Examples:                      

• A first-year student takes 15 semester hours in fall semester and 15 semester hours in spring semester, including TCom 1500,  all while in the Pre-TCom category.  The student receives a GPA of 3.6 in fall and a GPA of 3.2 in spring. 
  • The student is eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  He/she should fill out the “Request to Transfer” form.
• A first-year student takes 15 semester hours in fall semester and 15 semester hours in spring semester, including TCom 1500,  all while in the Pre-TCom category.  The student receives a GPA of 3.6 in fall and a GPA of 3.2 in spring, including a grade of “Incomplete” for one 3-hour course.
  • This student would not be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  While the student enrolled for 30 SH while in Pre-TCom, he/she completed only 27,
• A student takes 15 SH in fall and 12 SH in spring, including TCom 1500, all while in the Pre-TCom category, with semester GPAs of 3.6 and 3.2.
  • The student is on the right track, but he/she must take an additional 3 SH to achieve the 30-hour minimum.  If he/she signs up for more than 3 SH, he/she would need to achieve a semester GPA that is high enough to keep the 3-semester composite GPA above 3.0 .
• A Pre-TCom student takes 15 SH in fall and 12 SH in spring, including TCom 1500, with semester GPAs of 3.6 and 3.2.   He/she then takes 12 SH the next fall (four 3-hour courses).  He/she receives one A, one B and two Cs, for a fall semester GPA of 2.75.  
  • This student would be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  The student has completed 30 SH while in the Pre-TCom category, has completed TCom 1500, and has achieved a 3-semester composite GPA of 3.22.
• A Pre-TCom student takes 15 SH in fall and 12 SH in spring, including TCom 1500, with semester GPAs of 3.2 and 3.1.  He/she then takes 12 SH the next fall.  He/she receives two Bs and two Cs, for a fall semester GPA of 2.5.
  • This student would not be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  While the student completed more than 30 SH while in Pre-TCom (39 hours), the composite GPA for these hours is below the required 3.0 (GPA=2.95)
• A Pre-TCom student has completed 39 hours with a composite GPA of 2.95 for those hours.  He/she takes four 3-hour courses the next semester and receives two As and two Bs, for a semester GPA of 3.5 for those 12 hours.
  • The student would be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  The student has completed (more than) 30 SH while in the Pre-TCom catetory, has completed TCom 1500, and has achieved a 4-semester composite GPA of 3.03.
• A Pre-TCom student has completed 39 hours with a composite GPA of 2.95 for those hours.  He/she takes four 3-hour courses the next semester and receives one A, one B and two Cs, for a semester GPA of 2.75 for those 12 hours.
  • The student would not be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  While the student completed more than 30 SH in Pre-Tcom (51 hours), the composite GPA for these hours is below the required 3.0 (GPA=2.90).
• A Pre-TCOM student completed 39 hours with a composite GPA of 2.95 for those hours.  He/she then took four 3-hour courses and received one A, one B and two Cs, for a semester GPA of 2.75 for those 12 hours.   He/she asks, “Couldn’t I qualify to be moved to Telecommunication Studies because (1) I have completed more than 30 SH while in Pre-TCom, (2) I have completed TCom 1500, and (3) I got an A and a B for two of my final-semester courses?  If you count only those two courses, I’d have 45 hours with a GPA of 3.02 ! ”
  • The student would not be eligible to move into Telecommunication Studies.  Partial GPAs are not used to calculate eligibility

Your grade point average (GPA) is calculated by dividing the total amount of "grade points" or “quality points” earned by the total amount of credit hours attempted.

You may use a standard online GPA calculator to determine current or future GPA or to calculate a future grades needed to achieve a particular GPA.  Be sure to verify results by manual calculation.

• University of North Texas ( http://www.cas.unt.edu/advising/gpacalc.htm)
• Back to College Dot Com ( http://www.back2college.com/gpa.htm )
• Fairleigh Dickinson University ( http://www.fdu.edu/studentsvcs/gpacalc2.html )
• University of Houston ( http://www.bauer.uh.edu/Undergraduate/gpa.htm )
• Transylvania University ( http://www.transy.edu/pages/regidis/gpacalc.htm )

For example, where:
A=4 grade points, B=3 grade points, C=2 grade points, D=1 grade point, F=0 grade points
 

A fictional semester’s result could look like this: