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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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Senate ?
From: R. Saunders
Chair, SOAP
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Submission of Grades -
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Date: ?
May 18, 1989
Introduction of "NG" Notation
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning gives rise to the
following motion:
MOTION:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors as set forth in S.89 - 25 the
introduction of "NG" Notation."
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MEMORANDUM
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Senate Committee on
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From: W. A.
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Academic Planning ?
Secretary, SCUS
Subject:
Submission of Grades -
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Date: ?
May 10, 1989
Introduction of "NG" Notation
SCUS recommends:
"That SCAP approve and recommend approval to Senate, the
introduction of "NG" Notation."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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From: W. R. Hea1'
Registrar
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Re: Submission of Grades -
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Date: April
25
1989
Introduction of "NG" Notation
From time to time, circumstances arise where it is not possible fo/ the instructor
in a course to submit the grades by the required deadline for grdes processing.
For example, in the current Spring '89 Semester two faculty members became
seriously ill during the examination period. On other occasions, the illness or
death of an immediate family member has resulted in the late submission of
grades.
At the present time, the only avenue open to this Office to handle these
exceptional situations is to assign grades of "DE" (Deferred grade) to all students
in the course(s) or group(s) taught by that instructor. This action may have
serious implications for those students since the regulations on deferred grades
require that they be considered as "F" grades in the calculation of the Semester
and Cumulative GPA's, and students may find that they have been placed on
academic probation, required to withdraw, cancelled from classes in the
subsequent semester, and/or excluded from scholarship consideration. These
consequences seem quite unfair for a situation over which the student has no
control.
(6de.. No"
I propose that the University approve a new grade notation
(No—Grade),
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with use of that notation sqbject to the following conditions:
1)
The grade of 4- may be applied only when circumstances beyond the
control of the University make it impossible for grades to be assigned for a
course or some section of a course.
2)
The Dean of the Faculty responsible o the course shall advise the
Registrar, in writing, that the notation of
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is approved for a course or for
a particular group of students in a course The Dean shall also indicate the
probable date by,wich the grades will be submitted.
3)
The notation
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will not be used in the calculation of the Semester and
Cumulative Grade Point Averages.
4)
Students who have been assigned one or more grades of N6 will be
advised that their continuance status has been deferred pending receipt of
the final grades, and if at that time they have failed to meet the
University's standard for continuance, they may be required to withdraw
from the University.
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