Note for Physical and Occupational Therapy: A grade of C+ is the minimum required passing grade for courses with the subject codes of OCC1, PHTH, and POTH. A grade of C is the minimum required passing grade for all other courses. For complete details, refer to the Rules and Regulations, available at
mcgill.ca/spot/programs.
Instructors may submit final grades as either letter grades or in percentages, but the official grade in each course, which is displayed on the transcript is the letter grade. Where appropriate, a class average appears on transcripts expressed as the letter grade most representative of the class performance. In such cases, the class average is calculated for courses, where the total number of grades in all its course sections is 25 or more, and the grades have a grade point (e.g. grades of S, U, or P do not have grade points).
Since Fall 2002, the University has only used letter grades on
transcripts and verification forms.
Grades A through C represent satisfactory passes, D a conditional
(non-continuation) pass, and F a failure. Certain courses have been approved
for Pass/Fail (P/F) grading. Students may also designate elective courses to be
graded under the S/U option. See Courses Taken under the
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option.
Policy on Pass/Fail Grading: For a course to be graded P/F, a proposal must be approved by
the Program Director, approved by the Faculty Curriculum Committee,
and approved by the Subcommittee on Courses and Teaching Programs (SCTP).
Courses that are approved to be graded P/F must indicate this in
the course syllabus. Pass/Fail grading applies to all students in a
course section and cannot be selectively added to individual
students.
Grades of Pass are not included in the GPA calculation and as
such are not normally applied to required courses. Grades of F are included in GPA calculations. However, both grades of P and F are included in the count of
completed credits for determining eligibility for scholarships and
awards.
Please refer to the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option for
information on that grading option for students.
You must obtain a grade of C or better in courses that you take to
fulfil program requirements. You may not register in a course unless you have
passed all the prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better, except by
written permission of the appropriate department chair.
Grades
|
Grade Points
|
Numerical Scale of Grades
|
A
|
4.0
|
85 鈥 100%
|
A-
|
3.7
|
80 鈥 84%
|
B+
|
3.3
|
75 鈥 79%
|
B
|
3.0
|
70 鈥 74%
|
B-
|
2.7
|
65 鈥 69%
|
C+
|
2.3
|
60 鈥 64%
|
C
|
2.0
|
55 鈥 59%
|
D
|
1.0
|
50 鈥 54%
|
F (Fail)
|
0
|
0 鈥 49%
|
Note for Engineering: The Faculty of Engineering does not use this numeric scale. See Note for Engineering below.
Note for Law: Faculty of Law does not use this numeric scale.
The University assigns grade points to letter grades according to the above table. Your Academic Standing (e.g., satisfactory, probationary), which is your academic status at the end of each term, is determined by a grade point average (GPA), which is calculated by multiplying the course credit by the grade points and dividing the sum by the total GPA course credits. The GPA result is truncated by two decimal points and not rounded up to the nearest decimal point. For example, a GPA of 3.596 will display on the transcript as 3.59 and is NOT rounded up to 3.60.
GPA course credits are the credits of courses with final grades that are assigned
grade points according to the table above (e.g, a 3-credit course with a final grade of A has 3 GPA course credits, but a 3-credit course with a final grade of P has no GPA course credits because a grade of P does not have a grade point value).

The
term grade point average (TGPA) is the GPA for a given term
calculated using all the applicable courses at the same level in that term. The
cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is the GPA calculated using
your entire record of applicable courses at 大发彩票平台 at the same level; if you
change levels, e.g., from undergraduate to graduate, the CGPA starts again.
This policy took effect in January 2003. Prior to January 2003, if your
degree program had changed鈥攅.g., from B.Sc. to B.A.鈥攖he CGPA calculation restarted again.
For students with academic information prior to Fall 2002, who are registered
in a different program or in a different level post-Fall 2002, the transcript
displays a special message regarding the CGPA restarting.
If you repeat courses, all final grades are included in the GPA calculation.
Therefore, grades of D or F continue to be used in the CGPA calculation even
after you repeat the course or if you take a supplemental examination. Note
that credits are only granted once for a repeated course regardless of the
passing grade.
You must obtain a minimum CGPA of 2.00 to be considered for graduation with a 大发彩票平台 degree.
Note: During the first week of lectures, each instructor will provide you
with a written course outline. This information should include, where
appropriate:
-
whether there will be a
final examination in the course;
-
how term work will affect
the final grade in the course;
-
how term work will be
distributed through the term;
-
whether there will be a
supplemental examination in the course, and if so, whether the supplemental
exam will be worth 100% of the supplemental grade, or whether term work will be
included in the supplemental grade (courses with formal final examinations
must have supplementals);
-
whether students with grades
of D, F, J, or U will have the option of submitting additional work, and, if
so, how the supplemental grade will be calculated with the extra work (applicable only to students in Science and B.A. & Sc.).
Note for Engineering: In the Faculty of Engineering, letter grades are assigned according to the grading scheme adopted by the professor in charge of a particular course. This may not correspond to grades indicated in the 鈥淣umerical Scale of Grades鈥 column in
Grading and Grade Point Averages. A
grade of
D indicates marginal performance which is
acceptable only for Complementary Studies
courses (i.e., Group A
Impact of Technology on
Society; and Group B
Humanities and Social
Sciences, Management Studies and Law), Natural Science
Complementary Courses (for Computer Engineering and Software
Engineering students from CEGEP), and Elective Courses (for
Mechanical Engineering students from CEGEP and for Architecture students). A grade of D is not acceptable for required (core) courses (including Year 0 (Freshman/Foundation Year) math and science courses), technical complementary courses, laboratory complementary courses, or courses in any other category of Engineering programs. Individual departments/schools will decide if
a student with a D in a prerequisite course(s) may take the
subsequent course.
Grades have the following designations: |
A, A- |
Very Good |
B+, B, B- |
Good |
C+, C |
Satisfactory |
D |
Conditional Pass |
F |
Fail |