Dalhousie University (Dal) GPA Calculator

Dalhousie's official grading system is a letter-grade system. Each letter grade carries a grade point value used in the GPA, and the calendar prints a percentage range beside each letter.

• FM (Marginal Failure, 0.00 grade points) is available only in Engineering, Health Professions and Commerce.
• INC (Incomplete) carries 0.00 grade points.
• W, ILL, P, TR, Pending, MT, CR and NCR are GPA-neutral notations.
• A D is a marginal pass, except in programs that require a minimum grade of C or C+.

Multiply the grade points earned in each course by the course's credit hours, add these together, and divide by the total credit hours attempted.

• A term GPA includes only the courses attempted in one term; the cumulative GPA includes all courses attempted while registered in a level of study.
• If a course is repeated, only the highest grade is included in the GPA. A repeated passed course gives no additional credit, and the original grade stays on the transcript.
• Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR) is a GPA-neutral option granted by academic waiver for exceptional extenuating circumstances.

In the Faculties of Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Health, Management and Science, good standing requires a cumulative GPA of 2.00.

• Probation: a cumulative GPA below 2.00 but at least 1.70, after at least 24 credit hours (16 at the technology level).
• Students on probation may keep registering while their term GPA is at least 2.00, and return to good standing at a cumulative GPA of 2.00.
• Dismissal: a cumulative GPA below 1.70 after at least 24 credit hours, or a term GPA below 2.00 while on probation. Dismissal lasts 12 months (8 months in Engineering).
• BSc (Nursing): probation below a cumulative 2.30; the term and cumulative threshold is 2.30.

An undergraduate degree in the Faculties of Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Health, Management and Science requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00, so no one can graduate while on probation. The Diploma in Technology (Faculty of Agriculture) also requires 2.0.

BSc (Nursing) students need a cumulative GPA of 2.30 to graduate. Honours programs set their own graduation standing in each faculty's degree requirements.

• Dean's List: full-time students who take at least nine credit hours in a term and earn a term GPA of 3.70. Part-time students must earn 3.70 in every term of the academic year. The list normally does not exceed 15% of the class.
• Distinction: a cumulative GPA of at least 3.70, counting all courses taken in the level of study (including repeated and failed courses), with at least half the courses completed at Dalhousie.
• Sexton Scholar / Sexton Distinction: in Architecture and Planning, Computer Science and Engineering, a term GPA of 3.85 on a full course load, or a cumulative GPA of 3.85 at graduation.

Transfer credits granted on admission count as credits without grade points, so they are neutral in the GPA.

For courses taken on a Letter of Permission at a Canadian university that uses letter grades, the matching Dalhousie letter grade and grade points are assigned; grades from institutions without letter grades are translated into a Dalhousie grade. Courses taken outside Canada are recorded as P (pass) or F (fail).