TSTC Harlingen Policy
| No: 3.34 | SOS: ES.4.23 | Effective Date: 8/6/2003 |
| Division: | Educational Services |
| Subject: | Calculation of Student Grade Point Average |
| Authority: | Minute Order #17-03 |
| Submitted By: | Servando J. Villarreal |
| Title: | Vice President Student Development | Date: 10/20/2003 |
| Approved By: | Dr. J. Gilbert Leal |
| Title: | College President | Date: 8/6/2003 |
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POLICY
It is the policy of Texas State Technical College to use a standard method
for calculating student grade point averages.
PERTINENT INFORMATION
There is no method externally imposed on TSTC for calculation of grade point
averages, but the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools specifies that
an institution “must publish its grading policies and its grading practices
must be consistent with policy.”
“GPA” is the abbreviation used to designate “Grade Point
Average.”
PROCEDURES
- Student’s Cumulative Grade Pont Average (CGPA) is calculated as
follows:
- Grade points earned for all courses taken with grades recorded as A,
B, C, D and F, except developmental education courses, are determined
by multiplying the number of points for each grade recorded by the number
of credit hours assigned to each course.
- Grade points calculated in Step A are summed.
- Credit hours are summed for those courses counted in Step A.
- The summed grade points from Step B are divided by the summed credit
hours from Step C. The quotient is carried to two decimal points and rounded
to the nearest one-hundredth of a point.
- A student’s Term Grade Point Average (TGPA) is calculated in the
same manner as the Cumulative Grade Point Average except that only courses
from each term are included in the calculation.
- A student’s Program Grade Point Average (PGPA) is calculated in
the same manner as the Cumulative Grade Point Average except that only courses
applicable to the student’s current program are counted in the calculation.
Such courses may include academic courses, technical support courses and
technical courses.
- A student’s Standards of Progress Term Grade Point Average (SOPTGPA)
is calculated in the same manner as the Term Grade Point Average except
that developmental education courses are included in the calculation.
- A student’s Standards of Progress Cumulative Grade Point Average
(SOPCGPA) is calculated in the same manner as the Cumulative Grade Point
Average except that developmental education courses are included in the
calculation.
- Transcripts reflect all course work taken, the student’s Cumulative
GPA, and Term GPA. The Program GPA will be reflected on the transcript as
part of the program completion information.
Students who have changed program (major) have their Program GPA revised
to reflect only grades from courses in the new degree plan.
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