Semester Clarity

What is my GPA in courses that count toward my major?

Enter your courses with credits and quality points, and flag which ones count toward your major. Only flagged courses are included; everything else, including strong grades in unrelated electives, is left out on purpose.

Your school's scale value for this grade, e.g. 4.0 for an A, 3.0 for a B

Need your next decision? Cumulative GPA

How we calculated this

Only courses with "Counts toward major" checked contribute; each contributes its credits times its quality points, and the total is divided by the total credits among flagged courses. Using the example values above (4 credits at 3.0, 3 credits at 4.0, both flagged as major courses), the major GPA is 3.4286, the same credit-weighted result as a semester GPA calculated over just this subset.

An unflagged course never enters the calculation at all, not even at zero weight; a strong grade in a general-education elective cannot raise this number, and a weak grade in one cannot lower it, since neither is part of the major subset you defined.

Limitations

This does not know your school's actual definition of "counts toward the major," which can include required courses outside the department, exclude a repeated attempt, or treat a minor-overlap course differently; flag courses according to your own program's published requirements, not a guess.

Common mistakes

A common error is flagging a prerequisite or a related-department course as a major course when the program requirements sheet does not actually count it, which inflates or deflates the result depending on that course's grade. Another is forgetting to update the flag on a course that changed status, such as a class later approved as a major elective; recheck the flags whenever your program's requirements change.

Frequently asked

Does this replace my school's official major-GPA calculation?
No; treat it as your own working estimate. Registrars sometimes apply rules (repeat exclusion, minimum-grade requirements) that are not visible from your own course list alone.
What if a course counts toward two different majors?
Run this calculator twice, once per major, flagging only the courses that specific major's requirements actually count, since the eligible course set can differ between the two.
Should I include a class I am currently taking with a projected grade?
Yes, as a projection, using your best estimate of the quality points that grade will convert to; recalculate once the final grade posts.
Why is my major GPA different from my cumulative GPA?
Because they are computed over different course sets by design; a major GPA reflects only your major coursework, while Cumulative GPA reflects everything included across your whole transcript.

Next decision

To see your GPA across your entire transcript instead of just your major, see Cumulative GPA. For how to decide which courses actually belong in this calculation, read Which Courses Actually Count Toward Your GPA.