Athens Technical College GPA Calculator

Alongside the standard letter grades, Athens Technical College uses several non-GPA symbols. Learning support course grades carry an asterisk (A*-F*) and count toward attempted hours but are excluded from grade point average calculations. AU marks an audited, non-credit-seeking enrollment. I (Incomplete) and IP (In Progress) mark unfinished coursework and are not calculated into the GPA. W (Withdrawal) marks an official withdrawal before 61% of the term has elapsed and does not affect the GPA. Transfer credit is recorded as TR/TRA/TRB/TRC/TRP/TRM and is likewise excluded from semester, cumulative, and graduation GPA calculations.

Athens Technical College calculates a grade point average by multiplying each course's credit hours by the points earned for its grade, adding those points across all courses, and dividing the total by the total credit hours attempted. The college tracks three separate GPAs: the semester GPA (the current term only), the cumulative GPA (all attempts at Athens Technical College, recalculated each semester), and the graduation GPA (only courses required for the program, using the highest grade earned when a course is repeated). None of the three include credits from other colleges, learning support courses, or credit-by-examination.

A student is placed on academic probation after failing to earn a minimum 2.0 grade point average on all academic credit work attempted in a semester. To return to good standing, a student on probation must earn at least a 2.0 GPA in the next semester of enrollment; failing that results in academic dismissal. Students transferring in while on probation elsewhere are admitted on probation and must clear it in their first semester. A student dismissed for the first time may not enroll for the following semester; the required break lengthens with each subsequent dismissal (two consecutive semesters for a second dismissal, three for a third, and so on), and readmission requires an application and committee approval.

Students must earn a minimum 2.0 graduation grade point average, regardless of academic standing, in order to graduate from Athens Technical College. The graduation GPA counts only courses required for the program, using the highest grade earned when a course was repeated.

Athens Technical College recognizes academic excellence each semester through two honor lists for students enrolled in 12 or more semester credit hours. The President's List recognizes a semester GPA of 4.0. The Dean's List recognizes a semester GPA between 3.5 and 3.9.

Transfer credit decisions rest with the Director of Registration and Records together with instructional faculty and division deans in the relevant discipline, who weigh the educational quality, comparability, and applicability of the prior coursework. Only courses from regionally accredited institutions are eligible, with a final grade equivalent to C or better required for the course to be transferable. Athens Technical College does not award transfer credit for credit-by-examination taken at other institutions, and coursework taken on the quarter system is converted to semester credit hours by multiplying quarter hours by 0.6667.