{"id":1516,"date":"2022-04-13T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=1516"},"modified":"2022-04-13T13:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:33:21","slug":"computation-of-grade-point-average","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/computation-of-grade-point-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Computation of Grade Point Average"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To compute the grade point average (GPA), the number of credits for each course is multiplied by the quality points of the corresponding grade.\u00a0 The total number of quality points is divided by the total number of credits attempted to obtain the grade point average for the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grades and Quality Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Letter Grade<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Quality Points per Hour<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A&nbsp; (90-100)<\/td><td>4.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>B&nbsp; (80-89)<\/td><td>3.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C&nbsp; (70-79)<\/td><td>2.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D&nbsp; (60-69)<\/td><td>1.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>F&nbsp; below 60)<\/td><td>0.0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Your<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Credit Hours<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Grade<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Quality Points<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engl 101<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>B=<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Math 101<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>A=<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hist&nbsp; 101<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>A=<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Biol&nbsp; 101<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>C=<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edhe 104<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>F=<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Total Credit Hours:&nbsp;<strong>15<\/strong><br>Total Quality Points:&nbsp;<strong>41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">GPA =&nbsp; 41\/15 =&nbsp;<strong>2.73 GPA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cumulative grade point average is computed in a similar manner by including all courses attempted at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.&nbsp; Courses transferred from other institutions as not included in the grade point average.&nbsp; The following courses are also not included in computing the grade point average:&nbsp; Zero credit hours pass\/fail, satisfactory\/ unsatisfactory courses.&nbsp; The course hours in which the grade of \u201cI\u201d is assigned are&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;included as hours attempted when computing the cumulative grade point average.&nbsp; Only when the grade of \u201cI\u201d is removed and replaced by a letter grade will the course hours be included in your grade point average as hours attempted.&nbsp; At such time, the Office of the Registrar will make an appropriate entry in the cumulative grade point average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To compute the grade point average (GPA), the number of credits for each course is multiplied by the quality points of the corresponding grade.\u00a0 The total number of quality points is divided by the total number of credits attempted to obtain the grade point average for the semester. 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