Student Evaluation and Grades Classroom instructors grade students on their course work and submit evaluations on the caliber of each student’s work. The purpose of grading is evaluative, as well as to provide a learning tool for students, i.e., to provide feedback on progress, strengths and weaknesses, and issues that need to be addressed. Cumulative grade point average is based on full letter grades, not plus or minus grades. Only letter grades are recorded in the students’ transcript. Instructors are required to submit full letter grades (not pluses or minuses) within two weeks after classes end. Grading Standards Grades are assigned according to the following standard: A Superior work 4.0 value B Satisfactory work 3.0 value C Marginal work 2.0 value F Failure 0.0 value P Pass 0.0 value, only to be assigned in Case Conference, Clinical and Research Practicum and Transfer Credits IP In Progress Credit Deferred, Clinical and Research Practicum Only AU Audit* 0.0 value I Incomplete 0.0 value, awaiting grade Incompletes: An incomplete can be granted only in cases of significant personal emergency and when the student has been in touch with the instructor in advance of the due date for the required work. Any incompletes must be resolved by the last day of the following semester (fall, spring, summer). If the work has not been completed by this date, the incomplete grade will convert to a failing grade. It is always the student’s responsibility to initiate the process for an incomplete. It is also the responsibility of the student to turn in the completed work by the following semester’s end. Late Assignments: A late assignment is one that is submitted after the deadline but before grades are submitted. Approval for turning assignments in late is determined by individual instructors. Assignment of Credit Policy In the Master’s Program, the standard course extends over a fifteen‐week period including final examinations week. Master’s courses carry one credit for every fifteen class hours (encompassing both synchronous and asynchronous class time.) For every one‐hour of class students are expected to do a minimum of two hours of work outside instructional time for each credit hour awarded. Courses in the PhD Program (onsite and distance) carry one credit for every eight class hours. One credit hour is equivalent to eight hours spent in class and a minimum of two hours work outside instructional for each credit hour awarded. Credit is earned if a student receives an A through C, or P grade. Please note that a grade of F, I, IP, or Audit does not earn credit.
Transfer Credit Policy ICSW accepts, on an individual basis, transfer of credits from other accredited Master’s or Doctoral Programs for courses which are equivalent to courses in the curriculum of ICSW’s Master’s or Doctoral Program pending evaluation of, and approval by, the Academic Dean. Courses from non‐accredited programs, including analytic institutes, may be considered for transfer credit with approval of the Academic 22