bear such Incompletes.  If this presents a problem with post-graduation plans, students are strongly encouraged to register for single-semester thesis courses in the semester they will complete the thesis work.