Courses, Units and Grading System
All UC Davis courses are approved under the quarter system. The credit value assigned to a course is not determined by the number of class meetings per week, but by the number of hours of work required both in and out of class. For most courses, it is expected that the average student spends two hours in preparation for each hour of lecture or discussion.
Courses numbered 99 and below are lower division; courses numbered 100 to 199 are upper division.
The result of the student’s work in each course is reported to the Registrar in one of the following grades: A, excellent; B, good; C, fair; D, barely passing; I, incomplete; and F, not passing. The grades of Passing (P) and Not Passing (NP) are also assigned for some undergraduate courses. The grades of Satisfactory (S) and Unsatisfactory (U) are assigned for some graduate courses.
Grade points are assigned each grade as follows:
- A+ = 4.0
- A = 4.0
- A- = 3.7
- B+ = 3.3
- B = 3.0
- B- = 2.7
- C+ = 2.3
- C = 2.0
- C- = 1.7
- D+ = 1.3
- D = 1.0
- D- = 0.7
- F = 0.0
- I = 0.0
- S/U or P/NP = 0.0
All variable-unit 92, 98, 99, 192, 198 and 199 courses are graded passed/not passed only; all 299 and 299D courses are graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.