SPRING 2010-11
FA 140
FREN 102
BIOS 105
HIST 105
MUS 151
INTRO FINE ARTS
ELEM FRENCH II
HUMANISTIC BOTANY
HISTORY
INTRO DRUMMING
LSUS
Program: BA
A
B
C
D
F
Course
Name or
Discipline
FA*
Course
Number
Course Title
Course
Grade
140
Intro Fine
Arts
A
FREN*
102
Elem French B
II
BIOS *
105
Humanistic
C
Botany
HIST*
105
History
D
Western Civ
to 1500
MUS*
151
Intro
F
Drumming
Term Totals are the columns added top to bottom
(20112 ) Beginning 01/18/11 Ending 05/14/11*
ANTHROPOLOGY (BASKET WEAVING)**
3.00
3.00
3.00
12.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
9.00
T
3.00
3.00
3.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
R
3.00 (0.00)
0.00
0.00
Term Totals:
15.00 12.00 12.00
30.00
Cumulative Totals:
57.00 48.00 51.00 150.00
Repeated
Course
Info
T** see
below
R**see
below
Hours
Attempted
Hours
Earned
GPA Credit
Quality
Points
3.00 – course
is worth 3
credit hours
3.00 – this will
be the multiplier
for calculating
the GPA
3.00
3x4 = 12.00
3.00
3.00 –
student
earned all 3
credit hours
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3x2 = 6.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3x1 = 3.00
3.00
0.00
0.00
3x0 = 00.00
15 hours were
attempted
12 hours
were
earned
12 hours of
credit toward
the degree
30 quality
points used
to calculate
the GPA
Overall GPA is the result of dividing all earned hours by all quality points.
*Look up the abbreviation in the course listings at the back of the catalog to find the name of the discipline!
2.50
2.94
3x3 = 9.00
Divide 30
by 12 to get
the term
GPA: 2.5
Divide 150
by 51 to get
the overall
GPA: 2.94
**Abbreviations to
the right of the
grade:
T
Prior Attempt(s) – will indicate any
course that has been repeated; this
would indicate the first attempt, for
example, when taking the course for
the second time. The second attempt
shows up further down the transcript.
R
Final Attempt – will
indicate the last time
a course was taken
for credit if the
course was repeated.
A
Bankruptcy – any courses appearing
on the transcript that are not being
used to compute GPA or used for
graduation credit due to academic
bankruptcy. Course never disappear
even if they don’t “count.”
M
Multiple credit – some courses
may be taken more than one time
for credit. These courses appear
twice or more and all appearances
count toward the total number of
credits earned.
*Semester Identification: Spring 2011 is written on the transcript as SPRING 2010-11 because it is the
second half of the 2010/2011 academic year. An academic year begins in the Fall and ends in the Summer of
the following calendar year.
The numerical designation (20112) that follows is short-hand for advisors and the Registrar and everyone
involved in the registration process. The 2011 part refers to the calendar year in which the Spring
semester ends. That would mean that Fall of 2010 would appear in parentheses as (20111)– the first semester
of the academic year that ends in the Spring of 2011. This is important because the semester in which you
COMPLETED a class or in which you PLAN to complete a class may appear on your curriculum advising worksheet
in this form.
Finally, the actual begin- and end-dates for that particular semester appear so that it’s clear exactly
which calendar dates are included in this portion of the transcript.
**The next brief element of the semester portion of the transcript indicates the academic program in which
you are enrolled including the BA (Bachelor of Arts, BS (Bachelor of Science), or any of the other types of
degree programs offered by LSUS. Pages 10-11 of the current catalog have the complete list. The sample
transcript shows a fictional BA program in Anthropology with a concentration in Basket Weaving. The
concentration area is always in parentheses.