the university of texas at el paso roberto avant-mier, phd stacey sowards, phd associate professors...

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 ?