Grading System
Grades earned in graduate courses at Howard University are based on the following system:

        A = four points per credit hour
        B = three points per credit hour
        C = two points per credit hour
        D = one point per credit hour
        F = zero points per credit hour

A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B ) is required for graduation. At the discretion of a given department, a grade of B or better may be required for one or more particular courses or a sequence of courses. Courses with D and F grades do not earn any credit toward the Master's and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Students in a master's program who earn a grade of C in more than two (2) courses with credits in excess of nine (9) hours will be dropped from the Graduate School. A similar regulation applies to students in a Ph.D. program except that only two (2) grades of C are permitted without regard to the number of credit hours associated with the affected courses

Such courses must be repeated for a passing grade if they are to be counted as credit toward a graduate degree. However, grades of D and F are a permanent part of the record and are used in the calculation of the grade point average. The value of the grade point average is determined for all courses attempted, including courses repeated.