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Grades are reported and made a part of the official record, filed in the Registrar’s Office, at the end of each semester. Students may view their grades online.
Minimum Grades for Good Academic Standing
All students enrolled in credit courses at North Central Texas College, whether on a full- time or part-time basis, must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average GPA of at least 2.0 to remain in Good Academic Standing.
System of Grading
The standing of a student in each course is expressed by the following grades which are assigned for class work, examinations, and general classroom performance according to criteria set by the instructor.
Interpretations of these grades are:
- A - Excellent
- B - Good
- C - Average
- D - Poor
- F - Failure
- I - Incomplete
- W - Withdrew
- P - Pass
- AU - Audit
Disclaimer: Some departments and programs do not accept a grade of “D” as a passing grade.
Grade Points
Letter grades are assigned numerical values, or grade points, as follows per semester hour:
- A = 4 grade points
- B = 3 grade points
- C = 2 grade points
- D = 1 grade point
- F = 0 grade points
Courses with a grade of “AU”, “P”, “W”, or “I” are not assigned grade point values and are not considered in computing grade point average (GPA). When a course initially taken at NCTC is repeated at NCTC, the higher grade earned is included in the computation of the cumulative GPA.
A student’s cumulative GPA is determined by dividing the total college-level grade points earned by the total number of college-level credit hours attempted. To illustrate, a student who has attempted 30 college-level credit hours, earning 60 college-level grade points, would have a cumulative GPA of 2.0. College Preparatory coursework is not used in the calculation of the cumulative GPA, however, the grades earned and hours attempted are used in the calculation of the current term GPA, for example Spring, Fall, or Summer GPA.
Pass/Fail Option
North Central Texas College permits enrollment in selected courses on a pass/fail option basis. In courses where this option is available to the student, the instructor can provide the necessary forms for selecting the pass/fail option. The forms must be completed by the student and instructor and returned to the Registrar’s Office by the second Tuesday of the second week of the current semester. The pass/fail option will not be extended beyond this date.
Once the pass/fail option is processed, he or she may not return to a standard A, B, C, D, F evaluative system. It is not recommended to select the pass/fail option if the course in which the option is applied should be included as a part of the college major and expected to transfer that course to a senior college or university.
Performance requirements on the part of the student are the same regardless of the pass/fail option or the traditional A, B, C, D, F evaluative system. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis do not earn grade points; however, failing grades will be counted in the student’s grade point average.
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