{"id":87,"date":"2017-07-26T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/aboutourtranscripts\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:34:37","slug":"aboutourtranscripts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/policies-and-notifications\/transcripts\/aboutourtranscripts\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Transcripts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Accreditation: Macalester College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Credit:
\u00b7 Prior to Fall 1963, credits were based on semester hours and the college used the following grade point system: A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0, F=0.
\u00b7 Fall 1963 to Fall 1993, each course unit was the equivalent of 4 semester credits or 6 quarter credits.
\u00b7 Effective Fall 1993, Macalester converted to the semester credit system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Grade Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>

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Grade Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr>

A\u00a0<\/td>\u00a04.0<\/td>\u00a0

S (C- or better<\/em>)<\/p><\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

\u00a0A-<\/td>\u00a03.7<\/td>

D (S\/D\/NC option<\/em>)<\/p>\u00a0<\/td>

 – <\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0B+<\/td>3.3\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0

NC (S\/D\/NC option<\/em>)<\/p><\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

B\u00a0<\/td>3.0\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0

I (incomplete<\/em>)<\/p><\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

B-\u00a0<\/td>2.7\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0

W (withdrawal<\/em>)<\/p><\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

C+\u00a0<\/td>\u00a02.3<\/td>\u00a0

NR (not reported<\/em>)<\/p><\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

\u00a0C<\/td>\u00a02.0<\/td>

IP (in progress<\/em>)<\/p>\u00a0<\/td>

–<\/p> <\/td><\/tr>

\u00a0C-<\/td>\u00a01.7<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0D+<\/td>1.3\u00a0<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0D<\/td>\u00a01.0<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0D-<\/td>0.7\u00a0<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
NC\u00a0<\/td>\u00a00.0<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Course Numbers: Beginning fall 2003, a new course numbers system is in effect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1963-Summer 2003 Effective Fall 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Undergraduate credit courses 1 \u2013 99 100 \u2013 649<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Undergraduate non-credit courses* 100 \u2013 399 1 \u2013 99
    Completion of the appropriate sequence of these courses will earn credit.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Graduate level courses 400 \u2013 599 650 \u2013 699<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Miscellaneous<\/strong>: Other course designations appearing in the transcript are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    AU \u2013 Augsburg College course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    HA \u2013 Hamline University course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SC \u2013 St. Catherine University course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ST \u2013 University of St. Thomas course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    MCAD \u2013 Minneapolis College of Art and Design course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    UM \u2013 University of Minnesota course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Grades for courses transferred to Macalester, and for some Macalester Approved Study Away Programs, are not included in the cumulative grade point average computation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Macalester College does not compute a rank in class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Accreditation: Macalester College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Course Credit:\u00b7 Prior to Fall 1963, credits were based on semester hours and the college used the following grade point system: A=3, B=2, C=1, D=0, F=0.\u00b7 Fall 1963 to Fall 1993, each course unit was the equivalent of 4 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4043,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/4043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}