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The University of Texas
at El Paso
Roberto Avant-Mier, PhDStacey Sowards, PhD
Associate Professors / Research Fellows at the Sam Donaldson Center for
CommunicationStudies at the University of Texas–El Paso
Overview
• Introduction to UTEP
• ‘Contact hours’
• Grading students
• Grade Point Average (G.P.A.)
• Accessing transcripts
• ‘Grading Window’
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
U.S.A.
México
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
•UTEP is on the international border between the U.S.A. & Mééxico.
•The University serves a binational, bilingual, and bicultural student population.
•23,000 students enrolled (Fall 2012)
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
•UTEP is on the international border between the U.S.A. & Mééxico.
•The University serves a binational, bilingual, and bicultural student population.
•23,000 students enrolled (Fall 2012)
• 70% ‘Mexican’
(Mexican-American & Mexican national)
• Many UTEP students are first in their family to go to college.
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
•UTEP is on the international border between the U.S.A. & Mééxico.
•The University serves a binational, bilingual, and bicultural student population.
•23,000 students enrolled (Fall 2012)
• 70% ‘Mexican’
(Mexican-American & Mexican national)
• Many UTEP students are first in their family to go to college.
• UTEP =
‘The First University in the U.S.
with a 21st Century demographic’
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
•UTEP is on the international border between the U.S.A. & Mééxico.
•The University serves a binational, bilingual, and bicultural student population.
•23,000 students enrolled (Fall 2012)
• 70% ‘Mexican’
(Mexican-American & Mexican national)
• Many UTEP students are first in their family to go to college.
• UTEP =
‘The First University in the U.S.
with a 21st Century demographic’
• UTEP =
Access & Excellence
Introduction to UTEP
• UTEP = The Univ. of Texas – El Paso
• ‘Texas Western College’
• ‘Harvard On The Border’
Grading
• Undergraduate Grades vs. Graduate Student Grades
• Standardized vs. Non-standardized systems
• Grading Criteria
Contact Hours
• U.S. system:
1 class = 3 credit hours = 45 contact hours
or ‘face-to-face’ hours (e.g., 3 hours per week for 15 weeks of the semester)
Grade Point Average (G.P.A.)
• Undergraduate Grading Scale
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
D = 60 – 69
F = 59 (or below)
4.0 gpa
3.0 gpa
2.0 gpa
1.0 gpa
Grade Point Average (G.P.A.)
• Graduate Grading Scale
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
D = 60 – 69
F = 59 (or below)
4.0 gpa
3.0 gpa
2.0 gpa
1.0 gpa
‘The Grading Window’
• The window for inputting grades = 2 weeks
• Late grades = I or N grades
Accessing Transcripts
• From the UTEP faculty contact person
• From my.utep.edu
(account must be set up in advance)
QUESTIONS ?
