Grading Options
Auditing | Pass/No Pass (P/N) | Letter Grade | Grades of Incomplete
Auditing
Auditing gives a currently enrolled student (or currently admitted student) the privilege of attending class, but not to receive a grade or credit for the course. All persons wishing to audit a course must be eligible to enroll in classes for the term in which they audit. Courses involving extensive laboratory work are usually not open to auditors.
Application materials for auditing a course are available at Registration and Records, 107 Canfield Administration Building (0416) 472-3635. Audited classes carry no credit and do not count toward full-time status. All audits for a term must be declared by the student and endorsed by the instructor no later than the 6th day of classes. The fee for auditing a course is the same as the regular resident or non-resident tuition for the term and both UPFF and other course fees will apply to the class.
To have an audit recorded on their academic record, the student must request that the instructor of the course submit a Change of Student Record Form to Registration and Records, 107 Canfield Administration Building (0416), 4723681. The instructor indicates the student's name, student number, semester, department, and course number. The instructor also indicates that the course was an audit and that the student attended the course.
Pass/No Pass (P/N)
The "P/N" option is designed to be used by students seeking to expand their intellectual horizons without adversely affecting their grade-point average by allowing courses to be taken in areas where they may have minimum preparation.
- An "N" grade does not contribute to a student's GPA.
- "P" is interpreted as "C" or above.
- The "P/N" or grade registration cannot conflict with a professor's, department's, college's or university's policy governing grading options.
- This change to or from "P/N" requires that the drop/add form be filed wherever the original registration was processed (i.e., the central Registration and Records Office, 107 Canfield Administration Building, or the Extended Education Registration Office, 900 N. 22nd Street) and does not need instructor approval. Check the Academic Calendar for the last day that you can change to or from "P/N".
- After mid-term of the course, students registered for "P/N" cannot change to a grade registration unless the "P/N" registration is in conflict with the professor's, department's, college's or university's policy governing "P/N".
- The "P/N" grading option is not available to students on academic probation unless the course is offered only "P/N".
For undergraduates, the 24-credit-hour and/or college and department limits shall apply. These limits do not include courses offered on a "P/N" basis only.
Note: Colleges vary on Pass/No Pass policies. Students should check with the appropriate academic unit about the college "P/N" restrictions.
Letter Grade
If no specific designation of "Audit" or "P/N" is made, the student will be graded by the regular UNL grading system (A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F).
Grades of Incomplete (I)
The following policy was adopted by the University Faculty Senate:
The grade "I" is to be used by an instructor at the end of a term to designate incomplete work in a course. It should only be used when a student, due to illness, military service, hardship or death in the immediate family, is unable to complete the requirements of the course in the term in which he/she is registered for credit. An "I" should be given only if the student already has substantially completed the major requirements of the course.
For undergraduate courses, the instructor, when assigning an "I" grade, must complete a form (I-form) giving the following information:
- Requirements for completing the course.
- Date course is to be completed, which shall be no more than two years hence.
- Grade to be assigned if the instructor does not submit a Change of Student Record form by the expiration date.
This form shall be signed by the instructor and, except due to extenuating circumstances, the student. One copy of the I-form goes to the instructor, one to the student, one to department files and one is attached to the final grade roster.
For graduate courses, the conditions as stated in UNL's Graduate Bulletin shall apply.
Note: A student should not re-register for an incomplete course during the time frame established by the instructor for removal of an incomplete ("I"). If you re-register for a course in which you are removing an "I" grade, you will be assessed tuition.
- If an instructor leaves the university prior to the date on an I-form for completion, then the chair of the academic department of the course will assume the role of the instructor.
- To remove a grade of "I", the instructor must submit a Grade Change form to the Records Office. An "I" grade cannot be changed to a "W" (withdrawal).
- If the "I" is not removed by the end of the stated time frame, an administrative grade change will be made changing the "I" to the grade listed on the I-form.
