Follow the instructions below to calculate your Ultrasound: Diagnostic Medical Sonography
GPA.
The complete point system is available in the Ultrasound: Diagnostic Medical Sonography Advising Guide.
- Enter Credits
Enter the credit amount for each class you completed. If a course transferred in, view your LCC unofficial transcript to determine how many credits were awarded.
*If you did not complete a course or it was waived by a degree, AP exam, or CLEP score, leave the credit, grade, and quality point fields blank. - Enter Grades
Enter your highest earned grade for each course you completed.
*If you did not complete a course or it was waived by a degree, AP exam, or CLEP score, leave the credit, grade, and quality point fields blank.
**If a course transferred into LCC from a college that uses letter grades, use the grading scale found in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Advising Guide. - Calculate Quality Points
For each course, calculate the quality points by multiplying the credit amount by the grade. For example, a 4 credit class with a 3.5 grade would equal 14 quality points for that class.- Credit X Grade = Quality Points
- Total credits
Add all of the credits together to determine the total amount of credits. - Total quality points
Add all of the quality points together to determine the total amount of quality points. - Calculate GPA
Divide the total quality points by the total credit amount to get your Ultrasound: Diagnostic Medical Sonography GPA.- Total Quality Points / Total Credits = Ultrasound: Diagnostic Medical Sonography GPA
Diagnostic Medical Sonography: GPA Calculator
Use this table for steps 1 through 5 to calculate total credits and total quality points.
| Course | Credits | Grade | Quality Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL 201 or BIOL 145 | |||
| BIOL 202: Human Physiology *Required if completed BIOL 201 |
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| Physics | |||
| Mathematics | |||
| English Composition | |||
| Communications | |||
| Humanities, Fine Arts, Social Sciences | |||
| CHSE 100 (optional) | |||
| CHSE 114 (optional) | |||
| CHSE 117 (optional) | |||
| CHSE 120 (optional) | |||
| CHSE 136 (optional) | |||
| PFHW 163 (optional) | |||
| PFHW 181 (optional) | |||
| BIOL 121 or BIOL 127 (optional) | |||
| Total | |||
Use the equation below for step 6 to calculate your Diagnostic Medical Sonography
GPA.
Take your Total Quality Points and divide by your Total Credits. That will give you
your Diagnostic Medical Sonography GPA.
Total Quality Points / Total Credits = Ultrasound: Diagnostic Medical Sonography GPA

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