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Boise State University's Grading System
Boise State University uses a 4.0 grading scale. The table below lists the letter grades that instructors use to document their evaluation of your work and to document your academic status in the class. In addition, this table defines the meaning of each letter grade and specifies the number of quality points that correspond to each grade. Quality points are used to determine your grade-point average (GPA). The procedure for calculating your GPA is described below, in "How to Calculate Your Grade-Point Average (GPA)."
| Letter Grades | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter Grade | Meaning | Quality Points per Credit Hour | Used to Calculate GPA? |
| A+ | Distinguished Work | 4 | Yes |
| A | Distinguished Work | 4 | Yes |
| A- | Distinguished Work | 3.7 | Yes |
| B+ | Superior Work | 3.3 | Yes |
| B | Superior Work | 3.0 | Yes |
| B- | Superior Work | 2.7 | Yes |
| C+ | Average Work | 2.3 | Yes |
| C | Average Work | 2.0 | Yes |
| C- | Average Work | 1.7 | Yes |
| D+ | Below-average Work | 1.3 | Yes |
| D | Below-average Work | 1 | Yes |
| D- | Below-average Work | .7 | Yes |
| F | Failure | 0 | Yes |
| P | Pass: satisfactory work equivalent to C or higher; credits earned | 0 | No |
| I | Incomplete (See "Incompletes" in this chapter.) | 0 | No |
| W | Student withdrew from the course | 0 | No |
| AUD | Course was taken under audit status | 0 | No |
| UAU | Unsatisfactory Audit: did not meet requirements set by instructor | 0 | No |
| CW | Student completely withdrew from all classes that semester | 0 | No |