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Grade Point Average (GPA)

Revised: 11/13/25

Grade point averages are determined by dividing the number of grade points earned by the number of credits attempted for a letter grade. There are three kinds of grade point averages:

1. Current UCSC GPA (CURR GPA on the official transcript), based on courses attempted in the current term;
2. Cumulative UCSC GPA (CUM GPA on the official transcript), based on all courses attempted at UCSC; and a
3. Summary UC GPA (UC GPA on the official transcript), calculated from the cumulative UCSC GPA and all UC courses transferred to UCSC.

Current and cumulative UCSC GPAs are based on all courses attempted at UCSC, which include:

• UCSC courses
• UC Online and Simultaneous (in-person) enrollment,
• UC Education Abroad Program
• UCSC Exchange Programs,
• UCDC and UC Center Sacramento Programs,
• UCSC courses taken through UCSC Extension’s Open Campus (Concurrent Enrollment) Program,
• Intercampus Visitor Program courses (UC Exchange), and
• ROTC Courses taken through Santa Clara University and San Jose State University.

These courses are recorded on the UCSC Transcript, and detailed information about UCSC’s special programs may be found on the Committee on Educational Policy’s website. The Current and Cumulative GPAs are included in every quarter’s totals.

All GPAs are part of your official record and appear on your transcript. The overall cumulative GPA and summary UC GPA appear in career totals at the end of the transcript.

Students are expected to maintain a GPA of at least 2.0, calculated from courses taken for a letter grade within the University of California system.

If you repeat a course in which you have received a C-, D+, D, D-, or F, only the last grade recorded shall be computed in your GPA for the first 15 credits of repeated work. After the 15 credit maximum is reached, the GPA will be based on all grades assigned and total credits attempted.

Undergraduates who entered UC Santa Cruz for the first time in or after fall 1997 and before fall 2001 have a UCSC cumulative grade point average only if they have elected letter grades in at least two-thirds of the cumulative credits attempted. Undergraduates who entered UCSC prior to fall 1997 cannot have an official UCSC grade point average calculated.