Legacy Transcripts
Need help understanding your Pacific University transcript through the years? Here is your explanation of codes appearing on legacy transcripts.
Credit
All credit earned at Pacific University is expressed in semester hours. 124 semester hours required for the bachelor’s degree.
Course Numbering
| Course Number Codes | |
|---|---|
| 100-299 | Lower Division |
| 300-499 | Upper Division (undergraduate) |
| 500+ or G | Graduate Level |
Grades
| Grade Codes | |
|---|---|
| A, A- | Excellent |
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B+, B, B- |
Good |
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C+, C, C- |
Satisfactory |
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D+, D |
Substandard |
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F |
Failed |
| H |
Honors, distinguished achievement |
| P |
Passing, equivalent of C or above at the undergraduate level and B or above at the graduate level, and denoting specific proficiency standards in the College of Optometry |
| HP |
High passing |
| N |
Not passing, failure to meet proficiency standards |
| TF |
Technical Failure, student stopped attending class but failed to withdraw |
| WF |
Withdrawn Failing |
| WP |
Withdrawn Passing |
| L |
Late, instructor failed to turn grade in on time |
| W |
Withdrawn |
| WA |
Administrative withdrawal |
| I |
Incomplete |
| S |
Satisfactory (not in current use) |
| * |
Course was “audited” (beginning fall 1984-85) |
| - (through 1987-88) X (1988) |
Continuing courses, grade and credit to appear in a later term if the course is completed |
Calendar
The following calendar codes are the first two digits before the year for each term of courses and grades. For example, Term 1 in 1983-84 would be designated 1784, 1S84.
| Fall 1973 through Summer 1984 | |
|---|---|
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During this period, Pacific was on a 7-7-3 calendar. A full load during the 7-week term was 6 semester hours, and a full load during the 3-week term was 3 semester hours. |
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| 1 and 2 | First and second 7-week term (fall) |
| 3 | Winter 3-week term |
| 4 and 5 | Third and fourth 7-week term (spring) |
| 6 | Spring 3-week term |
| 7 | Summer school term |
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During this time the College of Optometry offered courses on a 14-week (or longer) schedule. Courses showing “O” hours credit are continuing courses for which credit will be assigned, or being audited, or 14-week courses in which the student withdrew after the first seven weeks. |
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| Fall 1978-1979 | |
|---|---|
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The College of Optometry, Physical Therapy, and Teaching of the Hearing Impaired scheduled courses on a semester basis. The terms for these three programs appeared on the transcript as follows from 1978-84. |
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| Term 2 | First semester |
| Term 3 | Winter 3-week term |
| Term 5 | Second semester |
| Term 6 | Spring 3-week term |
| Term 7 | Summer school session |
| Fall 1984 through Summer 1986 | |
|---|---|
| 17 | First 7-week term |
| 27 | Second 7-week term |
| W3 | Winter 3-week term |
| 37 | Third 7-week term |
| 47 | Fourth 7-week term |
| Sp | Spring 3-week term |
| 1S | First semester |
| 2S | Second semester |
| S1 | First summer session (3 weeks) |
| S2 | Second summer session (3 weeks) |
| S3 | Third summer session (3 weeks) |
| Su | Summer session, general |
| Fall 1986-1987 |
|---|
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Pacific University returned to a conventional semester calendar in the Fall of 1986-1987. |
| Fall 1984 through Spring 1994 | |
|---|---|
| 1S | First semester |
| W3 | Winter 3-week term |
| 2S | Second semester |
| 3S | Third semester of 1986-87 Used only by graduate School of Professional Psychology |
| Summer sessions same as Fall 1984-1986, with the addition of S4 (fourth summer session) | |
| Y(Year) | Full academic year starting summer through spring. This designation ended Fall 1996 |
| Fall 1994 to Present | |
|---|---|
| FA | Fall |
| W | Winter 3-week term |
| S | Spring |
| U | Summer |
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