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A clearance from the University must be secured before a certificate of honorable dismissal is
issued. No certification of “Honorable dismissal” shall be granted to a graduate student with pending
case(s) of violation of University rules and regulation.

Honorably dismissed students may get a certification of grades for all the courses taken from
the GS-OLC Registrar and noted by the Dean of GS-OLC.

p) Grade Requirements and Retention. In order ti qualify for the general comprehensive examination, a
student must obtain a GPA of 2.00 or better for all courses taken. Courses listed under “others” shall be
excluded from the computation but grades in these subjects must be passing.

Failure to pass a subject twice shall disqualify the student from the graduate program.

Similarly, a graduate student must maintain a GPA of 2.00 or better every term in order to
qualify to continue with his program.

q) Grades and Grading System. The University shall adopt the numerical grading system of “1.00” to
“5.00”, where “1.00” is the highest grade and “5.00” is a failing grade. The system of grading is as
follows:

1.00 --------------------Excellent

1.25

1.50 --------------------Very Good

1.75

2.00 ------------------ Good

2.25

2.50

2.75

3.00 ------------------Passed

4.00 ------------------Conditioned

5.00 --------------------Failed

Inc. -----------------------Incomplete

S Satisfactory, meets the expected outputs for thesis/dissertation

U Unsatisfactory, does not meet the expected output for thesis/dissertation