Grade Scale Information

Use the Grade Scale Information section of the page to enter and maintain the detail information for the grade scale.

In Grade Scale Percentage Definition section, if a score does not fall into the defined grade scale percentage range, then in Banner Faculty and Advisor Self-Service, the assigned grade will be the default grade selected in the Default Grade Code field. For example, if a student has scored 45 percent, which does not fall into the following grade scale percentage range, then the default grade code of B defined in Default Grade Code field will be assigned in Banner Faculty and Advisor Self-Service.

Low	High	Grade	Description
70.00	100	A	(70% and above = grade A)
60.00	69.99	B	(60.00 – 69.99 = grade B)

Note: If no grade is selected in Default Grade Code field, then the grade will be blank for a score.

The term, CRN, subject, course, section, campus, college, department, division, and level data items are used to define the characteristics that will be examined to determine if this grade scale is valid for a particular course or CRN and to customize a grade scale to a selected grouping of courses.

Here are some examples of combinations of entered values.

Values Entered in Page	Campus	College	Division	Department
Term, CRN	D	D	D	D
Term, Subject	E	E	E	E
Subject	E	E	E	E
Term, Subject, Course	E	D	D	D
Subject, Course	E	E	E	E
Campus *	-----	E	E	E
College *	E	-----	E	E
Division *	E	E	-----	E
Department *	E	E	E	-----
D = Defaulted E = Enterable * = Can be entered in association with a term

The following fields are in this section.

Fields	Descriptions
Grade Scale	Grade scale code to be entered. Codes can be up to ten characters.
Grade Scale Description	Description of grade scale code entered. Description can be up to thirty characters.
Pass Percentage	Percentage the student must attain to receive a passing grade for the components. When a new record is inserted, the default pass percentage value is 50.00.
Associated with Grade Component	Check box used to indicate whether the grade scale has been assigned to a CRN in SHAGCOM. When checked, you will not be permitted to change or delete this grade scale. To make a change, you must change the grade scale of all CRNs to which it has been allocated. When all associations to the CRNs have been broken, the grade scale can then be updated or deleted.
Term	Code and description of the term for the grade scale.
CRN	Course reference number used for the grade scale.
Subject	Code and description of the subject associated with the grade scale.
Course	Number and name of the course associated with the grade scale.
Section	Number of the section associated with the grade scale.
Campus	Code and description of the campus associated with the grade scale.
College	Code and description of the college associated with the grade scale.
Department	Code and description of the department associated with the grade scale.
Division	Code and description of the division associated with the grade scale.
Level	Code and description of the level associated with the grade scale. Level is filtered down based on the course, subject, and term information entered.
Default Grade Code	Default grade code for the grade scale. This field is not required. If the grade scale is assigned to a component or sub-component which is flagged as must pass (the Must Pass indicator is checked on SHAGCOM), the default grade should be entered. If there are no components or sub-components flagged as must pass, it is not necessary to enter a value in the field. The grade entered will default to the student's record if he/she does not achieve a passing percentage. This grade will also be used if there is a percent range that has not been allocated a letter grade in the Grade Scale Percentage section.