Student Catalog - Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

student does not complete a course or is found in faultof course abandonment.GRADE REPORTSGrade reports can be accessed by authorized users viathe internet at http://banweb.wiregrass.edu. A letter academicgrade and a numeric work ethics grade is issued for eachcourse in which a student was enrolled.Grading SystemEvaluation of each student’s progress, conduct, andattitude is continuous. Instructors report irregularity inattendance and progress to the Dean of Academic Affairs orVice President of Academic Affairs whereby corrective stepsmay be taken to assure quality training. At the end of eachquarter, the achievement of each student is reported using thefollowing system of grade assignment:A (4) Excellent 90-100B (3) Good 80-89C (2) Average 70-79D (1) Below Average 60-69F (0) Failure below 0-59IIncompleteIPIn-ProgressWWithdrawnAUAudit-no credit earnedEXCredit by ExemptionTRTransfer CreditACArticulated CreditA grade of “I” (incomplete) may be issued to anystudent not completing all required coursework by the end ofthe quarter. If the incomplete “I” is not removed before the10th class day of the following quarter, it will be recorded asa failure “F” on the student’s official transcript.A grade of “IP,” (in progress), indicates the coursecontinues beyond the end of the quarter. The final grade isreported at the end of the following quarter.A grade of “W” indicates the student withdrew fromschool prior to completion of the course(s).A grade of “AU” indicates the student audited thecourse. A student is permitted to audit a course/ program andattend classes without meeting all admission requirementsfor the course/program and without receiving credit.Grades are based upon quality and quantity ofachievement in both the classroom and the laboratory.Students failing to maintain a standard of satisfactoryprogress will be withdrawn from Wiregrass GeorgiaTechnical College.CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGEThe formula for calculating grade point average is:The Sum of Quality Points Earned divided by theNumber of Credit Hours AttemptedQuality Points Earned equals the credit hour value of acourse times the value of the grade received.Subjects receiving grades “I, IP, W, TR, AC or EX” arenot included in the GPA calculation.Students will be awarded quality points for each creditcourse grade according to the following scale:A = 4 Quality PointsB = 3 Quality PointsC = 2 Quality PointsD = 1 Quality PointF = 0 Quality PointsThe quality points awarded are then multiplied by thecredits for that course to get the quality points earned for thecourse. Quality points earned for all courses are then addedtogether and divided by the total credits for the quarter toobtain the quarterly grade point average (GPA).Grades of “W” are not calculated in GPA. Hourstransferred in via course exemption and/or prior credit fortraining are not counted in GPA.Example:Grade Quality Points x Credits = Quality Points EarnedA 4 x 5 = 20B 3 x 10 = 30C 2 x 5 = 10Total Credits 20Total Quality Points Earned 60Grade Point Average = 60 / 20 = 3.0FORFEITURE OF CREDITBy registering for and attending courses for which thestudent has already received credit, a student forfeits the27