Grade Due Dates

Adopted by the Faculty on May 8, 2018, to be effective beginning at the end of the fall semester of 2018.

Submission of Grades by Faculty

Faculty shall submit grades for all courses to the Registrar’s Office as soon as possible but no later than:

  1. For classes in which an examination is given, final grades will be due to the Registrar 20 calendar days from the day the faculty member receives his/her examinations from the Registrar.
  2. If the class is a seminar with a paper, the grades on the paper must be submitted within 20 calendar days from the due date for the papers or the last day of classes whichever is later.
  3. If the professor requires both a paper and a final examination, the final grades on both are due 20 calendar days from either the paper due date or from the date the examinations are delivered to the faculty member, whichever is later.
  4. Clinic grades, or grades in experiential classes with no exams or papers, are due one business day before the first day of the following semester or summer term.
  5. All final course grades are due on the first business day after the Registrar returns all components of the course grade to the professor. The grades are due in the Registrar’s Office no later than 5:00 p.m.

Late Submission of Grades by Faculty

No exceptions will be made except with the approval of the Dean for good cause shown which is normally construed as circumstances unanticipated and beyond the control of the faculty member. The affected students will be notified of any exceptions permitted by the Dean and the reason why the professor has requested the extension if the Dean concludes that such action is appropriate.

Monetary fines for the submission of late grades without an extension will be $50 per class per day or any portion of a day that grades are late. Faculty, previously submitting late grades, will be fined $100 per day. Payment of fines will be received by the Registrar. The Dean, however, may take into consideration the fact that a faculty member has not submitted grades in compliance with this policy and without obtaining an extension or has not paid fines that have been imposed when determining a faculty member’s eligibility for summer research grants, reimbursement for professional travel, and any requests for course release or sabbaticals.