ACADEMIC STANDARDS & REGULATIONS    GRADING SYSTEM                                         responsibility to arrange with         Logging into the course is not                                                         the instructor for completion of       sufficient to be considered  An alphabetical grading system is used                 unfinished work.                       participation. Participation  at Southeastern Illinois College. The                                                         is an active process and may  meaning of each letter grade is indicated         4.	 If the unfinished work is not           include: posting/sending  below:                                                 completed during the next              assignments to the drop box or                                                         16-week semester and the               instructor’s email, participating  A	Outstanding                                          instructor does not submit a           in online discussion boards,  B	 Very Good                                           semester grade at the end of           taking quizzes or exams, or  C	Satisfactory                                         the 16-week semester, the              otherwise communicating  D	 Passing, but below average                          “I” will become final and              and/or participating in some  E	Failure                                              will remain permanently on             manner that is approved by the  I	Incomplete                                           the student’s record. In the           instructor.  P	Pass                                                 event that the “I” becomes  PR	 Proficiency, credit only, no grade                 “permanent,” a student may        2.	 The WA grade is non-punitive                                                         receive credit for the course          for SIC grade point average          given                                          only by re-enrolling in the            calculations; however, other  AU	Audit                                               course (at full tuition payment)       colleges and universities may  W	 Official withdrawal (no refund)                     and by fulfilling all course           calculate it in a punitive or other                                                         requirements.                          manner upon transfer, which          This option must be exercised                                                         is their prerogative. Students          before the official withdrawal       WA Grade (9001.1)                                should also be aware that WA          deadline, which is two weeks                                                          grades count as attempted hours          before last day of class (one week   A WA grade signifies an unofficial               for the purposes of financial aid          during summer semester)              withdrawal from class and includes               satisfactory academic progress.  WA 	 Administrative withdrawal,              unofficial withdrawals by instructors          including unofficial withdrawals     for lack of attendance or lack of           3.	 Instructors will file a WA drop          by instructors for lack of           participation in an online class. The            form for students who have          attendance                           following conditions apply:                      been assigned the WA grade.  S	Satisfactory                                                                                The WA grade may also be  RC	Recycle                                        1.	 WA grades may be assigned at            issued as a midterm grade                                                         the time students have missed          to indicate nonattendance/  Incomplete Grade (I)                                   the equivalent of one week             nonparticipation. The effective                                                         of class meetings based on             date will be the date of entry  An incomplete grade may be requested                   the instructor’s records OR            into the computer, except when  by a student and may be given by an                    who are excessively absent as          the grade is submitted on a  instructor only if a minimum of 75                     defined by the course syllabus.        midterm grade sheet, in which  percent of all semester class work,                    In such cases where a course           case the date entered will be the  especially where laboratory work                       and/or specific program defines        midterm date of the class.  is involved, has been satisfactorily                   excessive absence in its course  completed in the judgement of the                      syllabus and/or program           4.	 Tuition refunds for students  instructor, whose decision is final.                   handbook more stringently              who have been issued WA  Examples of such missing work include                  than the equivalent of one             grades will be consistent with  a test or final examination, a paper, or               week of class meetings, then           the current tuition refund policy.  a term project that might be completed                 those definitions take priority  without further class attendance. The                  and will be used to determine     5.	 If an instructor should accept  following conditions apply:                            when a WA grade may be                 a student back into class after                                                         issued. A WA grade may be              assigning a WA grade, the       1.	 An “I” may not be assigned at                 assigned to a student in an            instructor must sign an ADD            midterm.                                     online class when the student          form authorizing Enrollment                                                         has not participated in the            Services to re-register the       2.	 In requesting an “I” grade, the               online class for the equivalent        student in the class. The student            student automatically waives                 of one week of the class in a          must submit this form to the            the right to request to receive a            full sixteen-week semester, as         Enrollment Services Office for            “W” grade at a later date.                   indicated by course activity           processing in order to officially                                                         reports. For classes that meet         re-enroll in the class. Students       3.	 Incomplete academic work                      less than the full semester, the       who claim illness as the cause            must be completed during                     non-participation time for a           for excessive absences may be            the first 16-week semester                   WA will be pro-rated based             required to present appropriate            following the initial awarding               on the length of the class.            medical documentation before            of the “I” grade. The student                                                       being re-admitted to class. 21            may NOT re-enroll in the            course during this period            of time. It is the student’s