Columbia's grading system is listed below. Grades reflect the instructor's evaluation of a student's achievement, improvement, effort, and motivation within the framework of this system.
Grade | Description | Grade Points Awarded
A | Excellent | 4.0
A- | 3.7
B+ | 3.3
B | Above Average | 3.0
B- | 2.7
C+ | 2.3
C | Average | 2.0
C- | 1.7
D | Below Average | 1.0
F | Failure | 0.0
P | Pass | 0.0
I | Incomplete | 0.0
W | Withdrawal | 0.0
The P (Pass) grade does not affect the grade point average (GPA). The pass/fail option must be declared before the end of the fourth week of class (or, in the summer semester, by the end of the first week of class) by completing a form obtained in the Records office. The instructor's approval is required. Once this form is submitted, the decision cannot be reversed. The I (incomplete) grade is issued when a student makes definite arrangements with the instructor to complete course work outside class before the next consecutive semester has ended. Grades of I automatically convert to F grades if course work is not satisfactorily completed by the end of the semester following the semester in which the grade of I was assigned. For this purpose, the summer semester is considered a regular semester. If medical excuses are part of the student's documentation for requesting an I grade, these must be submitted during the semester in which the incomplete is requested. A student may not complete the work for a course in which an I grade was received by enrolling in the same class in the next semester.