Grading Procedures

The following grading practices support academic freedom and provide a uniform and fair grading system for students and faculty.

Instructors are empowered to select criteria used to grade the courses they teach, and how those criteria will be weighted. Elements that contribute to grades can be as broad as needed and may include various methods of measuring student learning and achievement. For example: a possible combination of test scores, assignments, evaluation of lab/shop work, attendance, workplace behaviors evaluation, and other elements may be used.

At the beginning of each course students will be provided with a syllabus detailing what will be learned in the course and how outcomes will be measured and graded. Grading information will explain how the various factors will be weighted and how they contribute to the final grade.