GRADE POINT AVERAGE
To determine the relative standing of any student, either for a single semester or for his/her total college career, the college computes a composite score, called a Grade Point Average (GPA).
Grade points for a semester are calculated by multiplying the numerical weight allocated to each grade times the semester hours of credit assigned to each course. The GPA is determined by dividing the total number of grade points by the total number of semester hours of credit attempted by the student.
last update: 10/03/2006