Online Courses Incomplete Grades Policy

Faculty members who assign incomplete grades to students in an online course must follow the Washburn University policy for assigning incomplete grades as contained in the most current edition of the University catalog, including:

• A grade of "I" (incomplete) will not be used when a definite grade can be assigned for the course.
• The assignment of an "I" indicates that some part of the work, for good reason, has not been completed, while the rest of the work has been satisfactorily completed.
• The student must have completed three-fourths of the course requirements.
• In the opinion of the instructor, there is expectation that the work will be completed.

In addition to these requirements, instructors and students should note that if incomplete work were not completed in a month, alternative arrangements would need to be made. All courses will be archived one month after the scheduled end of class.

Department Chairs (or deans, as appropriate) are strongly encouraged to approve all incomplete grades assigned by adjunct instructors teaching online courses.

Students enrolling in online courses after the official course start date should be notified in writing that they must complete all required course work by the same deadline as the rest of the students. "Self-paced" courses should not be misunderstood to be indefinite in scope and without deadlines.