Spring 2023 Grading Memorandum

May 15, 2023

Dear Spring 2023 Faculty,

Grading via Faculty Self-Service will be available for the Spring 2023 term beginning on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (12:01am) through Friday, May 26, 2023 (11:59pm).

Baruch’s on-line 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” in order 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.

 You are able to 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 students who attended a minimum of one class session, completely stopped attending, and did not officially withdraw. 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.

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 session, that means Friday, May 26, 2023 (11:59pm). Starting Tuesday, May 30, grades need to be submitted via the post-deadline submission policy. You must print or download the CUNYfirst version of your grade roster, manually record the grades, sign the roster, and email it, from your Baruch email address, to GradeRosters@Baruch.cuny.edu Once your roster has been posted, any request for changes to a grade(s) must be initiated through your department. Excel spreadsheets and other versions of grades will not be accepted.

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

• Some of your courses are pre-requisites for summer and fall 2023 courses.
• Rosters not submitted delay the distribution of financial aid packages.
• Some students depend on their company tuition re-imbursement plan to meet their tuition payment obligation to the college.

Grading Instructions and Grading Scale/Definitions:

Instructions to Submit Grades using CUNYfirst

Grading Scale and Definitions

Claiming Your CUNYfirst Account:
You must claim your CUNYfirst account in order 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

Print the Claim Your Account instructions (PDF)

 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,

Eliza Tom
Interim Registrar
Eliza.Tom@Baruch.cuny.edu