Fall 2024 Grading Memorandum

December 12, 2024

Dear Fall 2024 Faculty,

Grading via Faculty Self-Service will be available for the Fall 2024 semester beginning Sunday, December 15 (12:01am) through Friday, December 27 (11:59pm).

Baruch’s online grading system via CUNYfirst allows you to submit final grades from on- or off-campus. Once you have entered, reviewed, and saved your grade roster, you must then click on submit grades to the Registrar which will prompt the “POST” button; you must click on “POST” for your final grades to be officially submitted. Once you have posted your grades, the students will be able to view them instantaneously via CUNYfirst Student Self-Service.

As you are aware, CUNY’s grading policy states that grades be submitted no later than three (3) business days after the last day of the final examination period. For this term, that means Friday, December 27 (11:59pm).

Starting Saturday, December 28, grades need to be submitted via our revised post-deadline submission policy. You must print or download the CUNYfirst version of your grade roster (Word or Excel versions will not be accepted), record the grades, sign it, and email it from your Baruch email address to GradeRosters@Baruch.cuny.edu. Once your roster has been posted, any request for change(s) to a grade(s) must be initiated via the online Grade Change Application system 24-48 hours after the roster submission date.

Failure to submit and post your grades on time will cause great inconvenience to our students:

Some of your courses are pre-requisites for winter / spring 2025 courses.
Failure to submit and post your grades on time will delay the conferral of a student’s degree for fall 2024.
Rosters not submitted delay the distribution of financial aid packages.
Students depend on their company tuition reimbursement plan to meet their tuition payment obligation to the college.

Claiming Your CUNYfirst Account:
You must claim your CUNYfirst account to submit your grades. Please click on the following links to claim your account, if you have not already done so:
https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/

Claim Your Account instructions

Grading Instructions and Grading Scale/Definitions:

You can assign the grade of WU to undergraduate students on the grade roster provided they did not take the final examination.

WU – A grade of WU is to be assigned to undergraduate students who participated in an academic activity related to the class at least once, stopped participating, did not drop the class or receive approval for an incomplete, did not otherwise officially withdraw from the course, and did not complete enough work for the instructor to be able to calculate an earned grade using the criteria delineated in the course syllabus.

A “WU” grade should never be given in place of an “F” grade. The “F” grade is an earned grade based on poor performance and the student not meeting the learning objectives/outcomes of the course throughout the entire academic term/session.

Should you encounter technical problems while using the CUNYfirst Self-Service system, please contact the Computing and Technology Help Desk at HelpDesk@Baruch.cuny.edu.

Questions regarding grading policies should be directed to GradeRosters@Baruch.cuny.edu.

Thank you,

Ken Eng
Associate Registrar
Office of the Registrar
Baruch College, City University of New York