This transcript is for Nicole Carretta and was requested and transmitted electronically to her email address. It contains her coursework and grades for her undergraduate study at Penn State culminating in a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising/Public Relations and Communication Arts and Sciences, with a minor in International Studies. The transcript is certified as an official document by Robert A. Kubat, University Registrar at Penn State.

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Recipient: Student:
Nicole Carretta
nicole.carretta@gmail.com nicole.carretta@gmail.com
Nicole Carretta
12-Dec-2014
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OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR - UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802
MIDDLE
NAME
SPECIAL ACTIONS AND NOTES
HIGH SCHOOL NAME AND ADDRESS DATE OF ADMISSION
COURSE NO. TITLE CREDIT GRADE COURSE NO. TITLE CREDIT GRADE
Refer to Statement of
Authenticity on page one.
Rev: 7/04
AVERAGE
TOTAL CREDITS
EARNED
TERM/SEMESTER
AVERAGEGRADE PTS
CUMULATIVE
GRADE PTSCREDITCREDIT
MAJORTERM/SEM
FIRST
NAME
LAST
NAME
12/12/14
1 NICOLE CARRETTA CARRETTA
NICOLE
LEAH
***-**-5437
NORTH ALLEGHENY SENIOR HS - WEXFORD PA SUMMER 05 01/05/**
SPRING SEM 2005 CAS 204 COMM RSCH MTHDS 3.0 A
AP ADV PLACEMENT COMM 422 ADVTG MEDIA PLNG 3.0 A-
STAT 200 ELEM STATISTICS 4.0 COMM 370 PUBLIC RELATIONS 3.0 B+
CAS 201 RHETORICAL THEORY 3.0 A
SUMMER SEM 2005
PSY 002 PSYCHOLOGY 3.0 A SPRING SEM 2008
PHIL 001 BASIC PROB OF PHIL 3.0 A PHIL 109 INTRO AESTHETICS 3.0 B
PHIL 199 PHIL FOREIGN STDY 1.0 B-
FALL SEM 2005 COMM 499 MC FOREIGN STDY 4.0 C
PHYS 001 SCIENCE OF PHYS 3.0 B PHIL 001 BASIC PROB OF PHIL 3.0 B-
ECON 004 MACROEC ANLY 3.0 A- COMM 299 FOREIGN STUDIES 4.0 B+
PSU 009 COMM 1ST-YR SMNR 1.0 WN PHIL 199 PHIL FOREIGN STDY 1.0 B
MATH 110 TECH CALCULUS 1 4.0 B+
ENGL 015 RHETORIC & COMP 3.0 B+ FALL SEM 2008
CAS 203 INTERPERSONAL COMM 3.0 A
SPRING SEM 2006 CAS 415 RHETORIC FILM & TV 3.0 A-
SPAN 001 ELEM SPANISH I 4.0 B+ KINES 068 STRENGTH TRAINING 1.5 A-
ECON 002 MICROEC ANLY 3.0 B- COMM 260W NEWS WRITING 3.0 A-
GEOSC 040L THE SEA AROUND US 3.0 B COMM 420 RESEARCH IN AD/PR 3.0 A
WMNST 194 WOMEN WRITERS 3.0 WN SOC 300 PRECEPT SOC 3.0 A
PSU 009 COMM 1ST-YR SMNR 1.0 A
COMM 160 NEWS WRITING SKILL 1.0 A- SPRING SEM 2009
RL ST 003 RELIGIONS OF EAST 3.0 C+ CAS 426W COMM ETHICS 3.0 A
CAS 411 RHETORICAL CRIT 3.0 A
FALL SEM 2006 COMM 471 PUB REL METHODS 3.0 B+
PSY 217 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3.0 A NUTR 100 CONTEMP NUTR CONC 1.5 A
CAS 100C EFFECTIVE SPEECH 3.0 A BI SC 004 HUMAN BODY 3.0 A
CAS 101 INTRO HUMAN COMM 3.0 A
SPAN 002 ELEM SPANISH II 4.0 A- FALL SEM 2009
ENGL 050 INTR CREATIVE WRIT 3.0 WN CAS 471 INTERCULTURAL COM 3.0 A-
COMM 410 INTERNATIONAL M C 3.0 A-
SPRING SEM 2007 PHOTO 100 INTRO PHOTO 3.0 A
CAS 202 COMM THRY 3.0 A COMM 473 PUB RLTS PROBLEMS 3.0 A
COMM 320 INTRO ADVERTISING 3.0 A
MUSIC 089 UNIVERSITY CHOIR 1.0 A
SPAN 003 INMD SPANISH 4.0 A-
CAS 311 MTHD RHTRCAL CRIT 3.0 A
SUMMER SEM 2007
COMM 495 INTERNSHIP 1.0 A-
FALL SEM 2007
SOC 005 SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3.0 A
SP08 ED ABROAD-ARCADIA 3RD PARTY AGREEMENT
12-09 BACHELOR OF ARTS CONFERRED, ADVT/PUBL RELATIONS,
PUBLIC RELATIONS OPT, COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
12-09 BACHELOR OF ARTS CONFERRED, COMM ARTS & SCIENCES,
COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
12-09 MINOR IN INTERNATIONL STUDIES
0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.0
SPRING 05 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.0
SUMMER 05 D U S 6.0 24.00 4.00 6.0 24.00 4.00 10.0
FALL 05 COMM 13.0 43.32 3.33 19.0 67.32 3.54 23.0
SPRING 06 COMM 15.0 44.99 3.00 34.0 112.31 3.30 38.0
FALL 06*COMM 13.0 50.68 3.90 47.0 162.99 3.47 51.0
SPRING 07*COMM 14.0 54.68 3.91 61.0 217.67 3.57 65.0
SUMMER 07 AD PR 1.0 3.67 3.67 62.0 221.34 3.57 66.0
FALL 07*AD PR 15.0 57.00 3.80 77.0 278.34 3.61 81.0
SPRING 08 AD PR 16.0 44.00 2.75 93.0 322.34 3.47 97.0
FALL 08*AD PR 16.5 63.52 3.85 109.5 385.86 3.52 113.5
SPRING 09*AD PR 13.5 51.99 3.85 123.0 437.85 3.56 127.0
FALL 09*AD PR 12.0 46.02 3.84 135.0 483.87 3.58 139.0
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CREDITS AND HOURS
Credits are awarded on the semester-hour basis. According to
