Incomplete grades can be granted only when exceptional circumstances prevent a student from completing a course within the usual time limits. To receive an incomplete, you must complete the Request for Incomplete Grade form. The form represents a contract between the student and the professor and specifies the reason for granting an incomplete and the conditions and time limit for removing it. All requests for an incomplete must be submitted prior to the completion of the semester. An incomplete is calculated immediately as an “F” in the GPA.

You must keep in mind that the granting of an incomplete is a special favor awarded by a professor, and evaluating work submitted to satisfy an incomplete often conflicts with the professor’s obligations to his or her subsequent students, which, of course, must take precedence. Thus, you should not expect work submitted in completion of an incomplete to be graded with the same promptness as work submitted on time in regularly scheduled classes.