Policy No. 60
Academic Policies and Procedures for the Undergraduate Program
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Grading System

Date Effective
September 1, 1986
Date Reviewed / Revised
November 2025
Program Level
Undergraduate

POLICY:

  1. Grades for courses will be reported according to the following scale (see Pitt Grading System). When the grading system for courses outside the School of Nursing is different than the following, the student should consult the student's advisor in the School of Nursing.
GradeQuality PointsLevel of Attainment
A+4.00 
A4.00Superior
A-3.75 
B+3.25 
B3.00Meritorious
B-2.75 
C+2.25 
C2.00Adequate (minimal attainment for NUR courses and specified sciences in Policy 153)
C-1.75 
D+1.25 
D1.00Minimal
D-0.75 
F0.00Failure
  1. The minimum passing grade for individual required nursing courses is C (see Policy 153).
  2. The following grades carry no quality points:
    G – Unfinished class work (ongoing) work unfinished because of extenuating personal circumstances.
    H – Honors (exceptional) completion of course requirement 
    I – Incomplete research, work in individual guidance courses, clinical work or seminar (See Policy 312)
    N – Audit, non-credit
    NG – Unfinished class work (time to complete expired) work unfinished because of extenuating personal circumstances
    R – Resignation from University
    S – Satisfactory completion of course requirement
    U – Unsatisfactory completion of course requirement
    W – Withdrawal from course (without grade affecting the student’s scholastic average)
  3. For courses incorporating a clinical component, satisfactory clinical performance is required to successfully pass the course.

PROCEDURE:

The following grading point scale is used for all undergraduate courses with the prefix NUR:

GradePercentage
A+97 to 100
A94 to 96
A-90 to 93
B+87 to 89
B84 to 86
B-80 to 83
C+77 to 79
C74 to 76
C-70 to 73
D+67 to 69
D64 to 66
D-60 to 63
Fless than 60

Clinical performance will be reflected in the final course grade as either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.