Two grading systems are used at the college

1.	Letter grades (H, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, D, F, Incomplete, W) are given in courses offered in: Critical Studies, above the first year Art Education Environmental Design Communication Design

2.	Honors/ Pass/ No Credit/ Incomplete/ W grades are given in courses offered in: First year courses Media and Performing Arts Fine Arts 2D Fine Arts 3D

Please see the Professional and Continuing Education website for the grading policy for graduate students.

Grades are defined as follows:

A	Exceptional work in all respects.
B	Above average work, distinguished in certain but not all respects.
C	Average.
D	Below average work. This is the lowest passing grade; individual departments may set standards for the application of "D" grades toward progress in the major.
F	Failing work. No credit is given.
H	Work that shows the highest distinction, well above the expectations for course credit.
Pass	Work meeting all expectations for successful completion of the course.
NC	No Credit. Work that does not meet the expectations of the course
Inc.	Incomplete. A temporary designation indicating that at least 80% of the course requirements have been met and that the remaining course requirements are expected to be completed, and a permanent designation issued by the subsequent mid-semester. The student is responsible for having an Individual Grade Sheet completed by the appropriate Faculty member and filed with the Registrar. If the student does not complete the course work, a non-passing grade will be issued after the midpoint of the following semester.
W	Withdrawn from the course. No credit earned.

If you receive a failing grade in a required course, you must take the course again and pass it. This rule does not apply to a student who changed major and who did not pass requirements for a previous concentration.

Change of Grade

A faculty member may change any grade until the end of the following semester. In exceptional situations, faculty (or the department chair in the absence of the faculty) may extend the period for completing requirements for an incomplete grade beyond the deadline.

Changes of grades, other than INC, are permitted after semester end only with the signatures of the faculty, the department chair, and the Director of Advising. In the absence of the faculty, the chair and the Vice President of Academic Affairs may sign the form.

Faculty must use an Individual Grade Sheet to change an incomplete grade to a final grade. For all other grade changes, A Change of Grade form is required.

Student Evaluation

Students may request course evaluations for any course taken at Massachusetts College of Art + Design. The student must provide the faculty member with the evaluation form before the end of the Add/Drop period of the semester in which the class is taken. The faculty member submits Student Evaluation forms to the Registrar's Office with the grade sheets for the semester. Information the student provides on the Student Evaluation form is not added to his or her transcript; however, the evaluation form is kept in the student's permanent file and copies of all Student Evaluations are sent with all official transcript requests. The Student Evaluation is intended to provide a description of the student's achievement in the course. It addresses the student's attendance, class participation, motivation, the work produced, and the student's progress and technical expertise in the subject area. Letter grade equivalents are not given for pass/no credit courses.

Review Board Evaluations

Beginning in the sophomore year in some departments and the junior year in others, a student's work is reviewed each semester by a board of faculty and visiting critics that the students and their instructors select. Review boards provide objective professional analysis of a student's evolving body of work and bring a fresh point of view to the continuing evaluation of students by their faculty. Review boards are one of the key elements of education at the college because they enhance the student's understanding of what he or she is creating. Perhaps more importantly, review boards offer the experience of having one's work evaluated by faculty and outside professionals. For some concentrations the recommendations of review boards may weigh more heavily than course grades in the standing of their students.