AYSPS adopts plus and minus grading for three year trial period
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Plus (+) and Minus (-) Grading

Starting in the fall semester of 2006, all Andrew Young School instructors will award grades on a plus (+) and minus (-) scale. This policy will be in place until the faculty changes the policy, or for the three-year duration of the BOR decision, whichever comes first. The trial period will begin Fall 2006 and end in Summer 2009.

This applies to both undergraduate and graduate courses. Academic standards that require a grade of a "B" or a "C" will continue requiring the same. A "B-" or "C-" will not fulfill the requirement.

For the purposes of awarding HOPE, all plus and minus grades will be stripped from GPA calculations. For example, if a student has all B- grades at a HOPE audit and a Georgia State GPA of 2.70, that student will still maintain HOPE with a HOPE GPA of 3.0. Students will have two GPA’s, one for HOPE that strips all plus and minus from the grades and the other for transcripts and all other matters of academic standing.

The following grades and quality points (used to calculate your GPA) will be possible: