{"id":77831,"date":"2022-04-25T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=77831"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T20:23:36","slug":"alternate-grade-options-extended-to-include-2022-winter-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/04\/alternate-grade-options-extended-to-include-2022-winter-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate grade options extended to include 2022 Winter Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University Senate has approved the extension of grade option flexibility available to students to include 2022 Winter Term courses.<\/p>\n<p>The grading options allow undergraduate students to choose how grades are presented on transcripts. Students may apply for a maximum of 5.0 credits to be used as credit\/no credit options for Honours, four-year with Major and Pass degree programs. Students enrolled in certificate programs may apply the grade options to a maximum of 1.0 credit.<\/p>\n<p>The grade options are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain the alpha\/numeric grade assigned for the course (i.e., keeping the grade as is, which is the default option). The grade option procedure is optional. Students do not need to take any action if they wish to keep the grades received for full year and\/or Fall Term courses.<\/li>\n<li>Replace the alpha\/numeric grade with a designation of \u2018Credit during Disruption\u2019 (CD) or \u2018No Credit during Disruption\u2019 (ND). The final mark will not appear on the transcript and will not be included in calculations of the student\u2019s academic average.<\/li>\n<li>Replace the alpha\/numeric grade with a \u2018Withdrawal during Disruption\u2019 (WDD) code. Students can withdraw from the course without academic penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s what students need to know about the Winter Term options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of grade options during disruption is limited to 5.0 credits for Honours, four-year with Major, and Pass degrees. The use of grade options during disruption is limited to 1.0 credit for certificate programs. These limits apply to the current Brock degree and include any previous courses where a credit grade options has been used, including CD options exercised for courses in the Fall\/Winter 2021 session.<\/li>\n<li>Students are responsible for reviewing all available information to understand the implications of converting a grade to a Credit during Disruption.<\/li>\n<li>Students choosing the \u2018Withdrawal during Disruption\u2019 option will not receive a refund for the withdrawn course.<\/li>\n<li>Grade options forms can be sent after final Fall Term grades are available.<\/li>\n<li>The deadline for form submission to Records will be Monday, June 6.<\/li>\n<li>The form can only be submitted once, and once submitted, the decision is final and cannot be reversed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please review the student FAQ\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/registrar\/grade-options-during-disruptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on the Office of the Registrar website<\/a>. This page will be updated as more information becomes available about grade options. Students\u00a0are encouraged to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/academic-advising\/find-your-advisor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact an academic advisor with questions about application of grade options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other resources for students\u00a0to support success in this remote learning environment. These include academic and exam supports, resources to support health and well-being, and social supports. Please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/student-life-success\/learning-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A-Z Learning<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/health-wellness-accessibility\/student-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Health Services website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University Senate has approved the extension of grade option flexibility available to students to include 2022 Winter Term courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[4787,8850,11498],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77832,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77831\/revisions\/77832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}