How To Calculate GPA and Final GPA (FGPA) in UG and her Affiliated Colleges

CALCULATION OF FGPA

Terminologies in the Official Transcript from UG

1. CCT- Cumulative Credits Taken

2. CCP- Cumulative Credits Passed

3. GPA- Grade Point Average

4. FGPA- Final Grade Point Average

5. GPT- Grade Point

CCT CALCULATION

•This is the sum of all credit hours in courses taken.

•It is usually based on course codes and not course titles

•It is calculated once.

CCP CALCULATION

•This is the sum of all credit hours of passed courses

•Passed grades do not include grades E and F

•Grades A to D are calculated here

CALCULATION OF GPA

•GPAs are semester specific

•GPA= Total GPT/Total Credit

Code       Credit Grade GPT

E.g: PHCL101    3            C+ 7.50

SOCI121            3             B         9.00

SREL111             3            B+ 10.50

UGRC120     3              A 12.00

UGRC140     3            B+ 10.50

•Total GPT=49.5

•Total Credits= 15

•GPA= 49.5/15 GPA= 3.3

CALCULATION OF CGPA

•This is for the total semesters a student has taken examinations in the university

•All levels carry equal weight

•CGPA= Total GPTs of all courses taken/ Total Number of Credits of all courses taken

•Assuming you’ve taken an examination in Level 400 second semester, the GPTs and Credits will be calculated from L100 first and second semesters, L200 first and second semesters, L300 first and second semesters, and L400 first and second semesters.

CALCULATION OF FGPA

•GPAs for the various levels are recalculated

•All courses are calculated  under their correct  levels

•Every re-sit course is calculated by the number of times it is taken. Assuming a student wrote UGRC120 in Level 100 and got a grade F, wrote again in level 200 and got an E, and wrote finally in Level 300 and got an A the course will appear three times with its respective credits and GPTs.

•A weighting of 1:1:2:2 is then assigned to all the levels. This means that L100 is 1, L200 is 1, L300 is 2 and L400 is 2

•Assuming after the recalculation we get GPAs for the various levels as follows:

L100 - 3.20

L200 - 3.60

L300 - 2.90

L400 - 3.00

Our FGPA will be calculated as below: L100

3.20× 1/6= 0.53

L200:

3.60 × 1/6= 0.60

L300:

2.90 × 2/6= 0.96

L400:

3.00 × 2/6= 1.00

FGPA= 0.53 + 0.60 + 0.96 + 1.00

= 3.09

Class: Second Class (Honours) Upper Division

DEGREE CLASSIFICATION

•First Class                                 - 3.60 – 4.00

•Second Class (Upper Division) - 3.00 – 3.59

•Second Class (Lower Division) - 2.00 – 2.99

•Third Class                             - 1.50 – 1.99

•Pass                                         -1.00 - 1.49

•Fail (No award)                          - 0.00 - 0.99

CREDIT: Fred Yoku Academic Affairs, University of Ghana