About the Course Grading System

Dear Colleagues,

On April 3, 2020 the University Senate took the following decisions regarding the grading system for the spring 2020 semester, in which distance education had to be implemented due to the suspension of face-to-face education.

-It will be possible for students to receive either a letter-grade or a Pass/Fail grade in the courses that are currently letter-graded.

-Letter grades in graduate and undergraduate courses may be converted, at the request of the student, into a Pass/Fail grade. Such conversion will be allowed only once for each course.

-Only for undergraduate courses, it may be possible to convert the grading system from letter-grade to Pass/Fail if distance education makes it unfeasible to assess the students’ performance adequately for a letter grade. Such requests should be made by the departments to the board of the relevant Faculty, School, or Institute. The decisions regarding these courses will be taken by the Senate. Students who want to receive a letter grade in courses that are designated as Pass/Fail through this procedure should make requests within the deadlines determined by the Senate. In such cases, students can be awarded a letter grade based on additional assessment (e.g. an exam), to be determined by the faculty member and the department.

The following calendar outlines the dates for the procedures described above.

Best Regards,

Ali İ. Tekcan

Provost