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Key to Transcript of Academic Records
Academic Calendar
The Purdue University calendar is based on the semester system. A standard semester contains approximately 16 weeks of instruction, including final examinations. Summer sessions vary in number, length and format at various campus locations. For more information, visit our Academic Calendar.
Accreditation
Purdue University has been continuously accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) since 1913. The HLC is an independent corporation that was founded in 1895 as one of six regional accreditors in the United States. HLC accredits degree-granting, post-secondary educational institutions in the United States. It is an institutional accreditor, accrediting the institution as a whole. For more information, visit the HLC website.
In addition, various colleges and schools within the university hold accreditation from professional accrediting associations.
Credit Types
Regular Credit: All Purdue University credit is reported in terms of semester hours, whether earned during a 16-week semester or a summer session.
Abbreviations and Symbols (Effective Fall 2008)
EHRS: Credit hours earned.
GPA-Hrs: Quality hours earned (all hours carrying grade points).
QPts: Quality points earned.
GPA: Grade point average (computed by dividing quality points by GPA-hours).
E: Indicates that the course is excluded from earned hours and GPA.
I: Indicates that the course is included in earned hours and GPA; corresponds to a previously E (excluded) course.
For transcripts that include coursework prior to 1968 please consider the following information.
Course Numbering System
Prior to September 1953, courses designated by letter rather than number (e.g., English A ) were non-credit.
- Courses numbered 1 through 99 w ere primarily for undergraduate credit.
- Courses numbered 100 through 199 enrolled advanced undergraduate and some graduate students.
- Courses numbered 200 through 299 were for graduate students.
Since September 1953, the following numbering system has been in effect:
- 001-049 Pre-college and deficiency courses
- 050-099 Non-degree courses
- 100-299 Lower-division courses normally scheduled for freshmen and sophomores
- 300-499 Upper-division courses normally scheduled for juniors and seniors
- 500-599 Dual-level courses that may be scheduled by juniors, seniors and graduate students for graduate credits
- 600-699 Graduate-level courses. In certain circumstances, an undergraduate student may take a 600-level course.
Grading Systems
The following grades and index points are included in the computation of GPAS appearing on this transcript:
- Scale 1: Fall 1942 to Spring 1953
- Scale 2: Summer 1953 to Spring 1993
- Scale 3: Summer 1993 to Spring 2002
- Scale 4: Summer 2002 to Summer 2008
| Scale 1 Grade | Scale 2 Grade- Pts. | Scale 3 Grade- Pts. | Scale 4 Grade- Pts. | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | A - 6 | A - 4 | A - 4 | Highest passing grade |
| 5 | B - 5 | B - 3 | B - 3 | |
| 4 | C - 4 | C - 2 | C - 2 | |
| 3 | D - 3 | D - 1 | D - 1 | Lowest passing grade |
| 2 | E - 2 | E - 0 | E - 0 | Conditional failure |
| 1 | F - 2 | F - 0 | F - 0 | Failure |
| IF - 2 | IF - 0 | IF - 0 | Unremoved incomplete - failing (eff Fall 1977) | |
| WF - 2 | WF - 0 | Withdrew failing (Eff fall 2023, no longer an option) |
