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2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Grading Policies
The APUS grading system is provided in the following chart. Additional information regarding the posting of grades and the petitioning of grades is available in the Student Handbook.
| Grade | Quality Points | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | 4.0 | Very high quality, clearly above average work |
| A- | 3.67 | |
| B+ | 3.33 | |
| B | 3.0 | Above average |
| B- | 2.67 | |
| C+ | 2.33 | |
| C | 2.0 | |
| C- | 1.67 | Below Average |
| D+ | 1.33 | Unsatisfactory |
| D | 1.0 | Unsatisfactory |
| D- | .67 | Unsatisfactory |
| F | 0.0 | Failing |
| P | NONE | Pass |
| I | NONE | Incomplete |
| DP | NONE | Dropped |
| W | NONE | Withdrawn |
| WP | NONE | Withdrawn Passing |
| WF | NONE | Withdrawn Failing |
| X | NONE | Audit grade: No Academic Credit awarded |
| TC | NONE | Transfer Credit |
| PLA | NONE | Credit from review of Prior Learning Experience |
| R | NONE | Course No Longer Counted in APUS GPA as it was Retaken. However, the previous grade would still be counted by a third parties, such as the federal government for Financial Aid eligibility and by the military for calculating a GPA for TA eligibility. |
| S | NONE | Satisfactory: No Academic Credit awarded |
| U | NONE | Unsatisfactory: No Academic Credit awarded |