Grading and Narrative Evaluations

Credit is awarded by faculty members through grades or awards of credit/no-credit (CR/NC). Additional assessment can be given through formative and summative feedback including narrative evaluations of course work yet are not an element of the official student grade transcript.

At the undergraduate level, letter grades are awarded by default in most courses. Classes exclusively awarding CR/NC include several credit bearing graduation requirements such as New Student Orientation and the online core course PASS. Students may petition for CR/NC in other classes if done so within the add/drop period for those classes. For undergraduate courses completed at Prescott College, CR equals “C-” or better. Students must maintain a grade point average of "C" or better. Education certification students must maintain a GPA of "B" or above. No milestone course (or transfer course meeting a milestone requirement) will be counted toward graduation requirements unless a minimum grade of "C-" is earned. The CR grade will not be awarded for "D" level work. When a student earns a grade of "F," credit is not applied toward the total 120 credits required for degree completion.

At the graduate level, both letter grades and Credit (CR) can be awarded for most programs. Each graduate program determines the letter grade that will be considered passing. This information can be found below in the “Credit/No Credit Awards” section.

Grade point averages are calculated only when a student has received letter grades for at least 90% of their Prescott College coursework. Where letter grades have been awarded, the College uses the following point values for computing grade point averages: