<p>You don’t enter GPA. You enter the grades you earn in the courses that fit the a-g categories, adjusted as they request (e.g. remove any + or -). The UC application system will calculate your UC GPA which is what they use. It weights the GPA giving credit for up to eight total half-year AP or honors classes in grades 10 and 11, if they are approved. </p>
<p>If you have courses like PE that are not in the categories, then they are ignored. They don’t count in the UC GPA and are not considered academic coursework so are ignored. Computer programming might be an elective or it might not - if you attend a Cal high school the system has tools to help identify which courses meet the a-g categories, if not you have to use some judgement. The rules are that it must be academic. A course which is kind of a club does not count. A course that has a formal curriculum and tests for mastery of the material would probably count. A course studying world religions is probably an elective, but a course as part of a person’s religion or the official religion of the high school if church affiliated is not counted. </p>
<p>Cal and UCLA will also calculate various other kinds of GPAs to use when considering your application</p>