02-040 Incomplete Grades Policy
Last Update: July 1, 2025
Approved: July 1, 2025 by President Zvi Szafran
Policy Contact: Provost/VP Academic Affairs
Supersedes:
I. SCOPE
SUNY Canton Students
II. POLICY STATEMENT
III. POLICY
An incomplete grade may be assigned by a faculty member in cases when, for valid reasons (illness, accident, etc.), all of the required work has not been completed but is otherwise satisfactory. (Unexcused absence from the final exam and/or failure to turn in a final project or paper are not extenuating circumstances.) Except in unusual cases, the delinquent work should not exceed 10-20 percent of the total required work. An Incomplete Grade Contract must be completed in full, including all signatures, prior to receiving a grade of (“I”) Incomplete.
Responsibility for making up incomplete work lies with the student. Incomplete work must be made up by the due date posted on the academic calendar of the subsequent regular-term semester. Alternate arrangements (shorter or longer time frame) can be implemented if agreed upon by the instructor and student and approved by the School Dean. If the work is not completed according to the agreed-upon plan, the incomplete grade will be recorded as “F” on the student’s record. Access to the course content via the Learning Management System (Brightspace) is available as long as the course remains in Incomplete status, but is terminated once a final grade is assigned in the course.
IV. DEFINITIONS
V. OTHER RELATED INFORMATION
VI. PROCEDURES
VII. FORMS
VIII. AUTHORITY
IX. HISTORY
X. APPENDICES
XII. FREQUENCY OF REVIEW AND UPDATE
Policies will have a normal review period of every five (5) years unless required otherwise.