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The following grades are not included in grade point average calculations:
GRADE MEANING
I Incomplete
S Satisfactory, in a pass/fail course
U Unsatisfactory, in a pass/fail course
P In Progress
W Withdrawal
CR Transfer credit or credit by examination
N A temporary administrative grading notation often meaning not reported by the
faculty member
ENGL 0311 and MATH 0311 are graded developmental course. Grades received in ENGL 0311 and MATH 0311 are defined as follows:
A - D Satisfactory F - Unsatisfactory P - In Progress
Grades received in ENGL 0311 and MATH 0311 do not calculate in the term GPA or in the cumulative GPA.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE LOAD
REFER TO ACADEMIC REGULATIONS FOUND AT: HTTP://CATALOG.UTEP.EDU/UNDERGRAD/ACADEMIC-REGULATIONS/#CURRICULUMANDCLASSROOM POLICIESTEXT
The maximum credit load per long semester is 21 hours and is appropriately shorter per summer ses- sion. Students must secure written permission from an academic dean to take more than the maxi- mum load; students must have a GPA above 2.0 to seek permission. Full-time students are those who are registered for 12 or more semester hours in a long semester or for 6 or more semester hours in a summer session. All other undergraduate students are classified as part-time.
Students who are not eligible to enroll without conditions may have course load conditions imposed by their advisors or dean. Students who are not eligible to enroll without conditions include those who are on Academic Probation, those on Academic Suspension/Dismissal, those who have been readmit- ted or reinstated from such conditions, or those who are on provisional admission status.
GRADUATE COURSE LOAD
REFER TO ACADEMIC REGULATIONS FOUND AT: HTTP://CATALOG.UTEP.EDU/GRAD/THE-GRADUATE-SCHOOL/GENERAL-DEGREE-REQUIREMENTS/
Registration in excess of 15 semester hours during a long semester, or six (6) semester hours in a summer term requires the approval of the departmental graduate advisor, the college dean, and the Graduate School.
At least 30 semester hours of upper-division and/or graduate instruction are required for any master’s degree. Nine (9) semester hours of upper-division undergraduate courses approved for graduate credit
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