Faculty Senate Policy 42-23, a total of at least forty hours of work
planned and arranged by the University faculty is required for the
average student to gain one credit. While the distribution of time
varies from course to course, generally one-third of the time is
devoted to formal instruction, such as lecture, recitation, laboratory,
field trips, etc., and two-thirds of the time to outside preparation.
COURSE-NUMBERING SYSTEM
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (1 to 399); General courses
accepted in fulfillment of requirements for the baccalaureate or
associate degree.
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (400 to 499); Courses
open to graduate students, juniors, seniors, and with the special
written permission of the head of the department or chairperson of
the program sponsoring the course, to qualified sophomores and
first-year students. 400 level course work appearing on a graduate
transcript is applied toward the graduate degree.
GRADUATE COURSES (500 to 699 and 800 to 899); Courses
restricted to students registered in The Graduate School, seniors with
an average of at least 3.50, and other students who have been
granted permission to enroll by the dean of The Graduate School.
The numbers 600 (on campus) and 610 (off campus) are available
for credit in thesis research in all graduate major programs. The
numbers 601 and 611 do not denote conventional courses but are
used for non-credit special registration for thesis preparation by a
Ph.D. candidate. Beginning fall semester 2006, 800 level courses on
a graduate transcript are professional graduate level courses.
MEDICAL COLLEGE COURSES (700 to 799); Courses are restricted
to students working in the M.D. program.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE COURSES (800 to 899); Prior to spring
semester 2003, 800-level courses were general courses accepted in
fulfillment of requirements for the associate degree. Credits received
for 800-level associate courses may be applicable to a particular
baccalaureate degree program at the discretion of the appropriate
college and major department.
COURSE SUFFIXES
Letters are frequently used following a course or section number.
The letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, and K appear after certain courses
where the course content or title differs from the basic course
description. They are frequently used for identifying unique titles for
special topics courses (i.e., x97).
OTHER COURSE SUFFIXES
• H-Honors
• J-Individualized instruction
• L-Lecture
• M-Honors and writing intensive
• P-Practicum (or laboratory)
• R-Recitation
• S-First-Year Seminar
• T-First-Year Seminar with honors
• U-United States Cultures and International Cultures with honors
• V-United States Cultures and International Cultures
• W-Writing intensive
• X-First-Year Seminar and writing intensive
• Y-United States Cultures and International Cultures and writing
intensive
BASIS FOR GRADES
Grades shall be assigned to individual students on the basis of the
instructor’s judgment of the student’s scholastic achievement using
the grading system below.
GRADING SYSTEM
For undergraduate and graduate students, the grades of A, A-, B+, B,
B-, C+, C, D, and F indicate a gradation in quality from Excellent to
Failure and are assigned the following grade-point equivalents:
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
Grade Grade-Point Equivalent
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00
D 1.00
F 0
Graduate average computed on the basis of earned grades in 400-,
500-, 600-, and 800- level courses. D, F are failing grades for
graduate students.
Plus and minus values were added to the undergraduate grading
system in fall semester 1987, and to The Graduate School system in
fall semester 1995. Student is in good standing unless stated
otherwise.
MEDICAL
H =Honors
HP =High Pass
P =Pass
LP =Low Pass
F =Fail
INCOMPLETE GRADE SYMBOLS
NG =No Grade Reported
DF =Deferred
OTHER GRADE SYMBOLS
P =Pass FL =Fail
PS =Pass XF =Fail, Academic Dishonesty
AU =Audit WP =Late Drop Passing
R =Research WF =Late Drop Failing
W =Withdrawal WN =Late Drop, No Grade Reported
SA =Satisfactory UN =Unsatisfactory
S =Proficiency Exam INCP & I=Incomplete Average
Passed CRX =Credit by Examination
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