Incomplete Grades
All incomplete (I) grades, except those for thesis and research courses, carry an alternate grade indication. "I" with an alternate grade indicates that the work, otherwise satisfactory, was unfinished when the grade was reported but that it can be completed by the end of the last day of the next semester in which the student is enrolled. This grade may be given to those students who, upon petitioning the instructor, have provided acceptable justification for some portion of the course requirement being incomplete at the time that final grade reports are due. Normally, this will involve such things as term papers, examinations, and notebooks, but it may also include completion of contracted periods of service that may not correspond to the grading period. The alternate grade will stand if the incomplete grade is not removed.

If in very exceptional circumstances the instructor cannot submit an alternate grade for a student, the Dean of the Graduate School may allow an "I" to be submitted with an explanation on the grade sheet.