An instructor may issue an incomplete grade (I) if:
1) the student is passing the course;
2) the incomplete work can be completed without further class
attendance; and
3) the course work is unfinished because of personal illness, death in
the family, an accident, or other unavoidable circumstances directly
related to the completion of an assigned class project. the instructor
must be notified by the student as soon as the unanticipated circumstance
develops.
An incomplete grade must be removed by the instructor assigning a final
grade within 8 weeks of the start of the next semester (summer session
excluded).
RATIONALE
The above motion clarifies the policy on the issuance of incomplete grades
and resolves all the problems addressed by the Registrar in his February
16, 1994 memorandum in the following manners:
1. After the 8-week time period (or extension) has expired, the
Registrar will ask the instructor to assign a grade to close out the
record.
2. If the student does not enroll in the University during the
following semester, the instructor will still be asked to assign a grade
to close out the incomplete and the student will ahve to re-register for
the course when s/he returns if s/he wishes to change the recorded
grade.
3. If the student cannot complete the work within the 8-week time
period, the instructor may request a reasonable time extension for the
student to complete the work; or the instructor may choose to simply
assign a grade based on the work which has been completed.