Class Attendance
Baruch College is a non-attendance taking institution. All students are expected to attend every session of their courses. A grade of WU will be assigned to students who attended a minimum of one class, stopped attending, but did not officially withdraw and did not take the final examination.
...
It should be noted that there are different GPA requirements to be eligible for financial aid programs (state and federal) and retention within the College. See the financial aid section of this bulletin or the Office of Financial Aid Services for the minimum standards to be eligible for financial aid awards.
Grade point averages are computed by multiplying the credits attempted by the grade point equivalent. The grade point average is then computed by dividing the total grade points (GPs) by the total credits attempted. Below is an example of computing a GPA on a five-course, 16-credit semester program load.
| Course | Grade | Credits |
|---|
| GPE |
|---|
| GPs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTH 2003 | F | 3.0 | x | 0.0 | = | 0.0 |
| CHM 2003 | D | 4.0 | x | 1.0 | = | 4.0 |
| HIS 1001 | B- | 3.0 | x | 2.7 | = | 8.1 |
| COM 1010 | C+ | 3.0 | x | 2.3 | = | 6.9 |
| ENG 2100 | A | 3.0 | x | 4.0 | = | 12.0 |
| TOTALS | Total Credits: 16.0 | |||||
| Total GP: 31.0 | |||
| Total Grade Points | 31.0 | = | 1.9 Grade Point Average (GPA) |
| Total Credits | 16.0 |
Changing a Grade/Extra Credit
...
- A maximum of 16 credits of failing grades (F, FIN, WU) may be excluded from the calculation of the cumulative GPA during an undergraduate’s enrollment in CUNY. Whether students remain at a single college or transfer from one CUNY college to another, no more than 16 credits of failing grades can be replaced in the calculation of the cumulative GPA. Should the 16-credit limit be reached at a college other than Baruch, a student will not be permitted to replace failing credits at Baruch.
- The course(s) used to replace failing grades must have been taken in the fall 1990 semester or later.
- If a course for which a student wants the failing grade to be replaced by a grade of C or better was taken prior to September 1, 1984, the student must receive the approval of the appropriate committee on academic standing.
- For a grade of C or better to replace a grade of F in the calculation of the cumulative GPA, the failing grade cannot have been received at another college. The repetition of the course must take place at Baruch; it may not be taken on permit to another institution.
- A failing grade may not be partially replaced. If a student has replaced 14 credits of failing grades and subsequently receives a grade of C or better in another 3-credit course previously failed, the failing grade cannot be replaced.
- If a student has received more than one failing grade for the same course and subsequently earns a grade of C or better in the course, the failing grades will be excluded from the calculation of the GPA, subject to the 16-credit limit.
- If a student fails a course that was taken on a pass/fail basis and subsequently retakes the course, a grade of C or better must be earned in order for the failing grade to be replaced.
- If the course number or title of a course was changed in the period between the receipt of the failing grade and the repetition of the course but the content remained the same, the failing grade will be replaced if a grade of C or better was received in the repeated course.
- If the content of the course was changed in the period between the receipt of the failing grade and the repetition of the course, or when a student has been allowed to substitute one course for another, the declaration of course equivalency for the purpose of deleting the failing grade from the calculation of the cumulative GPA will be at the discretion of the appropriate committee on academic standing.
- The cumulative GPA calculated on the basis of this policy is policy is to be used for purposes of retention and graduation from the from the College and the admission to and continuance in a major a major or specialization. It will not be used to calculate graduation honorsgraduation honors, the Dean’s List, or departmental honors at graduationat graduation.
- Students may not repeat courses for which credit has already been earned, either at Baruch College or in transfer from another college. Students who register for a course where credit has previously been earned will be dropped from the course or have credit removed from the subsequent attempt. It is the policy of the College’s three schools that students will be allowed to register no more than three times for any single course.
- Students may apply the repeat policy interchangeably between honors and non-honors sections of the same course. The request may be submitted to the Office of the Registrar.
Any student who does not want a repeated course to replace a previously recorded failing grade should notify the Office of the Registrar so that the replacement does not take place. This request may be made at any time after the latest enrollment, but before the latest grade is recorded. Note: Any failing grade(s) already replaced cannot be reversed.
...
· Provide additional information needed to properly certify the enrollment as described in other institutional policies.