Faculty are required to give a Mid-Semester Assessment (MSA) to each undergraduate student in every course taken for credit. MSAs represent the faculty member’s judgment regarding student performance up to the mid-point of the semester in three key areas: (1) attendance, (2) class participation, and (3) performance on any assessed course work (e.g., homework, quizzes, tests, presentations, etc.). MSAs must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office by the established deadline using the following rubric:
| Mid-Semester Assessments | |
| Assessment Scale | Description |
| S1 | Satisfactory, currently performing at an A or A- level |
| S2 | Satisfactory, currently performing at a B+ or B level |
| S3 | Satisfactory, currently performing at a B-, C+ or C level |
| C- 1 | Passing; C- level performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work |
| C- 2 | Passing; C- level performance due to excessive absences, missing/late assignments and/or lack of class participation |
| C- 3 | Passing; C- level performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work, missing/late assignments and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation |
| D1 | Passing; poor performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work |
| D2 | Passing; poor performance due to excessive absences, missing/late assignments and/or lack of class participation |
| D3 | Passing; poor performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work, missing/late assignments and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation |
| F1 | Failing; unsatisfactory performance due to the lack of quality in assessed course work |
| F2 | Failing; unsatisfactory performance due to excessive absences, missing/late assignments and/or lack of class participation |
| F3 | Failing; unsatisfactory performance due to lack of quality in assessed course work, missing/late assignments and excessive absences and/or lack of class participation |
MSAs are only an indication of current progress and are not recorded on student transcripts. Students, their academic advisor(s) and First-Year Experience staff facilitators, the Office of Academic Advising, the Office of Accessibility Resources, and Student Affairs will be notified of MSAs so that outreach can be made to offer the students any and all available support services.