关于2020年春季评分的重要更新

Sent: April 4, 2020

From: Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, 城市与区域规划学系教授

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the everyday lives of our community, state, and country. Anxieties are particularly high amongst college students, who are struggling to adjust to life as a “remote learner” while balancing the many realities of their own personal lives - as, for example, having an unstable housing situation, living with elderly parents or grandparents, home schooling young children, serving as first responders, or being single and living alone in isolation during this crisis. While grades and grading are an important part of higher education, they are meant to measure one’s ability to learn, not one’s ability to manage a crisis.

In response to this unprecedented time, the Academic Senate Executive Committee, which is made up of students, faculty, and administrative representation, passed a policy recommendation providing all students with the choice to change their individual course grades from an A,B,C,D,F grading scheme to a Credit (CR)/No Credit (NC) grading scheme for Spring 2020 courses only. President Papazian signed this policy, making it official this week.

学生有两种选择

Option 1

A student can petition the Registrar by May 1, 2020 to change their grading scheme 从一个字母等级到CR/NC. This means that when a letter grade is entered on the grade roster at the end of the semester it will be converted to a Credit (CR) or No Credit (NC) grade and recorded on the transcript as such. A student who elects CR/NC by May 1 cannot revert to a letter grade at a later date.

Option 2

A student can request a Grade Change after the semester has been completed. This means a student can petition the Registrar to convert a posted letter grade to CR/NC due to the special circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic from the time their grade is posted through June 8, 2020. 有了这个选项，重要的是要注意 may be a considerable delay in updating the transcript to reflect the change.

选择选项1的学生

Students interested in taking advantage of the first option must first fill out a 请愿书将于4月7日在 Office of the Registrar site. The form will go directly to the 菠菜网lol正规平台 Office of the Registrar. For Spring 2020, students do not need any faculty approval to change their grading scheme in an individual course. Importantly, students can choose on a course-by-course basis which courses 他们希望转换为CR/NC评分方案.

选择二的学生

For the second option, which becomes available once a grade is officially posted at the end of the semester, students will fill out this form available at the Office of the Registrar site. Not all grades are posted on the same day, but the first posting date is May 二十三名，其他职系一般在六月二日前投寄. Please check your My菠菜网lol正规平台 site for your grades before making a Grade Change request.

For some students, it is important to understand that a CR/NC option can impact their long-term financial aid. 请在提交请求前查看常见问题解答. Of course, connecting to an advisor is critical throughout this process. If you have questions, or if you are unclear as to what impact CR/NC may have on future semesters, please reach out early to your academic staff or faculty advisor. Please be mindful that these folks will have to answer many questions during this period of time, so please be patient. 每个学生都很重要，我们想帮助每个人.

Sincerely,
Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr.