Grades, Standards & Policies

• Grades and Academic Standing
  • Academic Standing
  • Class Standing
  • Grading Scale
  • Grade Point Average
  • Semester Academic Honors
  • Athletics Eligibility
  • Grade Appeal Process
• Course Policies
• Non-Traditional Academic Credit
• Cheating and Plagiarism
• Withdrawal and Dismissal
• Readmission

Semester Academic Hours

Dean's List

Students who complete 12 or more credits, earn a semester GPA of 3.75 or above, with no grade below a "C," are placed on the Dean's List for that semester.

Honors List

Students who complete 12 or more credits and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 to 3.749, with no grade below a "C," are placed on the Honors List for that semester.

Semester academic honors are not granted to students with an incomplete ("I") grade on their transcript that semester.

Sampo Award and Sisu Award

At the end of each spring semester, the faculty selects students for the special honor of membership in the Sampo Society, recognizing the value of lifetime learning, and the Sisu Award, recognizing achievement despite difficult circumstances. Both awards reflect Finlandia's Finnish heritage: the Sampo is a tool from Finnish mythology, and sisu is Finnish for "persistent effort."