Grades and Transcripts
Grades
All Open Campus courses are graded. Open Campus students are subject to the same grading policies applied to UC Davis students. Grade reports are mailed to the student four to six weeks after the end of the quarter. Open Campus grades are collected by and maintained at UC Davis Extension and can be transferred to UC Davis or other insitutions by official transcript.
Students wishing to take a course as Pass/No Pass (or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) or noncredit (NC) rather than for a letter grade must submit a petition by the appropriate deadline noted in the Enrollment Schedule. Petitions for Pass/No Pass grade or noncredit (NC) are available at UC Davis Extension, or you can send a written request by mail or fax. Under the UC Davis Pass/No Pass grade policy, undergraduate students are assigned a "P" grade for course work receiving a "C-" or better, while graduate students are assigned an "S" grade for graduate level course work receving a "B-" or better or undergraduate level course work receiving a "C-" or better.
If you plan to transfer credit earned on a Pass/No Pass basis, you should verify the acceptability of Pass/No Pass grading with the institution to which you plan to transfer credit.
For those taking Open Campus classes toward an undergraduate degree at UC Davis, please keep in mind UC Davis requirments that all courses taken to fulfill the General Education (GE) requirements must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, you must satisfy the university Entry Levl Writing Requirement (ELWR) before you take any writing expereience course for General Education credit. For additional information on the ELWR and GE requirements, see the UC Davis General Catalog.
An "I" or "Incomplete" grade may be assigned in an Open Campus course by an instructor when a student's work is of passing quality for a significant portion of the class requirements, but is incomplete for a good cause as determined by the instructor. At the time of the "I" grade assignment, UC Davis Extension will send a letter advising the student how to replace the "I" grade upon completion of the course work identified by the instructor. An "I" grade must be replaced by a valid grade (letter, P or S grade) before the end of the third succeeding quarter (excluding summer sessions) in which you were enrolled in courses at UC Davis (as a regularly enrolled UC Davis or Open Campus student). "I" grades not resolved by that time will revert to a failing grade. Please see the UC Davis General Catalog for more information on grading policies that apply to Open Campus students.
Transcripts
To request an official transcript of your Open Campus courses (for another institution, including UC Davis, or for personal use) complete a transcript request form and submit it to UC Davis Extension by mail, fax or in person. Transcripts are $6 per copy (five to seven business days processing time) or $13 per copy (one business day processing time). Your academic record at UC Davis Extension is separate from any record you may have at UC Davis. Your Open Campus course credit may be added to your UC Davis record upon admission or readmission based on submission of an offical UC Davis Extension transcript. UC Davis will compute grade points for Open Campus courses that are accepted for a degree upon admission or readmission.
For further transcript information or to obtain a transcript order form, email extension@ucdavis.edu or call us at (530) 757-8877. Download a transcript order form here.
