The grade point system is used to determine academic standing and to award honors. To compute the GPA, the total number of grade points earned is divided by the total number of GPA hours attempted at NIU (those for which grades of A, B, C, D, or F are recorded), as in the following example:
| Course | Hours | Grade | Pts/Hr |
Pts Earned (hrs X pts) |
| BIOS 103 | 3 | A | 4 | 12 |
| ENGL 103 | 3 | B | 3 | 9 |
| FLFR 201 | 3 | C | 2 | 6 |
| MATH 110 | 3 | D | 1 | 3 |
| COMS 100 |
3 ______ |
F | 0 |
0 ______ |
| TOTAL | 15 | 30 |