Bowling Green State University (BGSU) GPA Calculator

Certain courses (including student teaching, some internships, and remedial courses) are graded "S/U" only, where "S" (satisfactory) earns course credit and "U" (unsatisfactory) does not; credit by examination and portfolio assessment are also treated as "S/U" and do not count as letter-graded hours. Within the S/U option, work at the level of "C" or better is needed to earn an "S," while under the letter-grade option a "D" is passing; an "F" may still be assigned under S/U (for example, if a student stops attending). A student may elect the S/U option in no more than sixteen credit hours of a baccalaureate degree program beyond any S/U-only courses, and any S/U hours beyond that limit do not count toward graduation.

Under the "A/B/C/NC" or "S/NC" No Credit grading option, all grades appear on the student's record, though a grade of "NC" does not affect the cumulative grade point average; a grade of "F" may still be assigned under any of these options.

A grade of "W" is assigned for a formal withdrawal within the applicable window (before the end of the twelfth week of a fifteen-week session, or after completing 13%-80% of the contact hours in other session lengths); a grade of "F" is assigned if a student withdraws outside that window, stops attending without withdrawing, or never attends and never processes a withdrawal.

A student's grade point average is obtained by dividing total quality points earned by total hours taken, excluding courses marked "S," "U," "IP," "INC," "NC," or "W"; grade point averages are not rounded up to the nearest hundredth. The grade of "WF" is used with zero quality points in computing the GPA, while "W" is not used in the computation at all. For courses graded S/U, grades of "A" to "C" are interpreted as "S" and grades of "D" to "F" as "U"; neither affects the cumulative GPA. For courses graded "A/B/C/NC," grades of "A," "B," or "C" are calculated per their assigned quality points, while "NC" does not earn credit or affect the cumulative GPA.

An "INC" (incomplete) mark is not counted in the GPA while outstanding. If not converted to another grade by the grading deadline of the next semester (summer session excluded), it becomes an "F" (or a "U" for an S/U course) and is then calculated into the GPA; an extension may be granted by the academic dean.

Any "INC" (incomplete) mark still on a student's record at graduation will impede graduation until it is converted to a final grade.

Accumulating more than twelve semester hours of "S/U" grades may increase the grade point average a student needs for graduation with honors.