Changes in Grades

Once a grade has been reported to the Registrar it can be changed only upon the instructor's written request to either the Office of Academic Programs (for an undergraduate) or the Dean of the Graduate School (for a graduate student), c/o The Registrar, 20 Garden Street (617-495-1545). The written request should include an explanation for the grade change. If a grade change is requested because of a clerical error or misunderstanding of Faculty rules concerning the grading structure, the appropriate dean will ordinarily authorize the Registrar to change the grade. In the case of a grade change due to judgmental error, the instructor is expected to review the work of other students in the course or relevant section(s) to determine that grade equity would be maintained if the grade change were approved. When late work is the basis of a grade change request, it is essential that the work have been received by the deadline set by the Faculty: the end of the Examination Period for undergraduates or the end of the next regular term for graduate students. Before authorizing any grade change, the appropriate dean must be satisfied that all students in the course have been treated equitably. Grade Change forms are available under the Faculty section of the Registrar's website.

Although the grades of degree candidates are reported before those of other students, these grades are considered final and are subject to the same regulations for changes.