Grades and Transcripts

Official transcripts

• Official transcripts are available approximately two weeks following the end of each session and are ordered through the Registrar here.
• Unofficial transcripts can be found in your portal.
• Visiting UC students: transcripts for other UC students attending UCSC for the summer will be sent automatically to your home UC campus. Transcripts are typically mailed the third week of September.

All Summer Session students requiring official verification of enrollment for Summer Session can use the Registrar’s Enrollment Verification Request Form. Please contact the Office of the Registrar for questions regarding enrollment verifications.

Undergraduate grading policy

The summer grading policy is the same as that in effect during the other quarters.

If enrolled in a course for a letter grade, students will receive a grade of A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, D, F, W (Withdraw), or I (Incomplete). If enrolled in a course for Pass/No Pass, students will receive a grade of P (Pass), NP (No Pass), W (Withdraw), or I (Incomplete). Letter grading is the default unless you are a UCSC undergraduate student admitted to a UCSC degree program before fall 2001. You may change your grading option until the appropriate deadlines listed in the Calendar.

If you are uncertain about whether to choose Pass/No Pass grading, consult your college academic preceptor, departmental advisor, or the institution you currently attend. 

Repeating courses

• To determine if you are eligible to repeat a course for credit, please connect with an advisor.

Grade-point average

• Students are subject to different rules for the UCSC GPA depending on the date of first enrollment. To learn more, please connect with an advisor.

Graduate student grading policy

• Refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for information on graduate student grading.

Incomplete grades

• The notation “I” (Incomplete) may be assigned when work for a course is of passing quality but is not complete. You must make arrangements with the instructor to receive an Incomplete. To remove the Incomplete from each course, you must complete the course work and file the Petition for Removal of Incomplete by the last day of the Fall Quarter, unless the instructor specifies an earlier date.
• Incomplete grades lapse to an NP or F at the end of Fall Quarter, depending upon the grading option you have selected for that course.