We issue letter grades (A-F) in IDM. Students should receive a grade that accurately reflects their performance in class.

Make a rubric that details your grading procedure. It will be very useful at the end of the semester when tallying final grades.

Grades are wildly imperfect ways of giving feedback to students on how well they have mastered the course material. In addition to a letter grade, we encourage all instructors to regularly keep students abreast of their progress, and identify ways in which they can improve their understanding of class materials.

All final grades are due to the Office of the Registrar 72 hours after the scheduled final exam date.

Undergraduate students receive midterm grades – these are not factored into GPA or the overall course grade, but are meant to give students a barometer of where they stand in the course. Graduate students do not receive midterm grades.

Albert is the system for adding grades. The university provides walkthroughs on how to enter midterm and final grades. if you are tracking grades in Brightspace, you may pull grades directly into Albert.

Incomplete

Faculty may not enter a grade of incomplete without prior approval from the Office of Student Advocacy.

It is incumbent on a student to contact the student advocate and describe their circumstance requesting an incomplete. If this is granted, the advocate will reach out to the faculty member.

The grade of Incomplete/I is used sparingly and only permitted if a student cannot complete coursework due to a dire, unforeseen reason — that is, a critical emergency. Students who have planned poorly or overloaded themselves are not eligible for an Incomplete – it is not to be used as a general purpose extension.

If an I is granted, the instructor and student must develop a detailed plan for completion which includes a specific end date. Ordinarily, this date should not extend beyond the intersession. An Incomplete lapses into an F if the student fails to complete the work within the specified completion time line, or at most by 180 days after the end of the semester.

What to do if a student appeals a final grade

Final grades may be appealed only under the following circumstances:

• If there has been an error on the instructor’s part in calculating or recording a grade; or
• If the student believes that the instructor graded unfairly due to personal prejudice. The instructor’s judgment of the quality of a student’s submitted work may not be appealed.

If a student believes they have received an inappropriate grade based on the criteria above, they may appeal in writing to the instructor for a grade change. The deadline for appealing a grade to the course instructor is the add/drop deadline of the semester following the semester in which the grade was given. The instructor will consider the appeal and respond to the student in writing, stating their reasons for their decision and copying the department chair. If the instructor agrees with the appeal and decides to change the original grade, they must submit a grade change in Albert. The grade change will need to be approved online by the department chair and the Vice Dean for Academics.

A student may appeal an instructor’s decision in writing to their department chair, using the same criteria enumerated above.  The chair may not substitute their own judgment of the quality of a student’s work for that of the instructor’s. The chair will review the submitted evidence, consult with the instructor, and render a decision in writing, stating their reasons for their decision and copying both the student and the instructor.

The student or instructor may appeal the chair’s decision in writing to the Student Affairs Committee, a standing committee of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.  The only possible basis of such an appeal are that the department chair did not review the submitted evidence, did not consult with the instructor, did not render a decision in writing, or there is evidence of personal prejudice on the part of the chair. The Committee will review the submitted evidence and render a final, written decision in the matter. There is no appeal of a decision rendered by the Student Affairs Committee.