MCC Daily Tribune

Fall 2020 Semester Alternate Grading Option

This is a reminder that due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, MCC will be offering alternative grading options for students at the end of this semester. On July 16, 2020, Provost Wade posted a Trib announcement indicating that the Faculty Senate endorsed extending the provisional alternative grading options for students for the summer and fall semesters of 2020. Students were alerted to this decision in a summer Trib announcement and we've posted it again in today's student Trib.

MCC students will have the option to receive a traditional letter grade or a designation of Satisfactory/Pass/Unsatisfactory for each course taken this semester. Students can select this alternative grading based on their unique needs and circumstances.

At the end of the semester, instructors will enter earned letter grades (A through F). These grades will be permanently kept by MCC; however, students will have the option of requesting that a Satisfactory/Pass/Unsatisfactory grade be displayed on their transcript, as follows:

• Substitute an "S" for earned grades "A" to "C" indicating students have Satisfactory performance in the course.
• Substitute "P" for earned grades "C-" to "D-" indicating students have Passed the course.
• Substitute a "U" for earned grade of "F" indicating student performance was Unsatisfactory for the course.

While both "S" and "P" signify earned course credit and are excluded from GPA calculations, "S" grades may be more likely to be eligible for transfer to another institution. (This would be a decision by the transfer institution.) "U" grades indicate that a student was unsuccessful in the course; no credit would be awarded, and this grade is also excluded from GPA calculations.

Kelsey Bright
Academic Services
10/21/2020