FAQs about the DPR
What does DPR stand for?
Degree Progress Report – it lists all of your degree requirements needed to complete your
bachelor’s degree. It starts with overall totals required to graduate, then lists general
requirements, and finally, all major and minor requirements.
Why do the total units and GPA have yellow diamonds when they appear to be
complete?
They will remain yellow diamonds until all requirements are completed.
I completed a requirement but now it is showing “In-Progress” with a different course,
why does it show as not completed now?
Showing “In-Progress” courses is a new function of the DPR as of March 2012. Generally
it will only show the “In-Progress” course if the original course had a grade less then C.
The DPR assumes the “In-Progress” grade will be a C and applies it to the requirement if
the first course was less than a C.
I completed a requirement with a D grade in a course. I am repeating the course but now
the requirement shows “In-Progress” rather than completed, why?
The DPR assumes a C grade for the “In-Progress” course, a higher grade than previously
achieved. Many of the DPR requirements are set up to use the highest grade of a class.
Since the “In-Progress” grade is seen as a C it will place that attempt into the DPR
requirement. If you do not complete the repeat attempt or achieve a lower grade than the
first attempt after grades are finalized the DPR will use the first attempt again to
complete the requirement.
All of my transfer courses appear to be taken the same semester, why is that?
Transfer courses show the semester they were transferred into your Chico record and not
the semester you took them.
Some of my transfer courses have real course names and numbers and others have
different code names like GNED B1L, UGED USHS, and PSYC LDTR. What are these
courses?
These are transfer courses that do not have an exact match at Chico. GNED means this is
a General Education (GE) course and the second part identifies in what area of GE.
UGED are general undergraduate degree requirements like the American Institutions
requirement or the Diversity requirement. LDTR is a placeholder for a course in a
specific department, such as PSYC, that does not have a comparable course at Chico but
is identified as credit in that department.
Why do my transfer courses have different names and numbers listed on the DPR than
what is printed on my transfer college transcript?
These transfer courses have comparable courses at Chico and show in the DPR with the
Chico course number and name.
I have a course on my DPR that has 0 units and 400 instead of a letter grade, what does
this mean?
Courses like this complete more than one requirement. The units are only shown for one
requirement but both requirements are completed and the letter grade is converted to a
number only in the DPR. The 400 is 4.0 or an A grade and this is still the grade you have
in your cumulative grade point average.
In one of my major course lists it indicates 6 courses are required but there are 8 courses
in the list. Which courses am I supposed to take?
Generally a required course list shows the exact number of courses needed except when
there are co-listed courses. These are courses that are offered by two departments.
Example: HIST 362 and MEST 362 are the same course offered by two different
departments. You only take one of them to complete the requirement. They do not
always have the same course number but the titles will be the same or very similar.
In one of my major requirements it indicates 13 courses are required but there are only 10
courses in the list. Where are the other courses?
In the last row of that set of courses click on the View All link. This will expand the list to
include the full list of courses.
How do I know what is an upper-division course?
The course numbering system at Chico is:
Non-Baccalaureate/No Degree Credit
000-099
Freshman/Lower-Division
100-199
Sophomore/Lower-Division
200-299
Junior/Upper-Division
300-399
Senior/Upper-Division
400-599
Graduate Level
500-699