Transcript Legend

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Accreditation

5X�� [Kent (KC), Ashtabula (AC), East Liverpool (EC), Geauga (GC), Salem (SA), Stark (ST), Trumbull (TR), and Tuscarawas (TU)] is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission as a degree-granting institution at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral levels.

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Header Line

Header Line	Description
SUBJ	Subject
NO	Course Number
C	Campus
COURSE TITLE	Course Title
CRED	Credit Hours
GRD	Grade
PTS	Quality Points
R	Repeat

Course Numbering System

Course Numbering	Level
100-499	Doctoral Level - OCPM*
00000-09999	Developmental Level
10000-49999	Undergraduate Level
50000-69999	Masters Level**
70000-89999	Doctoral Level

*Doctoral level, prior to Fall 2012

**Prior to Fall 1987, 50000-level Architecture courses are considered undergraduate work.

Symbols and Abbreviations

Symbols/Abbreviations	Description
++	Combined non-KSU coursework.
E	Courses excluded from GPA calculation.
Earned hrs	Earned hours ( the total number of credit hours earned by the student). The Overall Earned Hrs includes all non-KS coursework.
GPA hrs	Quality hours (grades that affect GPA)
I	Courses included in the GPA calculation.
Points	Quality points (grades that affect GPA).

Calendar

Dates	System
Inception - Summer 1933	Quarter system
Fall 1933 - Summer 1942	Semester system
Fall 1942 - Summer 1979	Quarter system
Fall 1979 - Present	Semester system

Grades and Marks Affecting the GPA

Grade	Interpretation	Points
A	Superior - all levels	4.0
A-		3.7
B+		3.3
B	Good - Undergraduate	3.0
	Average - Graduate/Professional
B-		2.7
C+		2.3
C	Average - Undergraduate	2.0
	Below Average - Graduate/Professional
C-		1.7
D+		1.3
D	Poor - Undergraduate	1.0
	Far Below Average - Graduate
F	Failure - All Levels	0.0
FC	Passed after Re-examiniation - Professional	2.0
FF	Failed after Re-examiniation - Professional	0.0
M	Missing	0.0
NF	Never Attended - Fail	0.0
SF	Stopped Attending - Fail	0.0
U	Unsatisfactory	0.0

Grades and Marks Not Affecting the GPA

Grade	Interpretation	Points
AU	Audit	N/A
CE	Credit by Exam - Professional	N/A
CP	Complete	N/A
CR	Denotes credit hours earned	N/A
I	Incomplete - Professional	N/A
IN	Incomplete	N/A
IP	In Progress	N/A
L	Research in Progress	N/A
NA	Never Attended	N/A
NC	Not Complete	N/A
NG	No Grade - Professional	N/A
NR	Not Reported	N/A
R	Research Completed	N/A
S	Satisfactory	N/A
T	Participation in external exchange program	N/A
TR	Denotes transfer coursework	N/A
U	Unsatisfactory - Professional prior to Fall 2012; Graduate prior to Fall 2003	N/A
US	Satisfactory - Professional	N/A
UU	Unsatisfactory - Professional	N/A
W	Withdrawal	N/A
WD	Withdrawal - prior to 1976	N/A
WF	Withdrawal Failing - Professional	N/A
WP	Withdrawal Pending - Professional	N/A
X	Denotes Academic Forgiveness (X appears in front of grade - e.g. XC-, XD)	N/A
Y	Passed a Credit/No Credit course	N/A
Z	Failed a Credit/No Credit course	N/A

The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine officially joined 5X�� in July 2012. A transcript legend of combined grade information for 5X�� and the former Ohio Collge of Podiatric Medicine is available upon request at transvc@kent.edu.

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