It is the expectation that students complete all course requirements on time. Students may be penalized for failing to meet course requirements as scheduled in the syllabus. The policy outlined below will be enforced for all courses taught at the Wagner School.
Under certain circumstances, faculty may choose to develop additional requirements beyond those described here; these will be clearly indicated on course syllabi.
Papers, homework assignments, and exams not completed by the due date may result in a diminished grade, the grade of zero, or the grade of F for the specific assignment. Under special circumstances, the temporary grade of IP (Incomplete/Pass) or IF (Incomplete/Fail) may be reported for students who are unable to complete all of the required coursework on time. These circumstances will generally be extraordinary ones, such as an extreme medical emergency. An IP indicates that the student was passing the course at the time of the request. An IF indicates that the student was failing the course at the time of the request.
In order to receive either an IP or an IF, the student should make a request on an Incomplete Request Form (available from the Office of Academic Services) that must be signed by the student and the faculty member teaching the course. The written approval will include the reason for the request, the specific plan for completing requirements, and a due date for all remaining requirements. Students completing late work with the approval of the faculty should allow at least six weeks for faculty to submit grades during the academic year and ten weeks during the summer.
NOTE: Only under extraordinary circumstances will Incompletes be granted to students after the midterm.
Students are expected to complete the course during the next semester in which it is offered. For example, for core courses that are offered every semester, students are expected to complete the course in the following semester. Special allowances will be made for courses that are only offered every other year. In these situations, students may have up to two years to remove an incomplete grade. Likewise, courses in which students ordinarily receive a grade of IP because some of the coursework is expected to be turned in after the classroom sessions are over (e.g., Institutes and the year-long Capstone courses that routinely assign IP’s for the Fall semester) will be treated as special situations. If the agreed upon plan of action requires that the student audit the course, the student must pay a $500 fee.
After one academic year, an IP remaining on a student’s transcript will automatically revert to an N (no grade) and an IF will automatically revert to an F. After this period, students will be required to re-register and pay for the course. Students are allowed one opportunity to repeat a course. If this second attempt is unsuccessful, a student will likely be required to withdraw from the school.
