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====== Course Grades ====== | ====== 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 ===== | ===== Grading Bases: Letter Grade, Credit/No Credit ===== | ||
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^ A | 4.00 | ::: | ::: | | ^ A | 4.00 | ::: | ::: | | ||
^ A- | 3.67 | ::: | ::: | | ^ 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 | 3.00 | ::: | ::: | | ||
^ B- | 2.67 | Not usable as depth course | Warning/dismissal/no degree | | ^ B- | 2.67 | Not usable as depth course | Warning/dismissal/no degree | | ||
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A "B-" is a major crisis. | A "B-" is a major crisis. | ||
A "C+" or worse is potentially fatal to your UT career. | A "C+" or worse is potentially fatal to your UT career. | ||
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+ | ===== Meaning of the Credit/No Credit Grades ===== | ||
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+ | "CR" means the course was successfully completed. | ||
+ | "NC" means the course was //not// successfully completed. | ||
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+ | 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 ===== | ===== Importance ===== |