Grades for all courses taken prior to Fall 2001 appear either as one of 15 letter grades from A+ through F- or as numeric marks from 0 to 100.
Effective Fall 2001, numeric grades on a scale from 0-100 are used by all faculties.
Averages are reported in all faculties as percentages. Average calculation values are used for calculating overall averages for students with letter grades on their records.
The following conversion scale applies for Waterloo courses taken prior to Fall 2001 and Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier) courses with a letter grade.
| Assigned Letter Grades |
Average Calculation Values |
| A+ |
95 |
| A |
89 |
| A- |
83 |
| B+ |
78 |
| B |
75 |
| B- |
72 |
| C+ |
68 |
| C |
65 |
| C- |
62 |
| D+ |
58 |
| D |
55 |
| D- |
52 |
| F+ |
46 |
| F |
38 |
| F- |
32 |
Non-numeric Grades
| Grade |
Description |
Average Calculation Value |
| AEG |
Aegrotat, credit granted due to illness |
not applicable |
| AUD |
Audit only, no credit granted |
not applicable |
| CR |
Credit granted |
not applicable |
| DNW |
Did not write examination, no credit granted |
32 |
| FTC |
Failure to complete course requirements in a course with a grade of INC (incomplete), no credit granted |
32 |
| INC |
Incomplete course work, no credit granted |
not applicable |
| IP |
Course in progress, no grade assigned at this time and no credit granted |
not applicable |
| MM |
Missing mark, no credit granted |
not applicable |
| NCR |
No credit granted, failure recorded |
not applicable |
| NG |
In progress grade |
not applicable |
| NMR |
No mark reported, no credit granted |
32 |
| RPL |
Supplemental grade confirming a failed course has been replaced by a suitable alternative passed course |
not applicable |
| UR |
Grade under review or disciplinary proceedings underway, decision pending, no credit granted.
Note: Where disciplinary penalties are being considered or have been imposed for an academic offense committed in a course, the student may not drop the course in question. The student is responsible for all course material and assignments until the case is resolved. |
not applicable |
| WD |
Withdrew after the drop deadline, no credit granted |
not applicable |
| WF |
Withdrew/Failure, no credit granted |
32 |
Unit Weights and Degree Requirements
Courses are assigned unit weights, which vary from 0.25 to 1.0 credit or more. Most one-term courses have a 0.5 unit weight except for lab courses, which are generally 0.25 unit each.
Course unit weights are used to calculate weighted averages as well as the tuition fees payable for the term. Part-time students especially should be aware of this fact when choosing courses.
Students should read individual Faculty regulations carefully to be sure that degree requirements are understood and met in the manner required.