How GPA Is Calculated
A student's cumulative grade point average is determined by grades earned in college-level courses only, calculated by dividing total quality points by total GPA hours. Courses that have been withdrawn do not generate GPA hours or quality points. Effective Fall 2000, credit earned through CLEP exams (except Spanish), Advanced Placement (except Spanish), or Challenge Exams does not earn GPA hours or quality points and is not calculated in the cumulative GPA, though it is recorded on the transcript as earned hours.
Grades of Withdrew, No Credit, and Audit are not computed in the semester or institutional grade point average. A grade of Pass awarded for the one-credit-hour Kinesiology pass/no-credit option, or for exiting a developmental course after meeting TSI placement requirements, is likewise not counted in the GPA computation.
An Incomplete grade may be assigned at the instructor's discretion when a student is unable to finish required coursework due to documented extenuating circumstances, provided the student has completed a major portion of the coursework and holds a course average of "D" or better at the time it is requested. Students have up to four months to complete the remaining work; once resolved, the grade point average is re-calculated with the changed grade.
Source: official document — verified Aug 2026
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Source: official document — verified Aug 2026