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These grade values are combined with course credit hours
to produce a grade-point average. Cumulative GPA's are based on all
Binghamton coursework. Major GPA's are based on courses used for major
completion.
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All Other Courses
Courses listed here are those that are not used to fulfill
specific requirements.
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NO
The requirement is not complete. Look
for minus signs (-) to indicate which part(s) of the requirement still
remain.
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OK
The requirement is complete.
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OPT
This portion of your DARS is optional.
It is not required for graduation.
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D
This course is one taken and passed previously
and cannot be repeated for credit. DARS shows the course with credit
removed (same as X). Most Binghamton courses cannot be repeated for
credit. The exceptions are noted in the bulletin.
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X
This course is one taken and passed previously
and cannot be repeated for credit. DARS shows the course with credit
removed (same as D). Most Binghamton courses cannot be repeated for
credit. The exceptions are noted in the bulletin.
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+
This section of your requirement is fulfilled.
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-
This section of your requirement is not
fulfilled. Look at the "SELECT FROM:" list for courses from which to
choose.
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R
This section of your requirement must
be fulfilled. The plus (+) or minus (-) sign next to the "R" tells you
whether or not you have fulfilled it.
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S
This course has credits split between
two different requirements.
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*
This section of your requirement is optional.
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AP
Advanced Placement Credit
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EX
Exam Credit
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TR
This course is a transfer course. Transfer
course grades will not be calculated in your grade point average. The
DARS report also shows information about the transfer course right after
the grade of TR. It shows either the title (for Schools of Management,
Nursing, and Engineering) or the Binghamton course equivalency (for
Harpur College).
See your advising office if you think transfer courses
are missing from the report. We may not have received a transcript from
the sending school or some courses may not have been accepted for transfer.
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HS
This is a recognition of a high school
foreign language courses. It is used for those students who have an
admissions deficiency in foreign language. They do not count for credit
towards the degree.
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IP
This is an in-progress course (a course
you are taking now). If you are taking a course with a pass/fail grading
option, DARS will not allow the course to be used in a requirement that
does not accept pass/fail grades. If you are taking a course as an audit,
DARS will not allow credit for the course.
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AAO
Academic Advising Office
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Zero-credit Courses
There are several reasons that a course
may carry no credits: it is audited, it is a repeated course, some music
or LA&C courses naturally carry zero credits, or it has a grade
of F. All no-credit courses are shown in the section of the report near
the bottom, titled "COURSES THAT EARNED ZERO CREDIT."
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Pass/Fail Courses
Some courses, such as PE courses, are
offered only with a grading option of pass/fail. You may choose to take
other courses as pass/fail. Courses that are in-progress and taken as
pass/fail are listed separately in the in-progress section of the DARS
report.
There are restrictions in each of the schools on how
pass/fail courses may be used:
All schools - courses taken pass/fail do not
count toward the general education requirements (with the exclusion
of PE courses).
Harpur - No more than 24 credits of pass/fail
(excluding courses offered only pass/fail) allowed. Many departments
do not allow pass/fail courses to count toward the major.
Human Development - No more than four courses
of pass/fail (excluding courses offered only as pass/fail) allowed.
These cannot count toward the major.
Managment - The grade of P may be given only
in internship, teaching practicum, independent study, or readings and
research course work. This grading option is available only with the
consent of both the instructor and the school's Advising Office.
Nursing - General elective credit may be taken
pass/fail.
Engineering - No more than four free-elective
credits for Computer Science and two free-elective credits in Electrical
Engineering may be taken pass/fail.
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