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--- grades [2017/03/18 23:57]
jthywiss created
+++ grades [2017/03/19 00:15] (current)
jthywiss [Meaning of the Credit/No Credit Grades] Add note that use of CR/NC courses is limited
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 ====== Course Grades ======
+| :!: **Caution:** This is unofficial advice from fellow grad students, and not official department policy. See the [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/graduate-program|UTCS Graduate Program]] web site for the final word on policy topics. |
 ===== Grading Bases: Letter Grade, Credit/No Credit =====
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 ^ A  |  4.00  | ::: | ::: |
 ^ A- |  3.67  | ::: | ::: |
-^ B+ |  3.33  | ::: | Below min average for diversity/depth courses |
+^ B+ |  3.33  | ::: | Below minimum required average for diversity/depth courses |
 ^ B  |  3.00  | ::: | ::: |
 ^ B- |  2.67  | Not usable as depth course | Warning/dismissal/no degree |
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 A "B-" is a major crisis.
 A "C+" or worse is potentially fatal to your UT career.
+===== Meaning of the Credit/No Credit Grades =====
+"CR" means the course was successfully completed.
+"NC" means the course was //not// successfully completed.
+Both "CR" and "NC" have no impact on your GPA.
+However, there are extensive restrictions about which degree program requirements can be fulfilled with credit/no credit courses.
+See the UTCS Graduate Program web pages for these rules.
 ===== Importance =====

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