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It is important to realize that the term average implicitly measures the ability to manage a full course load. Raising a term average by 1% requires a 1% increase in all courses, or an equivalent accumulated increase in one course.

Notes:

1. Work-term reports are not included in the term average even though they have a credit weighting of 0.13. They are however, included as a failed course if they are graded unsatisfactory.
2. Quest shows the Term GPA as a real number with 3 decimal places. Averages are not rounded, so a minimum of 60.000 is required to pass a term.
3. The Overall GPA is included in the Quest record; however, it is not used in the Faculty of Engineering Promotion Rules.
4. Any grade between 0 and 32 is treated as having a value of 32 when term averages are calculated.

Numeric grades in the Faculty of Engineering are integers from 0 to 100. (Note: some other Faculties use 32 as the lowest possible numeric grade). A passing course grade is from 50 to 100, and a failing course grade is from 0 to 49.

WatPD courses taken during co-op are graded as credit (CR) or no credit (NCR). Read more about PD courses through the Centre for Work-Integrated Learning.

Academic Decisions and the Promotion Rules are presented in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar.

Every attempt has been made during the processing of your course grades to ensure that your course work and exams are correctly graded and entered. However, errors may occur given the large number of grades to process. As a result, every student has the opportunity to verify that their course grades have been correctly calculated and entered.

You may contact your instructors to request your grade break-down. Verify that your course work (assignments, quizzes, labs) and midterm grades were recorded correctly. Verify that the announced grading scheme produces the overall course grade.

Many courses advertise and enforce a deadline for verifying course work and midterm grades.

You have the right to view a copy of your final examination paper under the supervision of your instructor (or a course, department, or faculty representative). Some instructors will insist that you view the exam in person, and others will check it in your absence. You are encouraged to check your exam for grading errors (unmarked questions and incorrect addition). It is important to note that exam grades can go up or down during the verification.

The purpose of grade verification is to address concerns of a gross error in a course grade. It is not intended to be a debate on grading schemes or a forum to get grades based on extenuating circumstances (e.g., "please give me X grades so I can be promoted", or "pass me because I was sick", etc.). Extenuating circumstances must be evaluated by the Faculty of Engineering Examinations and Promotions Committee. Your course instructor is responsible for assigning a grade based on academic merit. Again, it is important to note that course grades can go up or down during the verification.

If following these steps you discover that you have been treated unfairly and have been unable to informally resolve this with the instructor and the First Year Engineering Office, then you may want to consider filing a grievance.

A course grade can be revised up to one year past the official graded date of the term in which the course was taken. Typically grades are revised with one term or four months after the fully-graded date. Please see Changes to Official Grades in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar.

General information on non-numeric grades is presented under Transcript Legend on the Registrar's Office website.

The grade INC stands for incomplete course work, which means that students have permission to extend the work beyond the term. If the work is not completed within six months from the end of the term, a grade of FTC (failure to complete) grade of 32 will be assigned.

The grade DNW stands for "Did not write examination, no credit granted" which means a student did not write the final exam in the course without a verified absence. It is important to note that the Faculty of Engineering does not consider this to be a formal grade, whereas the other Faculties consider it to be a grade of 32. Consequently Quest assigns a value of 32 to DNW grades. The Faculty of Engineering interprets DNW grades as abandoning the degree program, and awards a "Required to Withdraw from Engineering" academic decision. Students who miss the final exam with just cause are referred to the section on exam issues for missed exams.

This means that your term evaluation is incomplete due to one or more grades of INC (incomplete) or UR (under review) and therefore you may not proceed until the specified conditions are satisfied.

You will see your term grades after the end of the final exam period. They appear as instructors submit them, so continue to check if they are not all available. You will see your term decision or academic standing at the official graded date for the term. Please see Important dates for the term of interest.