Guide to transcripts
University of Missouri-Columbia credit is expressed in semester hours.
Grading system effective fall 1997
- A = Outstanding
- B = Superior
- C = Adequate
- D = Marginal
- F = Unacceptable
- W = Withdrew
- WF = Withdrew failing
- S = Satisfactory
- S* = Satisfactory with honors — medicine only
- HN = Honors – medicine only, beginning fall 1997
- LC = Letter of commendation — medicine only, beginning summer 1998
- U = Unsatisfactory
- I = Incomplete
- H = Hearer or auditor
- IP = In progress
- PR = Preregistered
- NR = Not reported
The grade of D is not awarded to graduate students.
Grade point values for grading system
- A = 4.00
- B = 3.00
- C = 2.00
- D = 1.00
- F = 0.00
- WF = 0.00
Plus-minus grading effective fall 1995
A plus (+) sign following a letter grade adds an additional 0.33 grade points per credit hour. A minus (-) sign following a letter grade subtracts 0.33 per credit hour. Plus-minus grade points apply to undergraduate students only.
Plus-minus grading effective fall 1998
A plus (+) sign following a letter grade adds an additional 0.33 grade points per credit hour. However no additional grades points are awarded for an A+. A minus (-) sign following a letter grade subtracts 0.33 per credit hour. Plus-minus grade points apply to undergraduate students only.
Law grading system effective fall 2007
Please note: Since 1987, the University of Missouri-Columbia has used only a numeric grading system. Letter grades are listed as an approximate correlation and are for reference only. There is no definitive numeric grade to letter grade translation.
- A: 92–100
- B: 84–91
- C: 77–83
- D: 70–76
- F: 65–69
Law grades from fall 1987 to summer 2007
(with approximate letter grade correlation)
- A: 90–100
- B: 80–89
- C: 70–79
- D: 60–69
- F: 55–59
Explanation of grading system effective fall 1975
- A = Superior
- B = Above average
- C = Average
- D = Below average — no graduate credit
- F = Failure
- H = Hearer or auditor
- S = Satisfactory — represents A, B, or C grades
- U = Unsatisfactory — represents D or F grades
- DEL or DL = Delayed or incomplete
- Exc or EX = Excused from course
Explanation remarks
- C = Computer and information proficient
- GH = General honors
- M = A course including a substantial amount of mathematics reasoning
- R = Repeated course, grade not figured in CUM GPA (effective fall 2000)
- S = Service learning
- W = A course requiring 5,000 words of writing and revisions
- * = An official change has been made to this record
Note: To receive graduate credit in any course, a student must have enrolled in graduate school or as a post baccalaureate special. All courses taken in graduate school or as a post baccalaureate special are graduate level.
Grade point average
Effective fall semester 1971, term and cumulative GPA reflect only University of Missouri-Columbia course work. The term and cumulative hour totals on the transcript include only those hours used in computing the GPA and do not include credit hours earned on satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis, advanced standing, credit by examination or physical education prior to August 1972.
Transcripts for students enrolling in the fall semester of 1985 and after reflect the UM System cumulative grade point average for all prior course work taken at any of the campuses of the University of Missouri System. Repeated courses, marked R, are excluded from the GPA. In computing the cumulative GPA, the grade points assigned to students' UM transfer courses are assigned as if the course had been taken on campus.
Course numbering system effective fall 2004
0000 to 0999
Skill development courses: courses that do not count toward degree requirements
1000 to 1999
Freshman level courses
2000 to 2999
Sophomore level courses
3000 to 3999
Junior/senior level courses (upper division)
4000 to 4999
Junior/senior level courses (upper division)
5000 to 6999
Professional level courses
7000 to 7999
Beginning graduate courses
8000 to 8999
Mid-level graduate courses
9000 to 9999
Upper-level graduate courses
Course numbering system through summer 2000
1 to 99
Courses primarily for freshmen and sophomores
100 to 199
Courses primarily for undergraduates: no graduate credit
200 to 299
Courses for undergraduates, appropriate professional students and graduate students except for those graduate students whose major is in the department in which the course is offered
300 to 399
Courses for undergraduates, appropriate professional students and graduate students, without restriction to major
400 to 499
Primarily for graduate students and appropriate professional students in special programs. Undergraduates admitted only with the approval of the instructor of the course and the dean of the division in which the course is offered
500 to 599
Law, medicine or veterinary medicine courses