The Florida State University Department of Computer Science has adopted a grade interpretation scale for PhD students and any other students who take graduate courses in the department and may wish at some future time to enter the PhD program. Effective Fall 2002, grades in graduate courses taught by Computer Science Department faculty will use this grade interpretation scale. The scale is given by the following table.
| Course Grade | CS Department Interpretation |
| A | Performance met or exceeded expectations for PhD students |
| A- | Performance met expectations for PhD students |
| B+ | Performance was marginally below expectations for PhD students |
| B | Performance was significantly below expectations for PhD students |
| B- | Performance was unsatisfactory for PhD students |
| C+ or below | Performance was unsatisfactory for graduate work |