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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Esteemed members of Engineering Faculty, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>The Summer 2021 S2 and T1 Grade Submission Deadline is August 19, 2021 at 11PM. </span></b><span style='color:black;background:white'>This is also the deadline to resolve any outstanding Summer 2020 Incomplete grades.<br>Grading opened at 5AM this morning (Friday, August 13) and will close at 11PM on Friday, August 19. It is very important that we receive all grades by the deadline to minimize impact to students. Late and missing summer grades impact the jobs that run to calculate academic status and move students into good standing, move students from a pre-major to the upper-division major, verify prerequisite completion on rosters, and auto-graduate students. </span><br><br><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>Credit/No Credit Grade Option</span></b><span style='color:black;background:white'><br>Many students have exercised the option to change their grading basis from Letter grade to Credit/No Credit. Student grading basis is displayed in WebGrades and faculty will only be able to assign a grade that is valid for the student's chosen grading basis (i.e. a grade of Credit cannot be awarded for a student who has chosen Letter grade, and a letter grade cannot be awarded for a student who has chosen Cr/NC). </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>For undergraduate students, a grade of Credit is awarded for work equivalent to a course letter grade of C (2.0) or better. No Credit is awarded for work equivalent to a course letter grade of C- (1.7) or less </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>For graduate students, a grade of Credit in graduate level courses is awarded for work equivalent to a course letter grade of B (3.0) or better. No Credit is awarded for work equivalent to a course letter grade of B- (2.7) or less </span><br><br><b>Other Grade Options</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><br></b>You may also wish to remind faculty of the following grade options. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>WU (Withdrawal Unauthorized)</b>: The symbol WU indicates that a student enrolled in a course, did not withdraw from the course, but failed to complete course requirements. It is used when, in the opinion of the instructor, the number of completed assignments or course activities or both were insufficient to make possible a normal evaluation of academic performance. <i>For purposes of grade point average computation, this symbol is equivalent to an F.</i> If the student attended a portion of a course and then, after receiving failing grades, stopped attending without officially withdrawing, a final grade of F not WU should be assigned. WU grades can only be assigned to students who have selected Letter Grade as their grading basis; a grade of NC (No Credit) should be used for students who have selected Credit/No Credit.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><b>I (Incomplete)</b>: The symbol I indicates that a portion of required coursework has not been completed and evaluated in the prescribed time period due to unforeseen, but fully justified, reasons and that there is still a possibility of earning credit. An incomplete can be assigned for students who have chosen either Letter Grade or Credit/No Credit as their grading basis. More information regarding an Incomplete grade can be found on our website: <a href="https://registrar.sdsu.edu/faculty_staff/courses_grades/incomplete_i_agreement" target="_blank">https://registrar.sdsu.edu/faculty_staff/courses_grades/incomplete_i_agreement</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Should you need any assistance with grading, please do not hesitate to contact me or our Academic Records team at <a href="mailto:ESAcademicRecords@sdsu.edu">ESAcademicRecords@sdsu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Yusuf Ozturk, Ph.D. <br>Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor<br>College of Engineering<br>Electrical and Computer Engineering <br>Co-Director, Smart Health Institute<br>San Diego State University <br>5500 Campanile Drive , San Diego, CA 92182-1309<br>Phone : (619) 594-4550 <br>Email: <a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>yozturk@sdsu.edu</span></a> <br>My schedule is available here: <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>