Information for Faculty/Staff

Audit

Enter AU if a student fulfills the audit requirements or an F grade if a student did not do so. The F grade will convert to NC.

Credit/No Credit

If the course is set up for Credit/No Credit grading, you may submit grades of CR (credit) or NC (no credit), or you may enter a letter grade. Letter grades will convert to CR or NC in the computer. Receiving CR means earning a letter grade of C- or better.

Cross-Listed Courses

For a cross-listed course, you only need to grade one discipline. The grades submitted in one will show up on the other discipline.

Grade Changes

Faculty may change any submitted grade via norsehub.luther.edu up until the grade deadline. After the grade deadline has passed, faculty should submit the Grade Change form, available at the Registrar’s Office or as a PDF on Norse Hub. Do not send grade changes via email.

Incompletes

An Incomplete grade is meant for students who are doing passing work or better but fail to complete the remaining course requirements due to circumstances beyond their control (e.g., illness). It is NOT meant for giving a failing student an opportunity to redo unsatisfactory work or to allow more time to complete the work when the reasons for the delay have been within the student’s control. In cases where an incomplete is appropriate, the instructor, in conversation with the student, establishes the deadline for completed work to be submitted (typically before the end of the subsequent semester; if the deadline needs to extend beyond that, the instructor should communicate with the Registrar). An instructor may recommend to the registrar an extension of this deadline in cases of special hardship. If no grade is submitted, an Incomplete grade will be replaced by an F at the conclusion of the subsequent semester.

Missing Grades (including Incomplete resolutions)

Faculty are expected to submit grades by the grade deadline through Norse Hub. Any grades submitted after the deadline (including grades that are resolutions of Incompletes) must be submitted via the Missing Grades form link available in Norse Hub.

Senior Honors Project

Students working on a year-long senior honors project are registered for 0 hours of credit in the fall term. This is graded CR/NC. If the student has completed the requirements for the fall semester, you should enter a grade of CR. Students are enrolled for 4 credit hours in the spring term and the letter grade is recorded then.

Registration Dates, Tips, and Policies

Information regarding the upcoming registration period can be found on the Information for Students page.

Closed Courses

If a student wishes to enroll in a course that is closed, the student’s advisor should forward the request, with rationale, to the department/program head of the department/program in which the course is listed. The department/program head, in conversation with the instructor, will decide whether to authorize the request, then contact the Registrar’s office.

Cross-Listed Courses

Please check whether a cross-listed course is “closed” or “open” on Norse Hub. Enrollment information only reflects one of the disciplines under which the course is listed.

Extra-Hours Charges

Extra credit hours are charged for each hour in excess of 36 hours, determined based on the total number of credit hours a student has registered for in the academic year (including the fall, January, and spring terms). Excluded are credit hours for private music lessons, class music lessons, vocal coaching, HES 100 (Wellness), and the first HES 110 skills course. The transfer credits earned in some off-campus study programs are also included in the extra hours calculation. Credit hours for courses dropped without academic record are excluded from this calculation. Please see Financial Services for more information.

Failure to Drop a Course

If a student does not attend class but fails to drop a course in Norse Hub, faculty are to record a grade of “F.”

Transcript evaluation is the responsibility of the Registrar, who consults with faculty as appropriate. Courses that may apply toward a major field of study are reviewed by the appropriate academic department head. Transfer students must consult with the head of their intended major department as soon as possible after arriving at Luther College to determine what will be required to complete the major. See the Transferring Credit page for more information.