2012 - 2013 catalog - Delta College

P/NC - Pass/No Credit Option
The Pass/No Credit grade option is available for several courses at
Delta College. If you are interested in this grading option in place of the
usual “A” through “F” grading system, you should declare this choice
at registration or no later than the end of the 12th week of the semester
(6th week of a session) by completing a form at the Registrar’s Office.
Courses approved for the P/NC grade option are listed in each semester's
Academic Class Schedule booklet.
Guidelines and Procedures for P/NC Grades:
1. Grades on the P/NC system are not included in computing the
semester or cumulative point average.
2. Grade of “P” (Pass): Credit is granted and represents performance
at or above the “C”/2.0 level.
Grade of “NC” (No Credit): No credit is granted and represents
performance at or below the “C-”/1.7 level.
3. You may not apply more than a total of 12 credits of P/NC course
work toward Delta graduation requirements.
4. Enrollment on a P/NC basis is recorded with the Registrar’s Office.
No indication of your P/NC status will be communicated to a faculty
member by any office of the College.
5. A letter grade will be on file in the Registrar’s Office, but only “P”
or “NC” will appear on your transcript.
6. If you desire to have any grades converted from P/NC to letter
grades, you may do so by applying to the Registrar’s Office no later
than the end of the following semester after the P/NC grade was
issued.
7. Course prerequisites and other criteria for enrolling in any course
shall be determined by the Department or Division
offering the course and apply equally to both the traditional and
the P/NC grading systems.
8. If you are planning to transfer, you should first check with a Delta
counselor regarding the acceptance of the P/NC
grade option for specific courses by the transfer institution.
course shall be the grade used in computing the cumulative grade
point average and the number of credits shall only be counted once in
the total number of credits attempted. All grades received by you in a
given course shall, however, remain on your academic transcript but
will be designated by the Registrar’s Office as having been repeated,
so it is clear that only the highest grades earned are being counted in
cumulative totals.
You may not enroll in a course for credit or audit, whether completed or
not, more than three times. Exceptions to this policy requires authorization
by the appropriate Division Chair or Academic Dean.
Grade Point Average (G.P.A.)
A student's Grade Point Average is determined by dividing the number
of credits attempted into the grade points. For example:
Attempted Grade Grade Points
ENG 111 3 B (3.0) 3x3=9
MTH 121 3 B (3.0) 3x3=9
BIO 111 4 C (2.0) 4x2=8
SOC 211 3 A (4.0) 3x4=12
13 38
G.P.A. = 38 divided by 13 = 2.92
Credits Attempted - Credits for which the student enrolled and for
which grades of A through F were given. Credits for courses in which
grades of P, W, WI, I, and X are given are not included here.
Credits Earned - Includes all academic credits taken at Delta for which
final grades of A through D- were recorded. Courses below 100 are not
included in credit hours earned.
Credits Transferred from other institutions or earned by examination
are not included in cumulative averages.
Non-Credit Courses - Non-credit courses are not included in cumulative
averages.
Grade Points – The number of grade points earned in a course is the
number of credits multiplied by the number of grade points corresponding
to the letter grade received. For example, a grade of B+ in a four-credit
course equals 13.2 grade points (3.3 x 4 = 13.2).
Repeated Courses – The highest grade received by you for any given
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