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Academic Standing Explained
Status: Definition: What to do:
Good Standing
  • 2.0 or higher UNT GPA
  • Maintain your UNT GPA at a 2.0 or higher
Academic Alert (applies to Freshman first semester only)
  • Lower than 1.8 UNT GPA
  • Mandatory Advising
  • May be required to attend Academic Success Program
  • Raise your UNT GPA to 2.0 to return to Good Standing or be placed on Probation
Probation
  • Lower than 2.0 UNT GPA
  • Mandatory Advising
  • Raise UNT GPA to 2.0 to return to Good Standing
  • OR earn a 2.25 semester GPA to be on Continued Probation to avoid Suspension
Continued Probation
  • Lower than 2.0 UNT GPA
  • Previously on Probation
  • Earned 2.25 or higher semester GPA for the fall or spring term
  • Mandatory Advising
  • Raise UNT GPA to 2.0 to return to Good Standing
  • OR earn a 2.25 semester GPA to be on Continued Probation to avoid Suspension
Suspension
  • Lower than 2.0 UNT GPA
  • Previously on Probation or Continued Probation
  • Lower than 2.25 semester GPA for the fall or spring term
  • Mandatory Advising
  • Meet with advisor to discuss course equivalencies for the community college.
  • May enroll in the Summer semesters.
  • Raise UNT GPA to 2.0 and return to Good Standing
  • Return to UNT after Suspension and enroll on Probation

How to Calculate Your Grade Point Average (GPA)

Definition of Terms:

Credit Hours: The hours assigned to a course, this number is listed in both the schedule of classes and the catalog and is usually 1 to 5 hours.
Grade Value: The numerical value assigned to a grade:
A = 4 points, B = 3 points, C = 2 points, D = 1 point, and F = 0 points.
Grade Points: Number of credit hours for a course times the grade value.
Attempted Hours: Credit hours for which you earn a grade in (excluding I's , P/NP, or W's); note: WF is the same grade as an F and counts in attempted hours.
Earned Hours: Credit hours which you passed (with a grade of D or higher).
Duplication: When the same course is taken a second time, the first grade can be deleted from your GPA when a duplications form is filled out and turned in to the Registrar's Office. Note: the first grade is the only grade that can be deleted from your GPA and the duplication form should be turned in prior to earning the grade for the second course attempt.
Repeat: When a course has been taken and completed for a grade (excluding I's , P/NP, or W's) three or more times; if a duplication form has been filed only the first grade is removed from your GPA and each course attempt after the first is included in your GPA.

Standard GPA Calculation:

  1. Multiply the grade value of the course by the semester hours for that course.
  2. The product of this multiplication will be the grade points.
  3. Divide the cumulative grade points by the cumulative attempted hours.

Example:

Course Grade Value (Multiply) Credit Hours Attempted (Equals) Grade Points
HIST 2620 A = 4 X 3 = 12
ENGL 1310 B = 3 X 3 = 9
MATH 1710 C = 2 X 4 = 8
THEA 1340 D = 1 X 3 = 3
PSCI 1040 F = 0 X 3 = 0
    Totals: 16   32

Divide 32 (Total Grade Points) by 16 (Total Credit Hours Attempted) and the GPA = 2.00

Duplicating Courses & GPA Calculation:

  1. Subtract the number of hours you are duplicating, see definition above, from the total hours attempted for all semesters.
  2. Subtract the grade points (if any) for the courses you are duplicating from the total number of grade points earned for all semesters.
  3. Divide the new total hours attempted by the new grade points earned for the corrected GPA.
  4. Your GPA should will update automatically once the second attempt at a course is graded. If needed, you may contact your advisor to file a duplication form with the Registrar's Office to correct your GPA with any missing duplications.

Note: Only the first course attempt can be removed from your GPA, additional attempts are called "repeats" and are averaged into your GPA