INCOMPLETE.
The grade of Incomplete (I) is given only when the work of a course is not completed for reasons of extensive illness or serious emergency in the final portion of a semester. Only a dean from the Office of Academic Services, in consultation with the instructor, can give permission for an I; no instructor, alone, can give such permission. The request for an Incomplete can be made to the Office of Academic Services by the student, the instructor, or the academic advisor. The grade of I cannot be used merely to extend the semester. (Compare this regulation with Grade, Delayed.)
As soon as the emergency is over, the student should attempt to make up the Incomplete by working directly with the instructor. If the work for the course cannot be completed in this way, the Office of Academic Services will, by appointment, administer examinations and/or receive student papers so that the work can be completed as expeditiously as possible.
If the course is of such a nature that it cannot be completed until the opening of the next semester (for instance, if the work requires laboratory facilities or library materials available only on campus), the student may use the first several weeks of the next semester for completion of his or her incomplete coursework. Within two weeks after receiving the work or by the last day of classes for the semester, the instructor must file a Removal of Incomplete form with the Office of the Registrar and assign a permanent grade for the student’s performance in the course (see GRADE, CORRECTIONS.). If these conditions are not met, the grade will be changed to an F.