Proposed Resolution of the University of Delaware Faculty Senate, as recommended by the Undergraduate Studies Committee (February __, 2012), regarding the use of an A+ grade in undergraduate classes:

WHEREAS, the University of Delaware allows faculty to grade students in undergraduate classes employing the plus/minus system; and

WHEREAS, the plus/minus system of grading does not allow for the award of a grade of A+ to a student, with the grade of A being the highest grade that can be awarded to a student in an undergraduate course; and

WHEREAS, those faculty who employ the plus/minus system of grading may wish to award a grade of A+ to those students in an undergraduate class who perform exceptional work in the course; be it therefore

RESOLVED, that the University of Delaware Faculty Senate recommends that faculty be permitted to award a grade of A+ to students who perform exceptional work in their courses, with the A+ grade entered on the recipient student’s transcript, but such grade of A+ counting the same as a grade of A (i.e., 4.00) in the computation of the student’s Grade Point Average (GPA).